RIM Gains Mobile Browser Share [Digital Daily] »

RIM Gains Mobile Browser Share [Digital Daily]

A noteworthy metric in the latest mobile browser share report from StatCounter: RIM’s BlackBerry has been making some meaningful gains in the world-wide mobile browser market. According to the research house, which tracks page views by browser on mobile devices and the desktop, RIM has boosted its share of the market quite a bit since [...]

Psystar Exits Bankruptcy, Launches New Xeon-Based Systems Running OS X »

Psystar Exits Bankruptcy, Launches New Xeon-Based Systems Running OS X

Psystar, manufacturer of unauthorized Mac clones currently involved in a legal battle with Apple, reports that it has exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is again prepared to take on Apple. Psystar filed for bankruptcy just over one month ago.

Cyberbullying Report Opposes Regulation »

Cyberbullying Report Opposes Regulation

A recent report on cyberbullying suggests that, unlike other Internet scares, this one is well-founded, but questions some of the regulatory efforts that are gathering steam around the tactic.
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Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone? »

Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?

Apple has published a very interesting patent application in which they explore how to provide a Karaoke experience on the iPhone. Not only would users be able to sing along with their favorite songs, but Apple wants to give real-time feedba…
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Washington Post: Our Reporters Aren’t For Sale (Yet) [MediaMemo] »

Washington Post: Our Reporters Aren’t For Sale (Yet) [MediaMemo]

Want access to the Washington D.C. elite? The city’s hometown paper is happy to arrange that for you provided you’re willing to pay between $25,000 and $250,000. The caveat: That fee won’t include access to the Washington Post’s editorial staff. But I bet that will change sooner than later.
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Susquehanna: Microsoft Bing Success Unclear [Voices] »

Susquehanna: Microsoft Bing Success Unclear [Voices]

Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Marriane Wolk has scoured the Internet for intelligence on Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, and come up with the conclusion that the appeal of the new service, and its staying power, is uncertain.
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Startup Aims to Be the Kayak.Com of Ticketing [Voices] »

Startup Aims to Be the Kayak.Com of Ticketing [Voices]

About a year ago, Canadian Internet entrepreneur Justin Hartzman was planning to visit Las Vegas with some friends, and was trying to decide which shows and concerts the group should see. “After about 400 or 500 emails back and forth,” he says, he realized he needed a Web site that would aggregate all of the [...]

Gizmodo, Engadget, and Now GDGT »

Gizmodo, Engadget, and Now GDGT

The creator of two successful Web sites that catered to fans of electronic equipment like cameras and cellphones is helping to start a third, featuring reviews written by consumers.
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Microsoft Makes Users Sick, Pulls Ad »

Microsoft Makes Users Sick, Pulls Ad

Microsoft appears to have come to its senses over an advertisement that had some observers claiming it was the worst technology commercial ever.
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iPhone 3GS Launch AT&T’s “Best-Ever Sales Day” [Internal Memo] [Digital Daily] »

iPhone 3GS Launch AT&T’s “Best-Ever Sales Day” [Internal Memo] [Digital Daily]

It took Apple and AT&T 74 days to sell the first million iPhones back in 2007. This year it took just three. No wonder AT&T is crowing about first-day sales. In an all-hands memo to employees this week, the carrier, which sold “hundreds of thousands” of iPhones during its pre-order process, said first-day sales of [...]

U.S. Confirms Investigation of Google Books Deal »

U.S. Confirms Investigation of Google Books Deal

The Justice Department confirmed that it is conducting an antitrust investigation into a settlement of a class action between Google and groups representing authors and publishers.
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NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker: The Full D7 Interview [BoomTown] »

NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker: The Full D7 Interview [BoomTown]

Jeff Zucker runs one of the world’s leading media and entertainment content companies, which is also being caught in the throes of a major shift, due to the impact of the Internet over the last decade.
In this onstage interview with me at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Zucker talks about the state of [...]

DOJ Confirms Antitrust Investigation Into Google Book Settlement [Digital Daily] »

DOJ Confirms Antitrust Investigation Into Google Book Settlement [Digital Daily]

Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View … On Thursday afternoon the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is that it is investigating its book deal for violations of Sherman Antitrust Act.The Justice Department probe of the Google Books settlemment is heating up. On Thursday afternoon, the agency officially opened [...]

Startup Aims to Be the Kayak.Com of Ticketing »

Startup Aims to Be the Kayak.Com of Ticketing

TicketFlow is a new service that aims to be the Kayak.com of the ticketing industry.
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Facebook to Offer New Features to Allow Users to Control Privacy of Information »

Facebook to Offer New Features to Allow Users to Control Privacy of Information

The company is testing new controls that will allow members to specify which groups or individuals are able to see each text update, photo or video they post on the site.
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Bits: Facebook to Give Users More Privacy Control »

Bits: Facebook to Give Users More Privacy Control

Do you want to let your friends — but not your boss — read about your hangover on Facebook? Soon you will be able to do just that.
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Concerns of iPhone 3GS Overheating and Discoloration Gaining Publicity »

Concerns of iPhone 3GS Overheating and Discoloration Gaining Publicity

Last week, Nowhere Else began receiving reports [Google translation] from owners of the white iPhone 3GS that had experience significant overheating, leading in some cases to distinct pink or brown discoloration on the iPhone’s back case. A later re…
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Microsoft Gags on Puke Ad [MediaMemo] »

Microsoft Gags on Puke Ad [MediaMemo]

Microsoft’s first series of Web video ads for Internet Explorer 8 didn’t seem to garner much attention. But its latest one did: It features a married couple, an unspeakable porn site and a lot of vomit. Now Redmond says that was probably a mistake.
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Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones? »

Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones?

Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that could be used in future iPhones.
Haptic Tactile Feedback
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TiVo Off; Appeals Court Stays Ruling Vs. EchoStar, DISH [Voices] »

TiVo Off; Appeals Court Stays Ruling Vs. EchoStar, DISH [Voices]

TiVo shares this morning are heading lower after the company said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted a request by EchoStar to stay a contempt order imposed by a lower court pending the outcome of EchoStar’s appeal in the the patent dispute between the two companies.
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