22. February 2012
This week it appears more likely than ever that Apple will be refreshing its line of Apple TV units as stock has grown low not only here in the USA, but at international retailers as well. This refresh comes right on top of rumors that Apple will be releasing a new prod[..]
22. February 2012
Forget your girlfriend, your mobile phone is fast becoming a better companion in times of crisis — you know, when you need to score the best deal on that sexy gadget or you’ve left your wallet in the car.
New data from Nielsen shows that nearly one-third [..]
22. February 2012
Bankrupt Chinese firm Proview, which once held the iPad trademark, is now fighting in Chinese courts to get the iPad banned in Shanghai.
Yes, even after a Chinese judge ruled that Apple rightfully held the trademark. Yes, even after Apple threatened to sue Proview for [..]
22. February 2012
This week it appears that the NSA has brought forth warnings of the hacker group Anonymous’ ability to take down the power grid at a most opportune time, according to none other than Anonymous. While earlier this week it was warned by the NSA that Anonymous might [..]
22. February 2012
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was released on bail today, after a judge ruled he was no longer a flight risk.
The man, who lived an incredibly lavish life due to his profit from the file-sharing website, was taken into custody on January 20th on charges of copyright in[..]
22. February 2012
Earlier in February, news broke that social network LinkedIn was buying Rapportive, a Gmail add-on for contacts. On Wednesday Rapportive made it official and announced the news on its company blog.
No word yet on the purchase price, but rumors were flying that LinkedIn [..]
22. February 2012
This week the folks at ASUS have granted the world with a simple unlock tool for their most excellent tablet yet, the Transformer Prime. Since this first in its class for many reasons device was released, developers and so-called hackers have ben working on plans for wh[..]
22. February 2012
There’s one gigantically powerful and ultra-enticing smartphone headed for Mobile World Congress from Fujitsu, and it comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor inside, right next to a tablet with no less than the same (min[..]
22. February 2012
If you own a Tesla and want to turn your shiniest toy into a useless brick, all you have to do is park it.
As soon as the battery is fully discharged, you have a useless, albeit pricey, hunk of metal on your hands, and Tesla will charge you $40,000 to get it up and run[..]
22. February 2012
This week the folks responsible for promoting the oncoming release of the first person shooter known as Borderlands 2 have done one spectacular job with a preview video that’s about to smack you right in your collective faces. In this epic three minute and three s[..]
22. February 2012
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There’s time for one last tune before breaking up the band.Village Ventures, where Bryan Birsic was a senior associate, wound down its operations last week. But Birsic isn’t taking any time off. He is president of SimpleReach, a sta[..]
22. February 2012
The European Union announced today that it will ask the European Court of Justice for a legal opinion on the highly protested Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
For those not familiar with the trade agreement, ACTA is an international treaty aimed at giving co[..]
22. February 2012
Ever since I basically predicted the 20%+ stock market crash of August 2011 a few days ahead of time in this ridiculously perfectly timed Marketwatch article, I get asked back often. Here’s some snippets from my latest Marketwatch article with … Continue rea[..]
22. February 2012
Software-as-a-service company Jobber has raised a seed funding round.
SalesForce and other services like it have been around for several years to manage contacts, calendars, task, and invoicing. But, most services are aimed at business executives and startup companies, [..]
22. February 2012
This week the act known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been pushed before the European Union’s highest court where it will face scrutiny by law. This move has been described by EU trade head Karel De Gucht as a question by the court that wil[..]
22. February 2012
Verizon Wireless appears to be having yet another wide outage of its 4G LTE data network, according to various reports on Twitter.
The network had a reported three data outages in the month of December. Verizon swiftly blamed the down time on “growing pains.̶[..]
22. February 2012
It’s less than a week now before we head to Barcelona to check out the biggest event of the year surrounding nothing but mobile and ASUS is bringing the heat with the Padfone! We’ve gotten a couple glimpses of this device in different iterations leading up t[..]
22. February 2012
Sony began selling the PlayStation Vita last night a midnight Eastern time. The portable gaming device is the company’s bid to remain relevant to gamers in an age of iPads and smartphones.
The sales kicked off is Europe and the U.S., with a big crowd (pictured) s[..]
22. February 2012
The tech business deserves a better press corps.
By “better,” I don’t mean “friendlier.” I mean journalists and bloggers that treat technology with the same serious and critical eye that is (or should be) afforded to presidential candidate[..]
22. February 2012
Striiv has taken the humble step counter and turned it into a “personal trainer in your pocket.” The Redwood City, Calif.-based company says that in the two months since its release, the company’s step-counting gadget has inspired people to walk a lot[..]
22. February 2012
Ever since the Justice Department opened the door to the legalization of online gambling, the leading creators of social games are feeling increasingly lucky. PopCap Games just launched Lucky Gem Casino with a collection of seven slot machines themed after its brands s[..]
22. February 2012
Keeping up with desktop gaming hardware is a never-ending quest – and it never hurts to take some shortcuts. So rejoice, GPU enthusiasts: an early preview of the next generation of Radeon cards has been posted by EXPreview. The center of the lineup, the HD 7870 an[..]
22. February 2012
Microsoft has filed an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission on grounds that it is unfairly leveraging its patents, the company announced on a company blog today.
The move comes hot on the heels of Apple’s decision last week t[..]
22. February 2012
Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that Apple heavily relies on for its products, may have tried to clean up its act before inspectors from the Fair Labor Association descended on its factories, according to a Hong Kong non-governmental organization dedicated to workers[..]
22. February 2012
ResearchGate, a social network for scientists to share knowledge and research, announced Wednesday it has raised its second round of funding, led by Founders Fund partner and PayPal co-founder Luke Nosek.
What’s a scientist to do when they want to connect with a
22. February 2012
NASA has discovered a distant exoplanet dubbed GJ 1214b that is 40 light years away from Earth. The planet is dubbed a “Super Earth” because it’s larger than our planet, but smaller than gas giants such as Jupiter. The planet was studied using the Hubb[..]
22. February 2012
Microsoft has joined Apple in filing an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility, claiming the company is trying to use online video standards patents as a weapon, and that new owner Google is doing nothing to stop it. According to Microsoft’s Deputy General [..]
22. February 2012
Fujitsu promised us European smartphone flagships for Mobile World Congress next week, and according to the latest rumors we may well be wowed: there’s reportedly a 4.6-inch Tegra 3 monster in store. The new Fujitsu will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on NVID[..]
22. February 2012
Turning social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.
Moontoast provides musicians, celebrities, and brands with a way to generate money from the often large followings they[..]
22. February 2012
The NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered a black hole in a binary system called IGR J17091. Apparently, the system is located in the bulge of the Milky Way galaxy and is about 28,000 light years from Earth. That’s a good thing too, because the black hole [..]
