Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors

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• Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors
• Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets
• Just Show Me: How to delete pictures from Photo Stream
• YouTube’s very first video turns 7 years old today
• MatchPuppy: OKCupid for Doggy Play Dates
• Facebook reports lower 1Q net income
• Microsoft sells AOL patents on to Facebook
• Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute
• Google's 1Q lobbying bill more than triples to $5M
• Rumor says Samsung prepping to unveil new Galaxy Tab, ‘S-cloud’ service next month
• Chrome 18 is world’s most popular browser, Internet Explorer 9 leads in North America
• Google to launch online storage service for consumers: source
• SK Hynix, Toshiba held early talks on joint Elpida bid: source
• HTC may develop its own processors for low-end smartphones
• Toshiba drops out of bidding for Elpida: sources
• DROID Incredible 4G LTE appears on Verizon site
• On the Call: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
• Summary Box: Netflix's outlook obscures 1Q results
• Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets
• Ex-Yahoo president settles divorce after long tiff
• Intel announces 13 new quad-core Ivy Bridge processors
• Texas Instruments revenue forecast beats Street
• Meet the Internet Hall of Fame Inductees, From Al Gore to Craigslist's Founder
• Facebook reveals revenue, profit slide ahead of IPO
• Microsoft infringes Motorola Mobility patents: ITC judge
• Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists
• MatchPuppy: OKCupid for Doggy Play Dates
• Security firm identifies origins of ‘Flashback’ Mac virus
• Judge: DA can subpoena NY Occupy protester tweets
• Netflix's 1Q top forecasts, stock still plummets
• Three Men Steal Penguin, Brag on Facebook [VIDEO]
• Wikipedia Volunteer Editor Reaches 1 Million Edits
• STMicro reports bigger 1Q loss than expected
• Apple to discontinue the 17-inch MacBook Pro, analyst predicts
• A look at recent tech-industry earnings
• The More You Sit, the Sooner You'll Die [VIDEO]
• A look at Netflix since much-hated price hike
• Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors
• How chips, PCs, services companies are faring

Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors Posted: Apple is set to report another record quarterly profit on Tuesday, continuing the relentless string of results that's made it the world's most valuable company. Those profits don't come out of thin air: A range of businesses —from the company's wireless carrier friends to its PC-making foes— are seeing their profits melt away and flow to Apple's bottom line.

Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets Posted: Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ability to cope with tougher competition.

Just Show Me: How to delete pictures from Photo Stream Posted: Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you some tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to take pictures out of your Photo Stream. If you … Continue reading →

YouTube’s very first video turns 7 years old today Posted: With a service as big as YouTube — with literally dozens of hours of new content popping up every minute — it's easy to forget how it all began. Today marks the seventh birthday of YouTube's very first clip which, like … Continue reading →

MatchPuppy: OKCupid for Doggy Play Dates Posted: The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Facebook reports lower 1Q net income Posted: Facebook's first-quarter net income fell 12 percent, weighed down by higher expenses even as its revenue soared, the social networking company said Monday, just a few weeks ahead of its expected initial public offering in May.

Microsoft sells AOL patents on to Facebook Posted: Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million.

Chinese court seeking to mediate iPad dispute Posted: A Chinese court is mediating between Apple Inc. and the Chinese company challenging its right to use the iPad trademark, seeking to get the companies to settle an awkward standoff over the issue.

Google's 1Q lobbying bill more than triples to $5M Posted: Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $5 million during the first three months of the year amid increased government scrutiny of the Internet search leader's business and privacy practices.

Rumor says Samsung prepping to unveil new Galaxy Tab, ‘S-cloud’ service next month Posted: Reports claim that Samsung is planning some new entries into the Android market in May, starting with a new tablet and extending to a cloud-based service called "S-cloud" to compete with Apple's iCloud offering.

Chrome 18 is world’s most popular browser, Internet Explorer 9 leads in North America Posted: Internet monitoring firm Pingdom on Monday released a new report on global Web browser share by browser version. The company found Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 to be the most popular browser in North America with a 21.2% share, and it was closely followed by Google Chrome 18 at 20.2%. Internet Explorer, however, featured a combined total of 40.4% of the North American browser market. Globally, Pingdom found that Chrome 18 is the most popular browser with a 25.6% share, leading Firefox 11 with 15.8% and Internet Explorer 9 and 8 with 15.7% and 14.6%, respectively. Microsoft's browser has the largest worldwide market share when all versions are combined, followed by Chrome and then Firefox. Read

Google to launch online storage service for consumers: source Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is preparing to roll out a service to let consumers store photos and other content online, a source familiar with the matter said, pushing into a market now dominated by the likes of Dropbox and Box. The service, to be called Google Drive, could be announced as soon as Tuesday and would be offered with both free and premium for-pay versions, the source said. Google's "cloud storage" offering will incorporate search capabilities and allow users to store pictures, notes and other documents on the Internet and access them from any Web-connected device. ...

