| Now what? 11 things to do with your old iPhone Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT  In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiling its latest iPhone on Wednesday. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one?
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| New Apple mobile software to get maps, Siri update Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:13 PM PDT A new iPhone is getting much of the attention, but Apple's older phones will get a software upgrade this fall as well. A new operating system sports a different mapping service and a built-in bond with Facebook. |
| Kinsey Institute enlists the help of mobile citizen sex researchers Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT Scientific investigations into human sexuality have always been a hazy topic of research. The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University at Bloomington has been leading research for decades, but since its main source of study participants is college students, the results … Continue reading → |
| The top 5 things revealed in Mark Zuckerberg’s first post-IPO appearance Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT The tech startup world is focused on San Francisco, Calif. this week and the annual TechCrunch Disrupt event where those hoping to launch the next Facebook or Google rub shoulders with potential investors. Today, these budding entrepreneurs took a break … Continue reading → |
| Zuckerberg: A Facebook Phone is 'The Wrong Strategy For Us' Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT  Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg quashed rumors that the company is working on a "Facebook Phone" Tuesday.
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| New iPhone nears as holiday lineups unveiled Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT  After weeks of speculation, anticipation and a dose of hype, Apple is widely expected to announce a new smartphone at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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| HarperCollins reaches deal to lower e-book prices Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT A new and uncertain era of e-book prices has begun. |
| Nielsen shows how people use TV differently Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:13 AM PDT The number of U.S. homes that don't get traditional television service continues to increase, but that doesn't mean they don't have TVs. |
| 'Titanic' effects maker files for Chapter 11 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT  Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million.
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| Quora for Android tops iOS version for Q&A on-the-go Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:56 PM PDT Sometimes a new Android app is worth the wait. Quora took a long time coming, but its Android-specific perks give it more functionality than its iOS counterpart. It seems the question-and-answer service put some serious thought into its Android app, leveraging Google's mobile OS to layer-in additional features that will help Quora stand apart. Every bit of added functionality increases engagement, hoping to earn your attention instead of passively waiting around for you to open the app. |
| Sony Mobile is open to building Windows Phone 8 Xperia smartphones Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:00 PM PDT  Everyone's heard the saying "never put all of your eggs in one basket," and Sony Mobile (SNE) seems to agree. What with all of the lawsuits being obsessed over between iOS and Android (even if Sony doesn't really seem to care), it would be wise for Sony to have other options, should Android start falling apart. According to MobileMagazine, Sony Mobile UK & Ireland MD Pierre Perron said the company is currently in talks with Microsoft (MSFT) to see if Windows Phone 8 is a path it wants to explore down the road, although Android will remain as its main platform. "As far as Xperia smartphones go, Android remains the preferred partner, although Sony is not a single partner company. We are
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| Zuckerberg ready to 'double down' on Facebook Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:52 PM PDT  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed seeing his company's stock get pummeled on Wall Street this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics wrong.
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| Instagram reportedly headed to Windows Phone 8 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT  Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 is finally starting to look like a mobile operating system that can compete with iOS and Android. Nokia's colorful and feature-packed Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphones only serve to cement that feeling with wireless charging and a PureView camera. But the platform really needs some killer apps to give it a boost, and it looks like one of the biggest is on the way: Instagram. According to The Verge's anonymous sources, Facebook's (FB) newly completed acquisition is headed to Windows Phone 8, retro-filters and all. It's not exactly new news that Instagram is a social sharing juggernaut — it now has 100 million registered users who have collectively shared 5 billion photos. If there's one app
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| Apple's iPhone needs to dazzle as market gets crowded Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The new iPhone 5 has to be more than just another smartphone as it carries the weight of Apple Inc's future on its slim frame. Five years after the first iPhone upended the mobile industry, analysts say Apple is looking increasingly defensive as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and other rivals have been first to market with phones that sport bigger screens or run on faster wireless networks. ...
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| Facebook CEO dangles search and mobile, shares rally Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg soothed investors in his first major public appearance since the No. 1 social network's rocky May IPO, breathing life into its struggling shares after hinting at new growth areas from mobile to search. The 28-year-old co-founder looked confident in a gray T-shirt and jeans, asking Wall Street to be patient as the company developed new products, addressing issues such as employee morale, and dashing rumors Facebook may build a smartphone. Facebook became the first U.S. ...
