Looking at CPU/GPU Benchmark Optimizations in Galaxy S 4
Somehow both Anand and I ended up with international versions of Samsung's Galaxy S 4, equipped with the first generation Exynos 5 Octa (5410) SoC. Anand bought an international model GT-I9500 while ...
Microsoft Surface revenue so far: $853 million
Microsoft just filed its annual Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and deep in the filing is the first public disclosure of the company's revenue from its Surface tablet lineup: $8...
Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M Each
Facebook Inc. (FB), seeking to break the long-held dominance of television over advertising budgets, plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.5 million a day, two people famili...
OpenTable Begins Testing Mobile Payments
OpenTable, the world's largest online reservation service, lets users book a restaurant reservation with its smartphone app or Web site. Now the company is getting ready to take the next step and let...
Now That It's in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network Neutrality
In a dramatic about-face on a key internet issue yesterday, Google told the FCC that the network neutrality rules Google once championed don't give citizens the right to run servers on their home broa...
Here are the 7 companies Microsoft doesn't want its ex-Windows chief to join
Since Steven Sinofsky and Microsoft shocked the PC world by divorcing last year, some details of Sinofsky's severance have already surfaced. But now we know, thanks to Microsoft's 10-K filing …
Review of Google's New Chromecast
Google is trying to change television watching again, after the tepid response to its Google TV product a few years back. This time, instead of building a complex system to bring apps and Internet vi...
Android 4.3 Update Brings TRIM to All Nexus Devices
One of the common complaints late in the life of the original Nexus 7 was slow storage I/O performance, leading to an inconsistent user experience. After a fresh flash, the Nexus 7 was speedy and per...
Netflix's Personalized User Profiles Begin Showing Up on Apple TV
According to multiple Twitter reports and a tipster who contacted MacRumors, individual Netflix profiles are now showing up on the Apple TV. The personalized profile feature, which is expected to be ...
Instagram deleting and blocking photos uploaded from third-party Windows Phone app
While Vine, Flipboard, and Path have all promised Windows Phone 8 support, one particular app is still missing: Instagram. Nokia has tried to pressure Facebook into building an Instagram Windows Phon...
Facebook Announces New Mobile Game Publishing Effort
A few weeks ago, we reported that Facebook was experimenting with becoming a mobile games publisher by offering distribution to studios in exchange for a cut of revenue. — Today, Facebook is formall...
From kindling to inferno: Full specs for next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets
Amazon to combine powerhouse specs and affordable prices in bid to scorch the competition — Amazon's first-generation Kindle Fire was absolutely not an iPad killer, and that's exactly why it was so ...
Intel, Apple and Others Rethink How We Watch TV
Intel, Apple and Others Push New Technologies to Take Control of the Living Room — By - DON CLARK and - IAN SHERR - — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—To understand how much television could soon change, it he...
HTC sees Q3 revenue sliding as much as 30 pct, missing forecasts
(Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp expects revenue to fall as much as 30 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous three months, far below analysts' forecasts. — A delayed launch for the much...
Mentor/Investor Whiplash
I've been doing a tour of the summer accelerator programs and a question I get a lot is about the feedback the teams get from the investors and mentors they meet with. They ask me how much should the...
Android Fragmentation Visualized
Fragmentation is both a strength and weakness of the Android ecosystem. When comparisons are made between Android and iOS the issue of different API levels, and the vastly different devices running t...
When Lousy Code Strikes, Google Dispatches Its Elite ‘Gopher Team’
Brad Fitzpatrick was using the most routine bit of Google software you can imagine when the damn thing stalled. The download was 99 percent done and just stopped. Download stalls happen every day, b...
Flash breakthrough promises faster storage, terabytes of memory
In the ongoing quest for faster access to data, Diablo Technologies has taken what could be a significant next step. — Diablo's Memory Channel Storage (MCS) architecture, expected to show up in serv...
RelayRides to Provide Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals at San Francisco Airport
Flyers who don't want to pay $18 per day for long-term parking at the San Francisco International Airport will have an option, starting in August, to park their cars for free, courtesy of startup Rela...
Sprint reports ‘highest-ever’ revenue of $7.2 billion for Q2 2013, loses $1.6 billion on Nextel shutdown
Sprint has just announced its second quarter 2013 financial results, and while it's pay as you go plans are paying off in terms of income, shutdowns and charges caused a huge loss.
MIT report finds university never pushed for prosecution or punishment for Aaron Swartz
In a long-awaited public response to the death of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide in January after being charged with hacking into MIT computers and illegally downloading millions of academicjourn...
Satellite positioning-data are vital—but the signal is surprisingly easy to disrupt
but the signal is surprisingly easy to disrupt — EVERY day for up to ten minutes near the London Stock Exchange, someone blocks signals from the global positioning system (GPS) network of satellites....
Fab Lays Off More Than 100 Employees in Europe, as It Continues Retreat From Flash Sales
Fab has just made significant cuts to its European staff, laying off more than 100 employees at its headquarters in Berlin. The reason for the cuts, the company said, is a transition away …
Rover.com fetches $3.5M, signs exclusive partnership deal with Petco for its Airbnb for dogs service
Rover.com announced today that it closed $3.5 million in additional funds from a group of investors led by pet speciality retailer Petco. In addition to the new capital, the “Airbnb for dogs” …