Analysis: Amazon's Christmas faux pas shows risks in the cloud |
- Analysis: Amazon's Christmas faux pas shows risks in the cloud
- Facebook in 2012: A Billion Users and Counting
- So You Just Got a Wii U. Now What?
- U.S. appeals court revives workplace cybertheft lawsuit
- Chipmaker Marvell loses $1.17 billion patent verdict
- U.S. charges analyst in IBM insider trading case
- Best Android apps of 2012
- Foxconn's Big Improvements Include Chairs, Knitting Classes
- Private picture of Mark Zuckerberg's family leaked
- Private picture of Mark Zuckerberg's family leaks
- Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas Day
- Phablet wars heat up with ZTE’s quad-core Nubia Z5
- Delays litter long road to vehicle rearview rules
- Google Enterprise boss says company is ‘doubling down’ on business services, targeting Microsoft
- iPhone helped 3G subscriptions in China grow 88% in 2012
- Google’s music match feature reportedly replacing explicit songs with censored versions
- New alleged details of Microsoft’s Windows 8 successor emerge
- Early Childhood Obesity Is Way Down Among the Poorest Kids
- Apple still can’t build enough iPad minis
- Google extends free Gmail voice calling through 2013
- Samsung finds new enemy in U.S. patent war
- iPad is a Christmas graveyard for ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Modern Combat’
- Telecommuters Work Longer Hours Than Office-Goers
- Apple’s new manufacturing tech opens the door for a curved iPhone
- Colleges help students scrub online footprints
- Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller space
- Samsung expects to ship more than half a billion phones in 2013
- Mark Cuban: Nokia Lumia 920 ‘crushes’ the iPhone 5
- Apple device theft drives NYC crime rate up for first time in 20 years
- Nokia Lumia 920′s fascinating Christmas sets stage for battle with BlackBerry 10
- Microsoft Surface trampled at the bottom of the tablet pile this Christmas
| Analysis: Amazon's Christmas faux pas shows risks in the cloud Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:28 PM PST
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| Facebook in 2012: A Billion Users and Counting Posted: 26 Dec 2012 06:35 AM PST
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| So You Just Got a Wii U. Now What? Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:25 AM PST
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| U.S. appeals court revives workplace cybertheft lawsuit Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:47 AM PST
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| Chipmaker Marvell loses $1.17 billion patent verdict Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:04 PM PST (Reuters) - A federal jury on Wednesday found that Marvell Technology Group infringed two patents held by Carnegie Mellon University, and ordered the chipmaker to pay $1.17 billion in damages. The award is one of the largest by a jury in a U.S. patent case, and is nearly twice Marvell's profit in its latest fiscal year. It followed a month-long trial in the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, the home of Carnegie Mellon. Jurors also found that Marvell's patent infringement was willful. This could enable the trial judge, Nora Barry Fischer, to award triple damages, a sum close to the $3. ... |
| U.S. charges analyst in IBM insider trading case Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced charges against a research analyst for trading and tipping others ahead of a 2009 acquisition by computer giant IBM, expanding a related insider trading case filed last month. Federal prosecutors charged Trent Martin, who worked at a Connecticut brokerage firm, for purchasing shares of SPSS before IBM agreed to the $1.2 billion deal. He was also charged with passing the information to others, including his roommate. ... |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:54 PM PST Our favorite Android apps, that were either released or received significant updates in 2012, are all available free of charge. This year's list is topped by Instagram, which had the biggest breakthrough on Android, and showcases new and meaningfully updated apps that simply work better than their competitors. In this age of algorithmic aggregation, we also salute titles that have a decidedly human touch. |
| Foxconn's Big Improvements Include Chairs, Knitting Classes Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:10 PM PST
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| Private picture of Mark Zuckerberg's family leaked Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:05 PM PST
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| Private picture of Mark Zuckerberg's family leaks Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:01 PM PST SEATTLE (AP) — Even Mark Zuckerberg's family can get tripped up by Facebook's privacy settings. |
| Temple Run was downloaded more than 2.5 million times on Christmas Day Posted: 26 Dec 2012 06:20 PM PST Millions of men, woman and children awoke on December 25th to find a smartphone or tablet under their Christmas tree. After opening these gifts, users are typically quick to fire up their new devices and download the most popular apps. Keith Shepherd, founder of Imangi Studios, announced on Wednesday that the company's Temple Run game saw unprecedented attention on Christmas Day. The executive revealed on his Twitter page that the Indiana Jones-esque "runner" game was downloaded more than 1 million times on iOS, more than 1 million times on Android and over 500,000 times on Amazon's Appstore during the 24-hour period. Earlier this year, Temple Run was the top free and top grossing app on Apple's (AAPL) App Store with over 40 million downloads and 7 |
| Phablet wars heat up with ZTE’s quad-core Nubia Z5 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:35 PM PST 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the "phablet" with virtually ever major handset maker preparing to challenge Samsung's (005930) impressive Galaxy Note lineup. While there's no clear definition on how large a phablet is, most tend to have screens that hover in the 5-inch range, though Huawei's upcoming 6.1-inch smartphone will only push that boundary. ZTE's newly announced Nubia Z5 packs a 5-inch display with full-HD 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, an aluminum case, a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 13-megapixel rear, a 2-megapixel front camera, Dolby sound and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It even edges out HTC's (2498) slim DROID DNA in terms of size with slightly thinner dimensions and a larger battery: 2,300 mAh versus the |
