At Y Combinator, Social is Out, Revenue is In
Y Combinator, the best-known “incubator” of technology startups in Silicon Valley, is showing further proof that the social-networking craze has died down and more founders are tackling “boring” probl...
T-Mobile to carry the iPhone 5 on April 12th for $99 up front
At long last, T-Mobile will carrying the Apple iPhone starting on April 12th. The fourth place carrier announced the news during a press event in New York on Tuesday. T-Mobile, the fourth largest ca...
Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work?’
Frustrations mount as developers deal with Apple's inability to manage another cloud service — iCloud, perhaps more than any Apple software product, is meant to “just work.” When Apple introduced i...
Apple plans to scale up presence in India, to triple exclusive stores to 200 by 2015
KOLKATA/ NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the success of the iPhone in India, Apple Inc has decided to scale up its presence in the country and plans to triple its exclusive stores to around 200 by 2015, said thr...
New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared
One of the best ways of following topics that are interesting to you is Flipboard, a popular app for Apple and Android mobile devices that automatically turns social-network posts and news from online...
Xbox Music updated with volume control, cloud sync options, and performance improvements
Hot on the feels of a significant Windows 8 Mail app update, Microsoft's Xbox team is releasing a new version of Xbox Music. The update brings performance improvements on the RT side …
Existing iPhone 5 handsets cannot have AWS support enabled
Starting April 12th, Apple retail shops as well as Apple's online store will begin selling the new and gently tweaked A1428 model of the iPhone 5.
Facebook Expands Targeted Advertising Through Outside Data Sources
SAN FRANCISCO — Debra Aho Williamson, an advertising industry analyst and devoted coffee drinker, was intrigued by a promotion that popped up on her Facebook page recently. Sign up for a Starbucks lo...
Here's Why Marissa Mayer Is About To Spend ~$200 Million On A YouTube Wannabe
Last week, Amir Efrati and Sam Shechner of the WSJ reported that Yahoo is close to acquiring a controlling stake in the YouTube-of-Europe, Dailymotion, at a valuation somewhere around $300 million.
Sweden drops the word ‘ungoogleable’ following pressure from Google
The Language Council of Sweden has dropped the term “ungoogleable” from its list of new words, following pressure from Google to adapt its definition to something more flattering for the company.
Store Combats Showrooming With $5 ‘Just Looking’ Fee
While some bricks-and-mortar chains are trying to curb showrooming — using a retailer to check out an item in person before buying it online — with price-matching or store-exclusive brands, one busine...
Just do it, says Yahoo's teen app millionaire
(Reuters) - Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens? Just do it, is the advice of the London schoolboy who's just sold his smartphone news app to Yahoo for a report...
Future of Kindle? Amazon's Bezos wants wireless power, remote processing for devices
Want slimmer and lighter gadgets with amazing battery life? Jeff Bezos is right there with you — and he has a potential solution. — A newly published patent application, listing the Amazon CEO …
Sprouter and BetaKit folded into Financial Post
BetaKit and Sprouter, two of Canada's leading startup resources, are now part of the Financial Post. As of March 22, both Sprouter.com and BetaKit.com redirected to FP Startups, a long-standing secti...
With new Sparc systems, Oracle begins shift to single chip architecture
Oracle is expected to gradually converge its two Unix server families onto its own Sparc processor design — Oracle has announced a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors and in the process h...
FWIW, Mark Hurd squelches Dell rumors
This is what happens when you're a high-profile job switcher, especially in the gossip-mad tech world. People talk about you. And that's what happened to Mark Hurd. — Reports surfaced last week th...
Windows Phone 8 update to activate FM radios, enable double-tap to wake Lumia 920
Microsoft is currently preparing a new Windows Phone 8 update, The Verge has learned. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed that the software maker plans to support FM radio hardware ...
First targeted attack to use Android malware discovered
Malware used to spy on Tibetan activists and other ethnic groups in China is nothing new. But a new Trojan discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Labs has widened the scope of this digital espionage ...
Yelp Announces A New ‘Revenue Estimator’ For Small Businesses
Yelp is announcing a new feature intended to highlight and quantify the value that the listing and review site provides for small businesses. — A company spokesperson told me the feature is importan...
Stocksy aims to bring the soul back into stock photography
iStockphoto founder Bruce Livingstone is trying again with the stock-art business — this time with a startup focusing on photographers, not profits. — Bruce Livingstone, founder of the iStockphoto s...
Microsoft, Spotify and The Echo Nest launch Mixshape, an engaging tool for ordering playlists
Microsoft, Spotify and music intelligence firm The Echo Nest have joined forces to create Mixshape, a visual tool that automatically sorts playlists based on the properties and moods of individual son...
ICANN's trademark clearinghouse to launch Tuesday
As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launches a new trademark clearinghouse on Tuesday, businesses that own trademarks should consider getting involved in the program, some ICANN...
Europe Wants To Slash $77B Off Broadband Rollouts By Cutting Red Tape And Requiring High Speed Links In All New Builds
The European Commission wants half of the region's households to have Internet connections of 100Mbps or more by 2020, with minimum connections of 30Mbps for everyone …
Pocket for Publishers brings analytics, branding & paywall support to the view-later service
In the world of save-for-later services, Pocket has made a name for itself by encompassing more than just text. Whether it's a YouTube video, a discussion on Hacker News or an article …