Google wants to take on Apple with an open AirPlay alternative
Google is working on an open alternative to Apple's AirPlay, and it's hoping to bring a number of device and software vendors on board to provide the industry with an open technology to exchange data ...
Color Labs And Bill Nguyen Sued By Ex-Employee Alleging Retaliation, Emotional Distress
Today, Adam Witherspoon, a former employee of Color Labs who was laid off during the photo and video sharing startup's recent wind-down period filed suit against the company and its CEO Bill Nguyen al...
Apple opens its first eBay store for a trial with select refurbished products
Seth Weintraub and Danny DeSilva contributed to this post. — Over the last few weeks, we've been posting links to a mysterious Apple refurbished store that appeared on eBay about a month ago and has...
Facebook Starts Letting iOS Users Auto-Upload All Their Snapshots With Photo Sync
It's not just for Android anymore. Facebook has figured out how to enable background auto-uploads and is now testing Photo Sync with a few iOS users. A tipster got us a screenshot and Facebook confi...
Exclusive: Internal Videos Show Why Microsoft Kin Cratered
Do you remember the Microsoft Kin? It's okay if you don't-Microsoft certainly would like for you to forget it ever existed. Kin was a family of phones from Microsoft that launched to much fanfare in...
How to Get Startup Ideas
The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. — The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in co...
Yahoo Is Among Those Mulling a TVGuide.com Bid for About $20 Million
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is among the companies taking a serious gander at TVGuide.com, the online entertainment listings, video and news site and mobile app. — Earlier tod...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD review (8.9-inch, 4G LTE)
What a difference a generation makes. While the original Kindle Fire impressed, there was only one thing that really made it worth considering: it was cheap. Really cheap. But, when we got our hand...
The Depressing Day After You Get TechCrunched
If you're a first-time reader, you can get future posts by subscribing via email or following me on Twitter. — Note: This post is loosely based on our experience 2 years ago when TechCrunch covered ...
Yahoo shares reach 18-month high as investors warm to new CEO
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc shares reached their highest level in a year and a half, as investor confidence grows that new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer can pull off a comeback that eluded three of her pred...
Early builds of Apple's upcoming OS X 10.9 include Siri and Maps integration
Early builds in testing of the next-generation Mac operating system, OS X 10.9, point to Siri and Maps integration coming to Mac computers next year, according to our reliable sources.
Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users
Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users … With the recent launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablets, Microsoft has reversed its user interface strategy. From a traditional Gates-dri...
Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in May
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Intel Corporation today announced that the company's president and CEO, Paul Otellini, has decided to retire as an officer and director at the company's annual sto...
What I Really Think About Facebook
First, I'm not recommending to any of my companies that we leave facebook. I am recommending that we de-emphasize pushing consumers or partners to like us on FB and focus on building up our following...
Apple's redesigned iMac launches not delayed until 2013, still on track for November-December
According to our sources, Apple's already announced plans for November and December launches of the redesigned 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac lines are still on track.
Steve Jobs' yacht gives insights into his design process
Jobs and noted designer Philippe Starck spent five years working out the details of the super yacht Venus. — Last month, we stumbled upon videos of Steve Jobs' yacht, the Venus, which was reportedly...
Windows Phone 8 users report random reboots and battery issues
Windows Phone 8 devices have been available since the beginning of the month and users are starting to report early issues across HTC and Nokia handsets. In a thread over at WPCentral with 143 replie...
Apple's App Store has now seen more than 1 million approved apps since launch
Today, Apple (unofficially) will be celebrating another important App Store milestone — there have now been 1 million apps submitted to its marketplace since July 2008, according to App Store discover...
PM steps in to curb menace of online porn
David Cameron is to toughen up controls on internet pornography to protect children. — In future, anyone buying a new computer or signing up with a new internet service provider …
Disruptions: A $1 Billion Start-Up Might Not Be So Fun
Congratulations! Your start-up is now valued at over $1 billion! — This might seem exciting, as though you've won a lottery. But in reality, when you recheck your lottery ticket, you might find yo...
AC/DC end their iTunes holdout
Just weeks after Kid Rock finally made his iTunes debut, Apple has won over another high-profile holdout from its music downloads store: AC/DC. — The news is hard to miss: a prominent banner on the ...
JUDGE APPROVES FTC'S $22.5M FINE OF GOOGLE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $22.5 million fine to penalize Google for an alleged privacy breach, rejecting a consumer-rights group's plea for tougher punishment. — The blessi...
This Trend Is Very Worrisome For Apple
Over the past couple of years, we have written often about a major long-term risk for Apple, which is the gradual loss of mobile market share to the Android platform. — This trend has continued in r...
AuthenTec Sells Off Embedded Security Systems, Leaving FingerPrint Technology for Apple
NFCWorld reports that AuthenTec has sold off its Embedded Security Solutions (ESS) division to a company called Inside Secure for $48 million, leaving Apple with its fingerprint sensors and identity m...