| Delays litter long road to vehicle rearview rules Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:52 PM PST
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| Google Enterprise boss says company is ‘doubling down’ on business services, targeting Microsoft Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:50 PM PST In an interview with AllThingsD, Amit Singh, Google's (GOOG) VP of Enterprise, said the company is embracing the consumerization of the enterprise in 2013 based on the successes its seen with Google Drive and Google Apps this year. Singh says Google is finally confident that it can deliver enterprise services and tools that rival those of Microsoft (MSFT) with cloud applications that scale better and have stronger security. Not only that, but Singh believes Microsoft is stuck in the past, creating services built around the desktop and not around Web services. "It's time to really embrace [the enterprise]," Singh told AllThingsD. "We're doubling down on the Enterprise. It's an increasingly important part of Google, and a place where we plan to invest and |
| iPhone helped 3G subscriptions in China grow 88% in 2012 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:05 PM PST The Chinese wireless market is seeing impressive growth. According to a recent report, smartphone sales in the world's most populous nation — which is home to more than one billion mobile subscribers — are estimated to have increased 137% in 2012 to 189 million units. Demand for EDGE and 3G models is said to be exploding and helping local Chinese brands corner the market with an estimated 61% share, an increase from 29% earlier this year. Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets echoed these findings, noting that 3G subscription have risen in China by 88% year-over-year and totaled 222 million in November. In fact, 3G subscribers now represent over 20.1% of China's wireless customers, compared to 12.2% a year ago. The country's numbers |
| Google’s music match feature reportedly replacing explicit songs with censored versions Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:20 PM PST Google (GOOG) released a new feature for its music service last week that can scan a computer's entire library of music and match up to 20,000 songs in the cloud. The service is free to use, unlike similar services from Apple (AAPL) or Amazon (AMZN), and allows users to stream matched music at 320 kbps. Some users are reporting problems when attempting to match explicit songs from their library, however. According to a report on Droid-Life, it would appear the service is having trouble differentiating between the clean and explicit version of songs or albums and is matching explicit content with clean versions, a problem Apple ran into earlier this year when it launched its iTunes Match service. Interestingly enough, other users have |
| New alleged details of Microsoft’s Windows 8 successor emerge Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:35 PM PST Microsoft (MSFT) is rumored to be switching to an annual release for its operating system starting with "Windows Blue" in mid-2013. According to a PCBeta forum user who goes by the pseudonym "maxy" and has been unofficially identified as a Microsoft official, "Windows Blue" or "Windows 9 Dev" as some call it, will get customization options in the form of Windows Phone 8′s resizable app tiles. Microsoft will also reportedly still keep the legacy "desktop view" around, but remove the gloss on elements including the taskbar, "flattening" it to mesh better with the Metro UI. Maxy also says a new kernel (6.3) will be used, which should give the entire OS more polish. It's still too early to deem whether the rumor is legitimate or not, but refining Windows |
| Early Childhood Obesity Is Way Down Among the Poorest Kids Posted: 26 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST
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| Apple still can’t build enough iPad minis Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:50 PM PST A common issue often presents itself when Apple (AAPL) launches new products: it can't build them fast enough. We've seen it time and time again, most recently when Apple launched the iPhone 5 and 150,000 dedicated factory workers still couldn't keep up with demand. Now, a report has surfaced claiming that Apple's manufacturing partners in the Far East can't build units fast enough to keep pace with Apple's iPad mini orders. According to Digitimes' supply chain sources, Apple's parts suppliers have prepared enough components to build between 10 million and 12 million iPad mini tablets in the fourth quarter to accomodate heavy demand. Apple's manufacturing partners are only expected to ship 8 million assembled units, however. The report states that |
| Google extends free Gmail voice calling through 2013 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST Google (GOOG) announced on Monday on the Official Gmail Blog that its free Gmail voice calling service will be extended through 2013 in the U.S. and Canada. The company has provided free domestic calling within the U.S. and Canada for the last two years, further extending the complimentary service repeatedly just before the new year. Google product manager Mayur Kamat didn't detail why the company is extending the service in his post on the company's blog. It's still unclear why Google is keeping free Gmail voice calls separate from its Google Voice service bit either way, free is free and we're not complaining. |
| Samsung finds new enemy in U.S. patent war Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:20 PM PST Samsung (005930) has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission requesting an import and sales ban on a variety of Ericsson (ERIC) products. The company's move comes after Ericsson filed a similar request with the agency last week. Samsung previously accused Ericsson of asking for "prohibitively higher royalty rates to renew the same patent portfolio" and that it will defend itself against a lawsuit. Samsung said in a statement to Reuters that it attempted to "negotiate with Ericsson in good faith, however Ericsson has proven unwilling to continue such negotiations by making unreasonable claims, which it is now trying to enforce in court." Samsung is now accusing Ericsson of infringing upon seven of its patents concerning telecommunications networking |