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| Google brings free Wi-Fi to laptops and Android with 4,000 new hotspots across the country Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:30 PM PDT  Earlier this year, Google (GOOG) partnered with Boingo Wireless (WIFI) to bring a number of free Wi-Fi hotspots to New York City. The program, which was sponsored by Google Offers, quickly expanded to eight different malls across the country. Boingo on Tuesday announced that it will bring an additional 4,000 Google-sponsored hotspots to dozens of cities nationwide. This latest campaign is sponsored by Google Play, however unlike the previous program, it is only available to users of Android devices and Windows and Mac OS X laptops. "Google Play is the first to take part in our newly expanded Wi-Fi sponsorship network, which reaches millions of consumers each month with place-based brand engagements," said Dawn Callahan, VP of consumer marketing for Boingo.
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| Zuckerberg: Time to 'double down' on Facebook Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:02 PM PDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed seeing his company's stock get pummeled on Wall Street this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics wrong. |
| HarperCollins reaches deal to lower e-book prices Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT A new and uncertain era of e-book prices has begun. |
| Google launches new YouTube app before being ousted from the iPhone 5 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT  Apple (AAPL) may not want YouTube as one of its core iOS 6 apps, but that hasn't stopped Google (GOOG) from putting up its own version of the YouTube iOS app up on the App Store for free download. As 9to5Mac notes, the new app has been released just one day before Apple's grand iPhone 5 unveiling and has a lot of new features that the old YouTube iOS lacked, including Facebook and Google+ integration, voice search and query auto-complete. The new app will also feature "tens of thousands" of videos that were not available on the previous version of the app. Read
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| American Airlines cleared to replace heavy flight manuals with iPads Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:10 PM PDT  American Airlines' (AAMRQ) pilots are going to be very happy to hear that the Federal Aviation Administration has green-lit the replacement of their 35 pound paper reference manuals with Apple (AAPL) iPads "in all phases of flight," making it the first and only tablet to be approved for in-cockpit use so far. According to TheNextWeb, the switch to using iPads will save American Airlines $1.2 million of fuel costs annually. In addition to pilots getting companion iPads, American Airlines says flight attendants will get them soon as well. American Airlines will start transitioning to iPads later this month starting with its Boeing 777 fleet, and it will go entirely digital by the end of 2013. [Via TheNextWeb] Read
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| Instagram has grown more than 1,100% in six months Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:35 PM PDT  Facebook (FB) may be having trouble monetizing its one billion members, however its recent acquisition of Instagram is seen as a huge win for the company. The social networking giant purchased the popular photo-sharing app in April for about $1 billion and since then it has grown more than 1,100%, Business Insider reported. Instagram was a small company with no revenue and only 860,000 daily active users, but since the acquisition the company's traffic has increased to nearly 11 million users per day. Facebook has roughly 543 million monthly active users on mobile devices and it recently began selling "Sponsored Stories" that are embedded into its mobile News Feed. The company could use a similar approach to monetize Instagram's large user base.
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| 'Titanic' effects maker files for Chapter 11 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million. |
| Take a Peek Inside This Apple Exec's $17 Million Mansion Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT  Jony Ive, credited with designing the iPod, iPhone and other Apple products, has purchased a $17 million, five-story mansion in San Francisco, Calif.
