Samsung to reduce investment in LCD
Samsung Electronics is moving to reduce investment in its liquid crystal display (LCD) unit as the firm has shifted the focus of its screen business to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and plastic-...
Sprint Seeks to Buy Rest of Clearwire for About $2.1 Billion
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) proposed to acquire shares in wireless partner Clearwire Corp. it doesn't already own in a deal that the third-largest U.S. carrier says would cost about $2.1 billion. — Spri...
Meet Young Sohn, the Man Charged with Revamping Samsung's Technology Strategy from Silicon Valley
Samsung chief strategy officer Young Sohn explains why he still uses Apple devices at home—and what his company needs to do to stay ahead. — Why It Matters
Amazon Puts Instant Video On iPhone And iPod Touch, Cloud Player Music On Roku And Samsung Smart TVs
Amazon has announced a number of new platform expansions for its streaming media services today, including Cloud Player apps for Samsung Smart TVs and Roku set top boxes …
Mailbox for iPhone: a next-generation email app inspired by Sparrow and Clear
Cloud to-do list company Orchestra today announced Mailbox, an email client for the iPhone it's been building for the last year. I've been testing Mailbox for the last few weeks and it's nothing shor...
US court rules Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by Sony and Nokia owned MobileMedia
A US court has ruled that Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by MobileMeda, a company many consider to be a ‘classic patent troll’. The report, via a Bloomberg tweet, has yet to be fleshe...
Dell Quits Smartphone Business Globally, Drops Android
Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president, Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions at Dell World (day 1) — Dell is definitely pulling the plug on the smartphone business, globally.
Microsoft says Windows Phone 8 increased app submissions by 40%, to keep full staff on for holidays
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a rather interesting statistic for Windows Phone 8: the launch of the platform in late October has resulted in a sustained 40% increase in Windows Phone app submission...
Airbnb Aims To Get More Social With Acquisition Of Q&A Startup Localmind
Airbnb is announcing that it has acquired Localmind, a startup that allows users to post questions about specific locations, which are then answered in real time by local experts. — Airbnb has acqui...
NYC regulators approve limited pilot program for taxi hailing apps like Uber
Proof that government prefers to move slowly — Drivers and passengers in New York City can now use smartphone apps to hail nearby street cabs, thanks to a one-year pilot program that was just approv...
Khosla Ventures Retains Condoleezza Rice
Khosla Ventures is announcing a strategic relationship with RiceHadleyGates LLC, a consulting firm started by Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
All the beautifully redesigned 1Password 4 for iOS wants to do is help you forget your passwords
“They're still holding on to this idea that they must know their passwords,” says David Teare, founder of AgileBits. He's talking to me about the common types of password users in advance …
U.S. Senator Promising Legislative Action Allowing In-Air Use of Electronic Devices if FAA Doesn't Act
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has sent a letter to the head of the Federal Aviation Administration saying the flying public is “growing increasingly skeptical” …
Mr. Zuckerberg, Tear Down This Wall
The web was created to knock down walls. You could create a page on a Unix workstation in Switzerland that could be viewed perfectly on a Windows laptop in California, all thanks to the miracle of co...
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Legend Max Levchin Joins Yahoo Board, Intuit's Smith And Weather Channels's Kenny Leave
Max Levchin has been many things in his long year run in Silicon Valley — PayPal cofounder, Slide founder, angel investor, etc. etc. — but now he's trying on something more traditional.
European Commission accepts settlement from Apple and four major publishers over ebook price-fixing
After offering to settle the price fixing case back in September, Apple and four major publishers - Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck …
Amazon launches Kindle apps and e-bookstore in China, hinting at imminent Kindle arrival
Amazon has paved the way for the long-awaited launch of its Kindle e-reader in China after the company quietly launched Chinese versions of its Kindle apps for iOS and Android and a localized Kindle e...
Exclusive: ITU ‘failed,’ says former policy chief
A former telecommunications policy maker at the international organization, which is holding talks in Dubai to expand regulation of the Internet, warns that the group's conference is “absolutely absur...
Microsoft Rankles Advertisers With Web User-Privacy Plan
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is sticking with a decision to make it harder to track users' online behavior, earning plaudits from privacy groups while drawing fire from the advertisers its money-losing Web ...
New gTLD lottery tickets now on sale
ICANN has started selling its $100-a-pop New gTLD Prioritization Draw raffle tickets in Los Angeles, with a little less than a week to go until the make-or-break drawing. — The organization is under...
Report: FTC To Say Google Did Not Violate Antitrust Laws
The New York Post is reporting that relatively soon, possibly as early as next week, the FTC is scheduled to announce a settlement of its antitrust investigation and potential claims against Google. ...
US says it won't ratify UN telecom treaty over Internet resolution
The United States said Thursday that it will not ratify a United Nations telecommunications treaty after raising concerns that it would disrupt the current governance structure of the Internet and ope...
Why Google Just Made iPhone King: Ads
By releasing new versions of Google Maps and Gmail for iOS this month, Google helped make the iPhone the best mobile phone on the planet. Why is Google, the owner of Android and Motorola, helping its...
US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN internet treaty
The UN's telecommunications treaty will not be ratified by the US, UK or Canada — The US, Canada and UK have refused to sign an international communications treaty at a conference in Dubai. — The ...
Apple kicks off iPhone 5 sales in China
Apple has begun sales of the iPhone 5 in China, its second-largest market. Doors opened at official retail stores at 8am, though the company's reserve-and-pick-up system dampened launch crowds. — A...
Yahoo Said to Plan Board Shake-Up, Adding Levchin
Yahoo is poised to announce changes to its board, including the addition of Max Levchin, a former senior executive at PayPal, people briefed on the matter said. — The board is also expected to annou...
Seattle is the latest city to go around ISPs to get a gigabit network
Seattle has teamed up with Gigabit Squared, a startup that wants to invest $200 million in building gigabit broadband networks in six college towns around the country, to build a gigabit network.
Combating accidental clicks in mobile ads
Ads on smartphones are effective, but many of us have at some point clicked on an ad by accident, which ultimately is a bad experience for the user, the publisher, and the advertiser who pays for clic...
Senate panel approves Franken's location privacy bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn.) Location Privacy Protection Act on Thursday. — The bill would require companies to get a customer's consent before collec...
Comcast App Now Allows Video Downloads to Mobile Devices for On-The-Go Viewing
Comcast has announced that Xfinity TV subscribers who use the Xfinity TV Player app on their Android and iOS mobile devices can now download certain TV shows and movies, so they can watch when they're...
The Web We Lost
The tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people, a triumph of usability and empowerment...
Facebook for iOS gets faster News Feed and Timeline, lets you choose an album when uploading photos
Facebook on Thursday updated its native iOS app, on the same day it launched its native Android app. To get the latest speed enhancements for your News Feed and Timeline …
London buses now accept NFC contactless payments, if you have the magic logo
Transport for London has emailed customers to announce the activation of NFC contactless payments on the city's fleet of 8,500 buses, despite any hiccups on the tube. From today, anyone who swipes a ...