June 8, 2011
Ever since the iPhone and iPad arrived, publishers have spent millions building dedicated software to try to cash in on the app boom. Everyone who was ...
May 27, 2011
Magazine apps appear to be enjoying quite the bump, thanks to the introduction of in-app subscriptions to select titles. Wired, for example, is the fifth top-grossing ...
May 20, 2011
Groupon, the largest provider of online daily-deal coupons, plans to alert customers to nearby discounts using location data from the mobile-phone application Loopt. ...
May 10, 2011
(Adds comment from consultant in fourth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, is in talks to buy Skype Technologies SA ...
May 5, 2011
A couple of weeks ago Spotify, the European music streaming startup, came in for sharp criticism when it made the decision to place tight limits on the music you could...
May 1, 2011
Steve Jobs (AAPL) may have tried to bat away concerns over the iPhone's location data collection, but if you ever need a reminder why holding such information is ...
April 25, 2011
Amazon.com (AMZN) is giving new Verizon Android customers who buy a phone on AmazonWireless $25 worth of credits for apps in its Amazon Appstore. The promotion ends on...
April 11, 2011
On certain days, Twitter can feel like the world's biggest, fastest echo chamber. Since we tend to follow people who are similar to us, we often see our own views ...
April 7, 2011
Cisco Systems (CSCO) is in trouble. It screwed up and John Chambers acknowledged as much in his memo to employees Monday, Apr.4, which was later published on the ...
March 31, 2011
(Bloomberg) Ingenico, a French maker of payment terminals, is in discussions to buy the U.S. assets of Hypercom Corp., giving it a bigger foothold in North ...
March 31, 2011
Microsoft (MSFT) has delivered 1.5 million downloads of a tool kit to make applications for Windows Phone 7, a sign the operating system may be winning over developers...
March 29, 2011
Megan Kendrick, an editor in Phoenix, just discovered 12 plastic gift cards stashed in a drawer, dating as far back as 2003. The unspent balance topped $500. "I didn't...
March 24, 2011
In the great mobile-device wars, Google (GOOG) has portrayed itself as the open-source crusader doing battle against the leaders in proprietary software—Apple ...
March 22, 2011
Research In Motion's (RIMM) PlayBook, a 7-inch tablet with Wi-Fi connectivity, arrives on Apr. 19 and as of Mar. 22 can be pre-ordered through Best Buy (BBY) in the ...
March 4, 2011
The fears that video will crush cell phone networks as people casually scan YouTube clips on the street or stream Netflix (NFLX) movies from their iPads is forcing ...
March 3, 2011
Software engineers skilled in making applications for Google's (GOOG) Android mobile-operating system this week became more sought-after than developers for Apple's ...
February 28, 2011
AT&T (T) is going to start selling Kindles in its stores, it said Monday, Feb. 28. Verizon sells iPads at its retail locations. T-Mobile and Sprint (S) are hawking ...
February 25, 2011
Now that the Motorola (MMI) Xoom is available, the first of many Google (GOOG) Honeycomb tablets is poised to battle Apple's (AAPL) iPad for consumer dollars and ...
January 26, 2011
Samsung Electronics (005930:KS) wants to become the biggest U.S. large-household-appliance brand by making refrigerators smarter. Fridges, washers, dryers, ...
January 25, 2011
(Bloomberg) Apple Inc. plans to introduce services that would let customers use its iPhone and iPad computer to make purchases, said Richard Doherty, director ...
January 14, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival is a showcase that draws about 50,000 people to Park City, Utah—all toting cell phones, tablets, and computers, and all expecting to ...
January 4, 2011
Google (GOOG) is considering building a payment and advertising service that would let users buy milk and bread by tapping or waving their mobile phones against a ...
January 4, 2011
Wells Fargo (WFC) is again trying to make mobile payments at restaurants and retailers mainstream, three years after an earlier attempt lost steam. Peter Ho, product ...
December 31, 2010
(Bloomberg) Clearwire Corp., a company creating a nationwide high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology, said Chairman Craig McCaw will step down ...
December 30, 2010
(Bloomberg) Skype Technology SA, the biggest provider of international calls, introduced video calling for Apple Inc.'s wireless devices, a move that may ...
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