F.C.C. Chairman Announces Resignation
Julius Genachowski, the Federal Communications Commission chairman since June 2009, who set out ambitious plans to expand broadband Internet service throughout the country and to free up additional ai...
Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping
Advocates for Disabled Say Netflix, Target Are Legally Obligated to Make Sites Easier to Navigate — Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits are following. — Advocates for disabled...
Lockheed Martin Harnesses Quantum Technology
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Our digital age is all about bits, those precise ones and zeros that are the stuff of modern computer code. — But a powerful new type of computer that is about to be co...
Facebook Turns Off Website Internally To Force Mobile Development
Just how important is mobile to Facebook? According to Facebook product manager Josh Williams, the former CEO of Gowalla, the social network's push toward mobility is crucial enough to its strategy t...
Box and Evernote execs: Don't ignore Microsoft's platforms
Evernote CTO Dave Engberg has noticed something funny: Just because a lot of people own a particular type of smartphone, that doesn't mean they actually download apps for it. — Speaking today at Bus...
Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video-gaming system doesn't violate the patent rights of Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said today. — In a one-paragraph notice, U.S. Internat...
Surprise! Google chairman Eric Schmidt uses.. a BlackBerry
He likes the keyboard - even though Android alternatives are available. Schmidt also spoke on whether Android and ChromeOS will merge: ‘not for a long time’ — Who's the person you'd least expect to...
Barnes & Noble is prepared to give you a free e-reader if it means you'll buy the NOOK HD+ tablet
Barnes & Noble is so desperate to sell its flagship NOOK HD+ tablet, that it's now prepared to throw in a NOOK Simple Touch e-reader for free. — The company, which is known for its chain …
500 Startups is now using AngelList to raise investment for its latest fund
500 Startups is a big fan of AngelList, the social network-like platform for young businesses. Back in January, the US incubator and VC adopted AngelList as the sole platform for applications to its ...
‘Lemme Tweet That For You’ generates fake tweets that look (almost) just like real ones
Despite our suspicion of Photoshopping and fakery, the screencapped tweet has become a way to preserve embarrassing or noteworthy moments in case they're deleted. But as “Lemme Tweet That For You” …
BlackBerry Hoping Long-Awaited U.S. Launch Pays Off
BlackBerry officials say they are pleased with the early response in the two dozen or so countries where the company's all-new phones have launched. — However, the Canadian company's comeback effort...
Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile
After graduating from Y Combinator, Crowdtilt launched in February of last year to become “the Kickstarter for any group.” More specifically, the startup has been on a mission …
Ubuntu tapped by China for national operating system
Canonical to help government add “Chinese specific” features to OS — Ubuntu is going to become the reference architecture for a Linux distribution, backed and developed by the Chinese government. —...
Samsung Covets Low-End Of Smartphone Market, Too
Samsung Electronics Co.'s quest for dominance in the cellphone market is expanding beyond its high-profile, high-end devices: It now wants to own the bottom of the market too. — Despite the buzz sur...
7 years later, another look at Twitter
I don't know exactly when I joined Twitter. The account that I'm using now was opened in January of 2009, but there were others before that as I was playing around with the service and not really get...
Google applies for another Glass patent, thinks about controlling your garage door and fridge
In case you hadn't noticed, the people over at Mountain View continue to work pretty hard on bringing yet more functionality to its Google Glass. During our patent application trawling this week …
HTC One Landing In U.K., Germany & Taiwan Next Week
HTC's new flagship smartphone, the HTC One, will go on sale in the U.K., Germany and Taiwan next week, HTC has confirmed today. The rollout will then ramp up …
Google alters AdWords rules to charge for phone number clicks, will ban workarounds starting in April
Google has quietly announced a change in its AdWords rules that means businesses can no longer include their phone number in the advertisement's text starting next month.
IsoHunt's Fung helped users infringe, blew off “red flags,” say judges
A mosaic of Lady Justice at the 9th Circuit in San Francisco. — Thomas Hawk — A major Hollywood court win against the IsoHunt torrent site has been upheld on appeal. In a ruling (PDF) issued this...
Firefox Nightly Now Includes OdinMonkey, Brings JavaScript Closer To Running At Native Speeds
Browsers today are able to execute JavaScript code significantly faster than just a few years ago, but even as our web apps now look more like desktop apps, JavaScript performance is still a far cry …
Verizon Messages extends unified SMS and MMS to Android, iOS and the web (video)
As you begin juggling more and more devices in your daily life, running all of your text and picture messages through your smartphone can become a real chore. To help subscribers keep up with the tim...