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| Google: We didn’t really believe rounded corners were patentable Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT  Google's (GOOG) vice president of corporate development, David Lawee, sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the ongoing patent disputes within the mobile industry and more specifically Apple's recent victory over Samsung. The executive revealed that the Mountain View-based company wasn't investing into the patent ecosystem and was slow in patenting its own technology. "We didn't really believe rounded corners were patentable," Lawee said. "We just didn't buy into that notion of protecting your IP and it was a wake up call." Over the past year, Google has focused more on its patent portfolio, going as far as to spend $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility and its portfolio of 17,000 patents. [Via Business Insider] Read
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| Zuckerberg: A Facebook Phone is 'The Wrong Strategy For Us' Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg quashed rumors that the company is working on a "Facebook Phone" Tuesday. |
| Zuckerberg says Facebook has overcome hurdles Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:41 PM PDT Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed watching his company's stock price plunge this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity prove his critics on Wall Street wrong. |
| Watch Robotic Tentacles Gently Pick Up a Flower Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:39 PM PDT Robotic technology has come a long way in terms of intelligence, durability and power. But what about finesse? |
| Xyratex cuts 3Q revenue outlook and stock sinks Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT Data storage provider Xyratex Ltd. said Tuesday it expects a steeper decline in its fiscal third-quarter revenue, and the company's stock slumped in aftermarket trading. |
| Free apps will account for nearly 90% of all downloads in 2012 Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT  Surprise, surprise: People would rather not pay for smartphone apps. The latest numbers from Gartner research released Tuesday showed that free apps accounted for 89% of total downloads in 2012, or 40.1 billion compared to 5 billion paid downloads. The study also revealed that users are more inclined to purchase apps when the price is between $0.99 and $2.99. "In terms of the apps that consumers are buying, 90 percent of the paid-for downloads cost less than $3 each," said Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner. "Similar to free apps, lower-priced apps will drive the majority of downloads. Apps between 99 cents and $2.99 will account for 87.5 percent of paid-for downloads in 2012, and 96 percent by 2016." Gartner
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| Some recent government actions related to privacy Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:29 PM PDT The federal government has finalized its settlement with Myspace over privacy. It isn't the only tech company to have dealings with the government over privacy. |
| Myspace and FTC settle privacy dispute Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT Myspace must put a new privacy program in place as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. |
| Google wins major antitrust victory in Brazil, could help its case in Europe and the U.S. Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT  Google (GOOG) has been at the center of a number of antitrust investigations over the past year in Europe and the United States, among other places. It has been alleged that the Mountain View-based company is unfairly referring traffic to its own services and violating fair competition rules. Earlier this year, a Brazilian shopping comparison website claimed that Google manipulated its search results to promote its own Google Shopper comparison tool over the competition. A Brazilian court was not persuaded by any of the plaintiff's arguments, however, rejecting every one of them and noting that Google is not a monopoly, Search Enginge Land reported. "There are several search services at the disposal of the consumers who are looking for products, and
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| New iPhone nears as holiday lineups unveiled Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT After weeks of speculation, anticipation and a dose of hype, Apple is widely expected to announce a new smartphone at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. |
| Summary Box: Zuck _ Facebook has overcome hurdles Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT  DON'T WORRY: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is acknowledging concerns about his company's stock performance, but he says Facebook has survived troubles before.
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| Digital Domain files for Ch. 11, to sell itself Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:52 PM PDT Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million. |
| Microsoft’s massive Windows 8 push includes opening 32 ‘pop-up’ shops this year Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT  In the coming weeks Microsoft (MSFT) will make its mark with three new products: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the Surface tablet. In order to get the word out about its new re-imagined operating system, Steve Ballmer's team of marketers are planning to open 32 "pop-up" shops in North America, according to Information Week. The stores probably won't have quite the punch that Apple (AAPL) Stores do, but they should at least provide many customers with a first-hand experience of Windows 8′s tile-based user interface. A full list of the upcoming pop-up shops follows below. Per The Verge, Microsoft has selected the following locations for its pop-up stores: Aventura Mall – Aventura, FL Beachwood Place – Beachwood, OH Cherry Creek Shopping Center
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| NFL Player Launches App to Demystify Notorious Card Game Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:34 PM PDT  The little-known Cajun card game called bourre gained a certain level of notoriety among sports fans after it led to a pair of high-profile altercations between NBA players in 2010 and 2011.
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| Astronaut Frank Culbertson Saw 9/11 From Space Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT  Astronaut Frank Culbertson had perhaps the most unique perspective of any American who witnessed 9/11. He saw it from space. Culbertson was the only American aboard the International Space Station when planes first hit the World Trade Center in New York, 11 years ago today....
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| "Titanic" effects creator Digital Domain bankrupt, sale agreed Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:31 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Digital Domain Media Group Inc, which won Academy Awards for visual effects in films including "Titanic," filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and said its production business would be sold, raising questions about millions of dollars in Florida subsidies for a new studio. The company, whose founders include "Titanic" director James Cameron, went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy just 10 months after its initial public offering, with the company's market value tumbling from a peak of $400 million in May. ...
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