The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn't want you to see
Steve Jobs threatened patent litigation if Palm wouldn't agree to stop hiring Apple employees, says former Palm CEO Edward Colligan in a statement dated August 7th, 2012. Apple, Google, Intel …
Apple Reports Record Results
47.8 Million iPhones Sold; 22.9 Million iPads Sold — Apple® today announced financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012. The Company posted record quarterly ...
Nokia EOS: the first real PureView Windows Phone is coming this year
Nokia is planning a true PureView Windows Phone, The Verge has learned. Codenamed EOS, sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed that the device will include a similar sensor that's found on ...
Google Creating Wireless Network, But For What?
Google is trying to create an experimental wireless network covering its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, a move that some analysts say could portend the creation of dense and superfast Google wir...
The story behind DIAL: How Netflix and YouTube want to take on AirPlay
Netflix and YouTube have teamed up to launch DIAL, a protocol that helps developers of second-screen apps to discover and launch applications on smart TVs and connected devices. The effort is already...
SV Angel Invested $30M In Pinterest Secondary Sale
Last week we reported on an SEC filing of a new $30 million raise for SV Angel, for a fund called SV Angel-III Growth P. — We've since heard from multiple sources that this $30 million is a Special ...
Google: Psy's ‘Gangnam Style’ has earned $8 million on YouTube alone
Gangnam Style, the most-watched YouTube video ever, with more than one billion views, by K-pop sensation Psy has generated $8 million revenue on YouTube alone, said Google chief business officer Nikes...
Facebook Vaults Ahead of Google Maps to Finish 2012 as #1 U.S. Mobile App
With another interesting year in digital media in the books, we can now begin our retrospective view of what happened in 2012 in order help bring the digital future into focus. There is little doubt ...
Transparency Report: What it takes for governments to access personal information
Today we're releasing new data for the Transparency Report, showing that the steady increase in government requests for our users' data continued in the second half of 2012, as usage of our services c...
Logitech Q3 earnings reveal plans to sell off Harmony remote, video security divisions
The fiscal 2013 Q3 numbers from Logitech are in, and according to new CEO Bracken P Darrell, the “disappointing” results will require immediate action to turn around — action that includes selling off...
Bitcoin-based casino rakes in more than $500,000 profit in six months
Sadly, you can't spend actual bitcoins like these (non-digital ones) at a digital casino. — CASASCIUS — As various tech companies report their fourth-quarter 2012 earnings numbers this week, so ar...
Netflix Shares Jump 30% After Hours, As It Beats The Street With Revenues Of $945M And 2M New Subscribers
Netflix had a stellar fourth quarter, posting revenues and subscriber numbers well above analyst estimates. That has got investors excited again, driving the stock up 25 percent in after hours tradin...
RIM Ready With Software For Managing Both New BlackBerrys and Rival Devices
RIM on Wednesday announced availability of the first version of its server software capable of managing its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones as well as mobile devices made by rivals.
Cisco To Buy Israeli Mobile Startup Intucell For $475 Million Cash, And Bessemer Will Get Nearly Half
Bessemer Venture Partners racked up a huge win today. Two years ago it invested $6 million in exchange for nearly half the equity of Israeli startup Intucell, whose networking tech lets carriers hand...
Pebble smartwatches begin shipping to backers this afternoon, iOS app still pending
Pebble has just informed backers that the very first orders will begin shipping today, though the iOS app is still pending approval from Apple. In the meantime, Android users will have access to a co...
GitHub unblocked in China after former Google head slams its censorship
GitHub had been fully blocked in China starting on Monday — Access to software collaboration site GitHub appeared to be restored in China on Wednesday, just as former Google executive Kai-Fu lee cri...
Dish to close 300 Blockbuster stores, 3,000 jobs may be lost
(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp plans to close 300 Blockbuster stores in the United States in the coming weeks and could lay off as many as 3,000 employees, a move that comes days after the DVD rental f...
Tumblr Blog “Actual Facebook Graph Searches” Goes Viral
Well, that didn't take long. Facebook Graph Search is now its own Tumblr meme: “Actual Facebook Graph Searches.” The site dials up the social media rubbernecking-slash-privacy outrage to a whole new...
CBS says Dish concealed ad-skipping feature during contract talks
(Reuters) - CBS Corp has filed an amended lawsuit against Dish Network Corp accusing the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV company of concealing material facts about its ad-skipping technology during contract n...
State of the Internet: The broadband future is faster, but still unevenly distributed
We may not be a gigabit nation yet when it comes to broadband, but the latest data from Akamai shows that the the number of broadband connections over 10 Mbps — what Akamai dubs “high broadband” …
Samsung Moves Past Apple To Be World's No. 1 Chip Customer
Samsung in 2012 surpassed Apple to become the world's leading buyer of semiconductor products, according to new data from Gartner. — The two companies combined consumed $45.3 billion of semiconducto...
Memory to myth: tracing Aaron Swartz through the 21st century
To understand his contributions, we have to look beyond the headlines — I met Aaron Swartz in Cambridge shortly after he'd been indicted for downloading lots of JSTOR articles on MIT's network in 20...
New film goes in search of Google's first privacy policy
‘Terms And Conditions May Apply,’ which premieres at Sundance today, laments the decline of users' legal rights. — Anyone interested in how Google's privacy policies over the years can easily compar...