Apple Is Said to Be Pressing for Internet Radio Deals
After months of stalled negotiations over its planned Internet radio service, Apple is pushing to complete licensing deals with music companies so it can reveal the service as early as next week, acco...
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott leaves to ‘focus on personal projects’
[Updated below with Microsoft confirmation and statement.] — Tony Scott, who oversaw Microsoft's internal IT operations for more than five years as the company's CIO, has exited the position, based ...
Acer Iconia W3 official: the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet launches this month for $379 (hands-on)
It looks like the promise of smaller Windows 8 tablets has been fulfilled, and Acer's revealed its plans for a smaller form factor. Yep, we heard word of (and even peeked at listings for) …
Apple again plans AirDrop wireless file-sharing for iOS
Apple is currently testing versions of iOS 7 internally that include the AirDrop WiFi-direct file sharing tool from the Mac, according to people familiar with the software. — Like with the Flickr an...
ARM's new Cortex-A12 is ready to power 2014's $200 midrange smartphones
We already know what ARM has planned for 2014's high-end smartphones, but what about cheaper handsets? The company is preparing new mid-range silicon that it believes can offer increased performance ...
Product > Strategy > Business Model
One of the mistakes I see entrepreneurs make is they move to business model before locking down strategy. The way I like to think about this is get the product right first, then lock down the strateg...
WWDC 2013: Slimmer Retina MacBook Pro w/1080P camera and MacBook Air microphone improvements expected
In a report this morning, one of the better Apple analysts, Mingchi Kuo of KGI securities listed his forecast for MacBook Pro and Air updates expected at WWDC starting June 10th.
IE10 blows past IE7 and IE6′s combined market share, Firefox gains too, but Chrome hits 21-month low
The browser war continues into the middle of 2013. May saw the second full month of IE10 availability on Windows 7, as well as the release of Firefox 21 and Chrome 27.
The Quantitative VC
It's no longer sufficient in venture capital for firms to wait for companies, people and trends to come to Sand Hill Road. Seeing a startup on Demo Day at Y Combinator used to be the pipeline for sco...
The Aftermath Of Napster: Letting Incumbents Veto Innovation Slows Down Innovation Drastically
Last fall, law professor Michael Carrier came out with a really wonderful paper, called Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story. He interviewed dozens of people involved in the internet world …