Samsung’s Galaxy Note is big, bold, and hopelessly dorky (review)

More than three years after Android launched, all too many Android devices look the same. But you can’t say that about Samsung’s mammoth Galaxy Note.

It’s far from a perfect phone, but it’s among the most interesting I’ve seen recently.…

Luminate gets $10M to add more than just a caption to photos

Luminate has created a way to make the trillions of static images on the web interactive. Thursday, the company announced it has raised $1o.7 million in a third round of funding and was launching an image app store.

“Images are …

Truveris finds big business in battling the rising cost of healthcare, raises $10M series B

The rising cost of healthcare is a national crisis that threatens to to sink both individuals and the federal government into long term debt. New York City based Truveris is trying to bring efficiency and transparency to the fastest growing …

Immersion improves touch feedback in mobile phones so you can feel a Maraca shake

More than 400 million mobile phones give you vibrational feedback thanks to technology from haptics (touch sense) firm Immersion.

Now the San Jose, Calif.-based Immersion is improving the nature of touch feedback in mobile phones with HD Integrator, which allows …

Cyborg anthropologist’s startup brings people & computers closer together

Longtime cyborg anthropologist Amber Case has spent the better part of a decade researching how people connect to computers; now, she’s launching a startup to make those connections more seamless than ever.

Case saw a huge technology gap (and a …

Attorneys general fear Google’s new privacy policy is an “invasion of privacy”

More than three-dozen state attorneys general expressed fear, in a letter to Google CEO Larry Page, that Google’s soon-to-be enacted, one-size-fits-all privacy policy is an invasion of consumer privacy and trust.

In a choicely worded missive sent to Google’s chief …

Apple, Foxconn and the FLA respond to ABC’s “iFactory”

Apple, Foxconn, and the Fair Labor Association have each responded to ABC’s “iFactory: Inside Apple” news special, which aired last night on ABC.

The iFactory Nightline episode told the story of Foxconn, a Chinese factory that produces iPads, iPhones, and …

Post-acquisition, SAP and SuccessFactors outline where marriage is headed

In what might be the most-jargon-filled press release ever, enterprise-software giant SAP announced Wednesday how it will incorporate and improve SuccessFactors’ enterprise cloud services, after completing its purchase of the company last week.

SAP agreed to acquire human capital-management (HCM) …

Hard drive shortage hurts HP’s quarterly revenue; Whitman still optimistic

Hewlett-Packard reported a decline in revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2012, which analysts expected as the company struggles to turn itself around.

HP’s revenue was $30 billion for the quarter, down from $32.3 million or seven percent compared …