| iPad is a Christmas graveyard for ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Modern Combat’ Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST At the beginning of December, the traditional video game industry attempted another iPad invasion. New versions of "Grand Theft Auto," "Modern Combat" and "Baldur's Gate" hit the iOS app market priced between $5 and $10. Over the past years, we have seen repeated attempts by major console and PC industry franchises to tailor their blockbuster games for iPhone and iPad platforms. None have succeeded. As the iOS app market increasingly favors free games with in-app purchases, the old-timers have started failing spectacularly. December is the most important month of the year for the iOS app market and the days around Christmas are the hottest period. As consumers upgrade their iPhones or receive their very first iOS devices, they tend to |
| Telecommuters Work Longer Hours Than Office-Goers Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:00 AM PST Census stats show that people who work at home at least some of the time put in more hours each week than those who stay at the office. Karen Hopkin reports. |
| Apple’s new manufacturing tech opens the door for a curved iPhone Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST The Samsung (005930) Galaxy Nexus/Nexus S and Dell (DELL) Venue Pro had two things in common: First, they were both terrific smartphones that never really lived up to their potential in terms of sales volume, having been overshadowed by more popular phones. Second, they each sported unique curved glass displays — the Galaxy Nexus' screen is concave while the Venue Pro's is convex — that added a unique look and feel to the handsets. Rumors that Apple (AAPL) may be working to launch an iPhone with a curved glass face have swirled in the past, but a new patent recently uncovered by Patently Apple confirms that the company is at least toying with the idea of adding a curved smartphone |
| Colleges help students scrub online footprints Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:40 AM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. |
| Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller space Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:31 AM PST
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| Samsung expects to ship more than half a billion phones in 2013 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST Samsung (005930) had a big year and despite some legal setbacks, the company saw record profits led by its mobile division. In 2012, Samsung became the world's largest cell phone vendor with shipments estimated to have reached about 420 million units. According to the Korea Times, the company expects to ship 510 million phones in 2013, an increase of 20% over this year. More than half, or 390 million, of the devices are expected to be smartphones and the other 120 million units will be budget feature phones. Along with its popular line of Android-powered Galaxy smartphones, the company will ship devices powered by Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 operating system and handsets running the new Tizen platform. |
| Mark Cuban: Nokia Lumia 920 ‘crushes’ the iPhone 5 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:20 AM PST In the eyes of outspoken entrepreneur Mark Cuban, the battle for smartphone supremacy has been fought and won… by Nokia (NOK). While hosting an AMA session on Reddit — a series of posts where the original poster instructs Reddit users to "Ask Me Anything" — Cuban, who famously sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo (YHOO) for around $5 billion at the height of the dot-com boom, was asked what kind of laptop he uses. "I have a MacBook Air, but am trying the new Acer with Windows 8 [laptop]," wrote Cuban. "I really, really like Windows 8 on my phone. I have [two] phones. First is Samsung (005930) the [second] was an iPhone 5. The new Nokia with windows replaced my iPhone 5." When asked to elaborate, |
| Apple device theft drives NYC crime rate up for first time in 20 years Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:35 AM PST Apple's (AAPL) stock might be taking a beating, but that doesn't mean the products dreamed up by Jonathan Ive and company aren't still hot commodities. On the contrary, Apple products are still so hot that thefts of iOS devices helped drive New York City's crime rate up for the first time in 20 years, according to The Wall Street Journal. The news isn't shocking considering the data the New York Police Department released in October, which revealed Apple-related crimes were up 40% this year. Paul Browne, the New York Police Department's top spokesman told the WSJ, "Overall crime in the five boroughs is up 3% so far this year, driven by the thefts of Apple products." Browne said there would actually be a "slight decline |
| Nokia Lumia 920′s fascinating Christmas sets stage for battle with BlackBerry 10 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:50 AM PST The Chinese version of Nokia's (NOK) new flagship Windows Phone model recently debuted in Shanghai. According to pictures posted to Chinese websites, the Lumia 920T drew a big crowd… and sold out in two hours. So the debate over whether there is wide mass market demand for the model rages on. The very limited early supply makes it hard to gauge the demand in China. The Lumia 920 did hit Amazon China's (AMZN) top-five list a week ago, but sold out quickly and dropped out. There are now rumors about China Mobile planning to further subsidize the Lumia 920T in January, making it effectively free on contract. This would be China Mobile's revenge on Apple (AAPL) for its refusal to cut |
| Microsoft Surface trampled at the bottom of the tablet pile this Christmas Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:05 AM PST While it does have drawbacks just like anything else, Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface is a great slate for those looking for a fresh new take on the modern tablet. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like very many people were looking for a fresh new take on the modern tablet this holiday season. In a recent note to investors, R.W. Baird analyst William Power recounted recent conversations had at retailers including Best Buy (BBY) and Staples (SPLS). While speaking with sales reps at the stores, Apple's (AAPL) iPad was the most highly recommended tablet while Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire line and Samsung's (005930) Galaxy Tab line were both recommended as alternatives. Microsoft's Surface tablet, on the other hand, was not pushed by reps at |
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