SK Hynix, Toshiba held early talks on joint Elpida bid: source Posted: SEOUL (Reuters) - SK hynix was approached by Toshiba Corp to make a joint bid for troubled Elpida Memory Inc and the two firms held initial talks, but failed to proceed into more serious discussions, a source close to SK hynix said on Tuesday. The source declined to elaborate on why the discussions collapsed. SK hynix declined to comment. Other sources told Reuters earlier on Tuesday that Toshiba was no longer bidding for Elpida, leaving three foreign firms including SK hynix and Micron Technology in the race to take over the company. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

HTC may develop its own processors for low-end smartphones Posted: HTC may be looking to follow in Samsung and Apple's footsteps in developing its own processors, according to a rumor from China Times. The Taiwanese vendor has reportedly signed a "memorandum of cooperation" with ST-Ericsson to co-develop a new dedicated chip for low-end smartphones that will come out in 2013. The joint venture will help HTC reduce its reliance on Qualcomm and NVIDIA processors, which are predominantly featured in the company's current smartphone offerings. HTC, which has seen slumping sales, focused previously on the high-end market. The company's market share has declined by more than 60% in the past five months, however, forcing the manufacturer to rethink its mobile strategy. Read

Toshiba drops out of bidding for Elpida: sources Posted: TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is no longer bidding for bankrupt Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory, sources close to the talks said, leaving three foreign firms including SK hynix and Micron Technology in the race to take over the company. Toshiba has decided not to join the second round of bidding set for Friday after talks stalled on a joint bid with potential partners, including South Korea's SK hynix, the sources told Reuters on Tuesday. ...

DROID Incredible 4G LTE appears on Verizon site Posted: The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has been outed on Verizon's "Droid Does" website. The new Incredible is equipped with a 4-inch qHD Super LCD display, a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a microSD slot and an 8-megapixel rear camera — possibly the same one found on HTC's One-series smartphones. The handset also runs HTC's latest Sense 4.0 skin atop Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. In line with Verizon's other 4G LTE smartphones, the latest Incredible will seemingly be offered for $299.99 alongside a new two-year agreement. The DROID Incredible 4G LTE has since been removed from Verizon's site and there is no word from Verizon regarding a release date. [Via AndroidCentral] Read

On the Call: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Posted: Netflix ended March with 26.1 million U.S. subscribers to its Internet video streaming service and its DVD-by-mail rental plans. That's more than the company had last summer before announcing it was raising prices by as much as 60 percent for subscribers who wanted to keep getting DVDs along with video piped over high-speed Internet connections.

Summary Box: Netflix's outlook obscures 1Q results Posted: NOT SO BAD: Netflix posted its first quarterly loss in seven years, but the setback of $4.6 million, or 8 cents per share, wasn't as steep as analysts feared.

Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets Posted: Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ability to cope with tougher competition.

Ex-Yahoo president settles divorce after long tiff Posted: A former president of Yahoo and her husband reached a settlement Monday in their long-running divorce involving about $71 million in real estate, stock, cash and other assets.

Intel announces 13 new quad-core Ivy Bridge processors Posted: Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge processors will be the first to feature a "3D Tri-Gate transistor," The BBC reported on Sunday. The company plans to initially release 13 quad-core processors for desktop computers that it promises will offer more computational power while using less energy. Intel hopes its new transistors, which have been in development for 11 years, will help it challenge ARM's reputation for energy efficiency. "This is the world's first 22 nanometre product and we'll be delivering about 20% more processor performance using 20% less average power," the company said, adding that dual-core processors aimed at ultrabooks will be announced "later this spring." Intel promises that "there will be 50% more supply than we had early in the product

Texas Instruments revenue forecast beats Street Posted: (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc forecast second-quarter revenue growth ahead of Wall Street estimates, signaling the end of a prolonged inventory-related decline in demand, sending its shares up 4 percent in late trading. The maker of chips used in everything from communications equipment to cars said it expects revenue growth for the rest of the year due to a broad-based improvement in demand after several quarters when its clients cut inventories. ...

