Apple-1 Computers Jump in Value at Auctions
More than a decade ago, at a vintage computer fair in Silicon Valley, Dag Spicer had an opportunity to buy an original Apple-1 for $2,000. He passed. Any regrets? Not really, he said. — “Of cours...
On market share
For the last couple of years, the standard way to look at the progress of the ‘platform war’ between Apple, Google and the now near-vanquished Nokia and RIM was ‘smartphone market share’: each platfor...
Yahoo's Design Chief to Depart
Tim Parsey, the senior vice president of user experience design at Yahoo, is leaving the company, he said in an interview Thursday. — Mr. Parsey said he was hired last year to help infuse a culture ...
More than a year after its shutdown, Google to move all Buzz posts to its Drive service on July 17
Google is taking the “last step” in its shutdown of its Google Buzz product. Starting July 17, the company announced in an email that all posts will be saved to Google Drive.
Source confirms Intel's big score: Samsung tablet using an Atom chip
Intel's long years investing in mobile processors are about to pay off with its biggest win to date. We've confirmed that the next Samsung Galaxy tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, will have an Intel ...
Facebook looking to relocate in NYC, sources say
The social networking giant is negotiating to take 160,000 square feet at 770 Broadway in midtown south at a time when other tech firms are migrating downtown because rents have been rising in the tec...
Lambda Labs Is Launching A Facial Recognition API For Google Glass
Lambda Labs, an early-stage startup out of San Francisco, is preparing to release a facial recognition API for developers working on Google Glass apps. The API will be available to interested develop...
Yahoo Deal for Tumblr Won't Move Internet Giant's Needle
When Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer announced that the Internet giant would spend $1.1 billion to acquire blogging site Tumblr, she promised not to “screw it up.” Maybe the young chief shou...
Google no longer able to pay Android developers in Argentina, pulling apps on July 27th
Developers in Argentina have begun receiving letters from Google informing them that “Google Play will no longer be able to accept payments on behalf of developers registered in Argentina starting Jun...