Celebrating #Twitter7
There's an old English saying, “Keep a thing seven years, and you'll always find a use for it.” Today is Twitter's 7th birthday, which we observe on the day @jack first tweeted. Since then, we've se...
Apple Design Teams Get Cozier
Last October Apple Inc. announced a management shake-up designed to increase collaboration across its different divisions. Sure enough, some walls have come down, though many others remain. — One o...
Google chairman: Chrome, Android operating systems to stay separate
NEW DELHI - Google Inc's Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products, although there could be more “commonality” between them, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Thursday. ...
IPhone Contracts With Carriers Under Scrutiny in Europe
European Union regulators are examining the contracts Apple strikes with cellphone carriers that sell its iPhone for possible antitrust violations after several carriers complained that the deals thro...
An Open Letter to Google: Google Alerts Broken, Now Useless To Financial Marketers
For years, you maintained one of the simplest, most powerful tools on the internet: Google Alerts. Anyone with a Google account could just sign in and create an email alert for any subject that inter...
Google's Android unit reportedly building a smartwatch
According to a recent report from The Financial Times, Google might also be getting into the smartwatch game. And unlike Glass, which was developed in the company's experimental X Lab, the watch (not...
Sapphire Could Replace Gorilla Glass in the iPhone and other Smartphones
Your Next Smartphone Screen May Be Made of Sapphire — Manufactured sapphire is incredibly strong and scratch resistant. Now falling costs and technology improvements could make it competitive with ...
HBO CEO mulls teaming with broadband partners for HBO GO
(Reuters) - HBO could widen access to its HBO GO online streaming service by teaming up with broadband Internet providers for customers who do not subscribe to a cable TV service, according to HBO's C...
Facebook Managing Editor Steps Down, Says Site 'Doesn't Need Reporters'
This piece is co-authored by Justin Runquist. Both Kaitlin Gillepsie and Runquist are with the Murrow News Service. Facebook managing editor Dan Fletcher announced Wednesday that he will be leaving ...
App Store apps that access UDIDs, don't support iPhone 5/Retina to be rejected May 1
Apple has informed developers that it will begin officially rejecting newly submitted and updated applications that access the iOS device UDID. Apple says that this new policy will begin on May 1st.
Exclusive: Live demo of Fresh Paint app for Windows Blue, plus more Windows Blue mentions
After digging up a Microsoft job ad for Windows Blue and Windows Phone Blue from the Fresh Paint team recently, I've now stumbled upon the next best thing to having the actual app in-hand …
Apple blames rights holders for 70% mark-ups in Australia
Apple Australia boss Tony King has blamed “old-fashioned notions” of record labels, movie studios and TV networks for inflated prices of digital media paid by Australians on the iTunes store. While c...
Dell Walks Fine Line in Pitch for Buyout
Chief executives typically like to boast about their companies, but as a Friday deadline for rival bids to buy his firm approaches, Michael Dell finds himself in the opposite position. — Mr. Dell ne...
Email app Mailbox hits 1M reservations filled as it moves into its new office at Dropbox
Mobile email client Mailbox has announced taking its 1 millionth reservation, as it moves into its new offices at its new parent company Dropbox. — The app was released to much fanfare just six week...
New OS X trojan injects ads into pages browsed by Chrome, Firefox, and Safari; even targets Apple's website
A new trojan specifically for Macs has been discovered that installs an adware plugin. The malware attempts to monetize its attack by injecting ads into Chrome, Firefox, and Safari …
Wealthfront, The Investing Service That Has Made Me Money
Wealthfront is one of my favorite startups out there today — because it has actually made me money. I'm not alone. The automated investments company has been growing …
The Bacon-Wrapped Economy
Tech has brought very young, very rich people to the Bay Area like never before. And the changes to our cultural and economic landscape aren't necessarily for the better. — Last July, Google threw ...
Accel Closes $475M Fund To Invest Mainly In Europe And Israel, Focusing On Its Series A “Sweet Spot”
Accel Partners has just this morning announced another hefty fund of $475 million. It's the company's fourth fund for Accel London and will be used for investments across a wide range of technologies...
HP Labs builds a glasses-free, portable 3D display with wide viewing angles (video)
Typical attempts at a glasses-free 3D display have trouble with viewing angles; we're all too familiar with having to sit in a sweet spot to get the effect. HP Labs might have just solved this last p...
Quora finally introduces full-text search to boost content discovery
Social Q&A site Quora has finally introduced full-text search in a move that will improve content discovery and is likely to be much welcomed by anyone who has ever used the service. — A company blo...