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, 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.
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 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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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 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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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 [...]
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 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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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 [...]
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
TicketFlow is a new service that aims to be the Kayak.com of the ticketing industry.
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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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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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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’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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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 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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