Nokia unveils the touchscreen Asha 501 with new software platform, we go hands-on (video)
One or more additional members are expected to join Nokia's Lumia line-up next Tuesday, but today the company has chosen New Delhi as the stage to unveil the Asha 501, a new touchscreen handset …
Apple supplier Pegatron boosts China workforce by 40 percent in second quarter
(Reuters) - Pegatron Corp, an assembler of Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad, said it would increase its number of workers in China by up to 40 percent in the second half of the year, fuelling market specul...
∞ The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPad released
The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPad released — On New Years Eve last year I said that I had some big plans for The Loop in 2013. The biggest of those plans is The Loop magazine for iPhone and iPa...
Reports: Facebook Is Buying Social Mapping And Traffic App Waze For Up To $1B To Court More Mobile Users
Facebook appears to be close to making another billion-dollar acquisition to once again ramp up its mobile efforts: according to two reports in the Israeli press at Calcalist …
Sony's 2012 earnings show a net profit of $458 million, its first since 2008
We've already heard from Sony about the positive effects some of its recent moves like the sales of several of its buildings are having on its finances, and now the company is revealing its detailed r...
Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley's Elite
On a normal weeknight, Netflix (NFLX) accounts for almost a third of all Internet traffic entering North American homes. That's more than YouTube, Hulu, Amazon.com (AMZN), HBO Go, iTunes, and BitTorr...
Many Air Passengers Never Turn Off Electronics, Survey Finds
Take a guess at how many people actually fail to turn off their gadgets during takeoff and landing of a flight. Ten percent? No, that's too low. Twenty percent? Still too low. — In a study relea...
Use These Secret NSA Google Search Tips to Become Your Own Spy Agency
There's so much data available on the internet, that even government cyberspies need a little help now and then to sift through it all. So to assist them, the National Security Agency produced a book...
Flipboard amps up user-generated magazines with Android release and new Web-based editing tool
Flipboard has brought its magazine curation service to Android devices. The popular service has released an update that will now brings in features iOS device owners have been experiencing for the pa...
Full-res photo and video backup now available worldwide for Windows Phone 8
[This post was written by Aaron Sauvé, a senior program manager on the Windows Phone camera and photos team. -KC] — One great feature of Windows Phone 8 is its ability to save full-resolution backu...
PC Makers Hopeful on Windows 8 Changes
With the PC industry in severe contraction, industry executives seem terribly relieved to have found some optimism to cling to. — PC makers in Asia say there is hope yet for Windows 8, the new opera...
Ouya raises $15M from Kleiner Perkins and Mayfield and delays launch
Ouya is just a kid on the block alongside the game consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. But it's graduating to a higher level today as the maker of the $99 Android game console is announcing ...
New Zealand Government Announces That Software Will No Longer Be Patentable
In a bill passed earlier today, the Government of New Zealand announced that software in the country will no longer be patentable. New Zealand's largest IT representative body, the Institute of IT Pr...
Fwd.Us Raises Uproar With Advocacy Tactics
“Move fast and break things” has been the motto at Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, embodying the Silicon Valley ethos of unapologetically finding new ways to solve old problems. His latest foray into pol...
Google Framed As Book Stealer Bent On Data Domination In New Documentary
“Google And The World Brain” is a new documentary about Google's plan to scan all of the world's books, which triggered an ongoing lawsuit being heard today. The hair-raising film sees Google import ...
Apple, Oracle Pay Their CFOs the Most as Cash Hoards Grow
Five of the ten best-paid finance chiefs last year work in the technology industry, as executives at companies from Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Google Inc. (GOOG) were rewarded for increasing profit, amassin...
AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple Chart
Dialup out, broadband in. It doesn't get more clear than this. — At the end of March, almost 2.7 million people still subscribed to AOL service, the company reported this morning. That's about whe...
EA confirms 10 percent of staff laid off in major restructuring
During video game conglomerate EA's most recent earnings call, the company's CFO confirmed that it has laid off the roughly 900 workers whose jobs were rumored to be on the chopping block last month.
LinkedIn continues its evolution as a media entity with the launch of magazine-style news channels
LinkedIn has been making some significant moves towards becoming a media entity focused on business news, and the launch of new magazine-style channels of content is just the latest example of this.
Trade Sanctions Cited in Hundreds of Syrian Domain Seizures
In apparent observation of international trade sanctions against Syria, a U.S. firm that ranks as the world's fourth-largest domain name registrar has seized hundreds of domains belonging to various S...
Michael Arrington Sues Jenn Allen Over Rape Claims
After issuing an ultimatum to abuse-alleging ex Jenn Allen, TechCrunch founder and investor Michael Arrington is now trying to take her to federal court. In demand for trial filed just yesterday, Arr...