Meet the Internet Hall of Fame Inductees, From Al Gore to Craigslist's Founder Posted: 1. Ray Tomlinson

Facebook reveals revenue, profit slide ahead of IPO Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc reported its first quarter-to-quarter revenue slide in at least two years, a sign that the social network's sizzling growth may be cooling as it prepares to go public in the biggest ever Internet IPO. The company blamed the first-quarter decline, which surprised some on Wall Street, on seasonal advertising trends. "It was a faster slowdown than we would have guessed," said Brian Wieser, an analyst with Pivotal Research Group. ...

Microsoft infringes Motorola Mobility patents: ITC judge Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents in making its popular Xbox gaming consoles, a judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Monday. ITC Judge David Shaw said that Microsoft infringed four patents and did not infringe on a fifth in the complaint. The full commission will review the judge's decision and issue a final ruling in August. The patents in the complaint are for technology like wireless connections for the Xbox to the Internet and video compression to speed transmission. ...

Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama imposed U.S. sanctions on Monday on those who help Syria and Iran track dissidents through cell phones and computers, serving notice on technology providers that they could be held responsible for those governments' human rights abuses. Obama's announcement underscored how democracy activists have used social media tools in protest movements across the Middle East, but also the extent to which authoritarian governments have used cutting-edge technologies to crack down on dissent. ...

MatchPuppy: OKCupid for Doggy Play Dates Posted: The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Security firm identifies origins of ‘Flashback’ Mac virus Posted: The "Flashback" virus discovered to have infected more than 600,000 Mac computers earlier this month originated on a series of Wordpress blogs, security experts have determined. According to Alexander Gostev, head of the global research and analysis team at Kaspersky, the virus began as a trojan hidden within a fake Adobe software update. In March, however, the malware's creators repackaged the virus in a "drive-by attack" that infected users' Apple computers when they visited one of thousands of compromised Wordpress blogs. "Tens of thousands of sites powered by WordPress were compromised," Gostev wrote on Kaspersky's SecureList blog. "How this happened is unclear. The main theories are that bloggers were using a vulnerable version of WordPress or they had installed the ToolsPack

Judge: DA can subpoena NY Occupy protester tweets Posted: An Occupy Wall Street protester can't stop prosecutors from getting his tweets, a judge has ruled in a clash over the bounds of privacy in an age of living publicly on social networks.

Netflix's 1Q top forecasts, stock still plummets Posted: Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ability to cope with tougher competition.

Three Men Steal Penguin, Brag on Facebook [VIDEO] Posted: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Wikipedia Volunteer Editor Reaches 1 Million Edits Posted: Here's a hobby you've probably never considered -- making a million edits on Wikipedia.

STMicro reports bigger 1Q loss than expected Posted: STMicroelectronics NV, a maker of chips for cars and home entertainment systems, reported a first-quarter loss as revenue fell 20 percent and its money-losing joint venture ST-Ericsson announced it would cut a quarter of its workforce.

Apple to discontinue the 17-inch MacBook Pro, analyst predicts Posted: Research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities predicts that Apple may discontinue the 17-inch MacBook Pro model due to weak sales, MacRumors reported on Monday. The analyst has previously offered accurate information regarding the discontinuation of Mac products, specifically the 13-inch Macbook in 2011. Kuo estimates Apple will sell 5.32 million Mac computers in the second quarter of 2012, representing a 35.2% year-over-year increase. The Cupertino-based company is expected to launch an updated line of MacBook computers this summer that will be will be thinner and may feature Retina-resolution displays. Read

A look at recent tech-industry earnings Posted: Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

The More You Sit, the Sooner You'll Die [VIDEO] Posted: Yet another reason to push for stand-up desks: A recent study by Australia's Sax Institute says sitting down for several hours a day could bring you to an early grave, even if you already exercise.

A look at Netflix since much-hated price hike Posted: Some key events involving Netflix since a backlash against it began over the summer:

Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors Posted: Apple is set to report another record quarterly profit on Tuesday, continuing the relentless string of results that's made it the world's most valuable company. Those profits don't come out of thin air: A range of businesses —from the company's wireless carrier friends to its PC-making foes— are seeing their profits melt away and flow to Apple's bottom line.

How chips, PCs, services companies are faring Posted: A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:

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