Nokia and RIM enter into new patent license agreement
RIM payments to Nokia settle all legal actions between the companies — Espoo, Finland - Nokia has entered into a new patent license agreement with Research In Motion. The agreement will result in s...
Steve Jobs superyacht impounded over unpaid Starck designer bill
(Reuters) - A superyacht built for Apple Inc's late co-founder Steve Jobs has been impounded in Amsterdam because of a dispute over an unpaid bill to designer Philippe Starck, a lawyer said on Friday.
iOS 6.0.2 suspected of draining batteries
The iOS 6.0.2 update released earlier this week may have cured some people's Wi-Fi woes, but others now claim it's reducing their battery life too. First reported by TidBITS' Adam Engst and supported...
Apple's Passbook Is a Surprise Success for Developers
Apple's Passbook feature of iOS 6 has become a surprise hit for developers. — Passbook is virtual file folder for all those bits of paper you accumulate in your wallet: tickets, boarding passes, cou...
Google executives acquitted in Milan autism video case
(Reuters) - An Italy appeals court acquitted three Google executives of charges of having violated the privacy of an Italian boy with autism by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the si...
Apple Reaches Highest-Ever U.S. Smartphone Sales Share At 53.3%; Android Consolidates In Europe
Apple's shares, as you may have seen, have been sliding in the market on the back of strong competition from Android device makers. Today, some new figures on recent smartphone sales …
Spotify Rival Deezer Eyes U.S.
Online music streaming company Deezer stepped up pressure on its peers on Thursday with the launch of a free streaming service in more than 150 countries and said it is looking for a partner to enter ...
TV Everywhere, for Real, for Now: NimbleTV Starts a New York Trial Run
“TV Everywhere” is supposed to let you watch whatever you want, wherever you want to watch it, on any device you want - as long as you pay for TV. — But the cable guys have been working at this for ...
As Tablets Surge, Ereaders Struggle
Despite strong demand for smart connected devices, consumers may be passing over ereaders — The connected device market continues to see substantial growth worldwide. The International Data Corpora...
Google Launches New Experimental Search Features For Tracking Your Online Purchases, Reservations & Events From Gmail
Google has long been running a number of experimental Search and Gmail field trials anybody can sign up for and today it's launching a few nifty new search features …
Hulu's Fork in the Road
As Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. battle it out for dominance in online video, owners of the much smaller Hulu LLC, Hollywood's own online video service, are under pressure to decide which direction...
Behind closed doors at the UN's attempted “takeover of the Internet”
Eli Dourado is a research fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a co-founder of WCITLeaks, and a member of the US delegation to the WCIT. The vi...
Apple shifts iTunes to HTTPS, sidesteps China's censors
Great Firewall foiled ... for now — Apple has adopted HTTPS for searches and downloads on the version of iTunes used in China. The move comes at a time when China's government prepares to step up r...
Is Amazon working on its own version of AppleCare for Kindle products?
Amazon may be considering extended warranty and repair services similar to Apple's AppleCare, according to two trademark application the company filed earlier this month. The applications also sugges...
Instagram for iOS gets new Mayfair filter and returns ability to share photos from any album
Instagram may have been under a lot of pressure of late but the Facebook-owned photo service has updated its iOS app with a new filter — Mayfair — and the return of the option to share photos from any...
A Big Misunderstanding
Cliff Edwards's 2001 “Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work” piece for Businessweek is deservingly notorious in the annals of claim chowder, but there are a few things about it worth keepin...
Apple lifts block on combo 30-pin+Lightning charging accessories
The POP station from Kickstarter aimed to combine Lightning and 30-pin connectors into a single charging device. — The Kickstarter campaign that was “shut down” by Apple for creating a charging stat...
Apple Airs New iPad mini Commercial: I'll Be Home
Just in time for Christmas, Apple has aired a new TV commercial for the iPad mini. Focused on FaceTime, the commercial shows a girl and her grandfather sharing a moment of holiday cheer with the girl...
Police Dept. to Use Internet to Try to Stop Mass Shootings
Top intelligence officials in the New York Police Department met on Thursday to examine ways to search the Internet to identify potential “deranged” gunmen before they strike, Police Commissioner Raym...
Google Designing ‘X Phone’ to Rival Apple, Samsung
Engineers at Motorola are hard at work on a sophisticated handset, to be released next year, that parent Google Inc. hopes will provide more potent competition for devices like Apple Inc.'s iPhone, sa...