Today Google's FTC Settlement: Another Epic Fail For Microsoft Also on ReadWrite Hardware Good-Bye Netbooks - No One Is Going To Miss You transportation Zipcar Sells Out To Avis For $500 Million: A Bad Sign For Innovation Apple Brazen Apple Store Robberies Bracket 2012
Instagram Polaroid's Worst Idea Yet: Retail Stores That Print Your Instagram Photos Polaroid, more out of touch than ever, plans to launch 10 Apple Store-esque retail locations for printing your photos in 2013. Social Taylor Hatmaker View comments
Google Google Escapes Unscathed From FTC Settlement The FTC's 19-month investigation into allegations of search engine bias and manipulation has ended with a unanimous decision that Google did not perform antitrust practices. Web Brian Proffitt View comments
Microsoft Microsoft's Fight Against Google Continues With YouTube App Complaint A single app - the YouTube app for Windows Phone - has become the latest battleground between Microsoft and Google as the two companies war over content on the Internet. Enterprise Mark Hachman View comments
Google Google's FTC Settlement: Another Epic Fail For Microsoft Microsoft's nutso obsession with Google led it to wage an exhausting and expensive lobbying war against the search giant. Now the whole thing has fizzled out. Web Dan Lyons View comments
Photo Sharing Services Photo Finishing Your Memories Old and New New Year's Resolutions can be a challenge to uphold. The trick is to build a routine into your daily life, so even jobs like photo organization become less of a chore. Play David Sobotta View comments
social media The CEO's Social Media Strategy: Ignore It [Infographic] A new study finds that many smaller companies and business-to-business firms really don't care a lot of about social media. And plenty of chief executives remain unconvinced as well. Social Cormac Foster View comments
More Great News From Leap Motion This hot little startup is getting even hotter, and its revolutionary 3D user interface is going mainstream. Web Dan Lyons View comments
games Game Over For PlayStation 2, But What A Ride It Was Now that Sony is about to cancel the PS2, ReadWrite offers a look back at what history's biggest-selling gaming console meant to the gaming world. Play Nick Statt View comments
Privacy Why Congress's Digital Archive For Text Messages Is Such A Bad Idea A new Senate proposal calls for each and every message you send to be stored in a digital archive by your telecom provider. It's all in the name of law enforcement using your information as evidence to catch bad guys. And it's a very bad idea. Web Adam Popescu View comments
Humor Extraterrestrial Technology's Veterinary Tricorder: The Weirdest Product Of CES 2013 Downloadable "quantum" software that uses teleportation to diagnose and cure your pet. And it was developed by space aliens! Mobile Mark Hachman View comments