Windows 8.1 now available!
Less than a year ago we were preparing to launch Windows 8, which introduced our vision of highly personalized mobile computing. And here we are today announcing the global availability of Windows 8....
Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store, teases 16GB for $349
We still haven't heard anything official about Google's next Nexus phone, but tonight some people are already seeing it as an option in the Play Store. Just among our editors, some see the Nexus 4 wh...
Twitter Plans to Revamp Its Private Messaging Product
Twitter's entire premise is based on publicness. “Join the conversation in the global town square!” the company likes to say. — But, over the past year, Twitter has come around to seeing the value ...
The streak is over: Xbox 360 dethroned by PS3 after 32 months atop U.S. market
Thirty-two months, or 2-and-a-half years: That's how long Microsoft's Xbox 360 held the top spot in the U.S. console market, based on unit sales. But the streak ended as of September, as Sony's PlayS...
iPhone takes 51% share of smartphone activations at Verizon in Q3, unit sales flat compared to Q2
Windows 8.1: An improvement for touch devices, but still feels jarring
Reconciling 2 Worlds With Windows 8.1 — Just about one year ago, Microsoft gave us two new operating systems. — One was a new version of Windows: the one for use with mouse and keyboard, the one w...
AOL dethrones Google at top of video-ad ranking
With CEO Tim Armstrong's biggest takeover — Adap.tv — in the fold, AOL edges ahead of Google in ComScore's listing of the biggest video-ad properties.—YouTube is still the king of Internet video, but ...
AT&T Announces $5 Tablet Day Passes, Deal to Power Tesla's In-Car Wireless
While consumers are clearly buying tablets in droves, getting them to fork over to connect them to cellular networks has been another story. — Buyers have overwhelmingly chosen Wi-Fi-only models, an...
Facebook ad profit a staggering 1,790% more on iPhone than Android
Nov. 12 - 13, 2013 — A study of more than 200 billion ads on Facebook says that mobile ads on iPhone generate 1,790 percent more return on investment than ads on Android. Even worse, advertising on...
Microsoft's new iOS and Android Remote Desktop apps let you control a PC from a phone
Microsoft is providing a new way for iOS and Android users to access their Windows PCs today. A new Remote Desktop app is now available for both operating systems, letting you simply connect to a Win...
Ubuntu launches on mobile - but without some key elements
Thursday sees the release of Ubuntu “Saucy Salamander” 13.10, the first version of the Linux distribution to explicitly support smartphones and tablets, as well as desktop PCs and servers. There aren...
Samsung set-top box uses mediocre Smart TV software to compete with Roku, Apple TV
Samsung isn't known for its software, but that hasn't stopped the company from pushing its Smart TV interface, which offers access to video streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, and MLB.TV, ...
Motorola hopes to tempt iPhone users to Moto X with iCloud migration tool
Motorola's Moto Maker site is primarily meant to help customize and purchase a new Moto X, but today the company is adding another feature: the option to transfer your contacts and calendars from an A...
AMD beats earnings targets as game console revenue kicks in
Nov. 12 - 13, 2013 — Advanced Micro Devices has the next generation of home video game consoles to thanks for the good news in its earning report. — AMD reported financial results today that sligh...
Acer intros the Iconia W4, its second 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet: brings improved screen for $330 (hands-on)
Once Intel shows off an unannounced tablet at one of its press events, the jig is up: the product may as well be official at that point. That's what happened with Acer's Iconia …
Samsung proposes five-year patent lawsuit hiatus to escape EU antitrust warnings
Almost 20 months after the European Commission (EC) formally launched an investigation into its patent licensing practices, Samsung believes it has come up with an answer. Today, the EC published an ...
Nokia's multi-display smartwatch concept revealed in patent application
Nokia appears to be experimenting with its own smartwatch concepts. In a patent application submitted in August last year, the company details a “multi-segment wearable accessory.”
Powered by the crowd, EFF attacks infamous “podcasting patent”
There are lots of patents out there claiming basic Internet functionalities or business practices, but some of them occasionally hit a nerve. That's what happened with the so-called “podcasting paten...
T-Mobile ad criticized for belittling smartphone theft
T-Mobile CEO John Legere. — (Credit: Lori Grunin/CNET) — T-Mobile is hot water again for one of its “Uncarrier” campaign commercials. — The latest comes in the form of a letter written by San Fr...
isoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios
The website isoHunt will shut down as part of a settlement in a massive piracy suit filed by Hollywood studios, the MPAA said on Thursday. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian canceled a pla...
Stitch Fix, The Online Personal Shopping Startup, Sews Up $12 Million Series B Led By Benchmark
San Francisco startup Stitch Fix has closed on $12 million in a new funding round led by Benchmark as it looks to further scale out its tech-powered personal shopping and delivery service for women.
SwiftKey 4.3 Unifies Tablet & Phone Apps, Adds More Keyboard Layouts
Word-prediction Android keyboard maker SwiftKey, which closed a $17.5 million Series B led by Index Ventures last month and whose keyboard software runs on millions of mobile devices, has launched a n...
Backed By Social+Capital, A16Z, And Formation8, Data Elite Launches Lab To Fund And Advise Big Data Startups
If AngelList provides a foundation for investment “capital as a service,” then Data Elite could be the model for ‘advising-as-a-service.’ Data Elite is launching today as a a venture lab …
F# wants to turn banner ads into web radio stations
New York-based ad tech startup F# wants you to stop hating banner ads — and it has a pretty clever idea to make those despised ad units more interesting: The company, whose name is pronounced like the...