Backyard brawl! After losing in China, Proview files lawsuit against Apple in the U.S.

The Chinese firm Proview is suing Apple in California to the tune of $2 billion, alleging that the Cupertino giant committed fraud when it used a shell company set up by one of its law firms to buy the iPad …

Game Closure raises $12M for HTML5 cross-platform games

Game Closure has raised $12 million in a first round of funding for its HTML5-based cross-platform multiplayer game business, which aims to provide tools to developers that can help them deal with one of their most painful tasks: taking a …

iPhone 5 may sport a new “micro” dock connector

Apple may be getting ready to ditch the current dock connector used in iPods, iPhones, and iPads in favor of a smaller version — meaning you’ll possibly have to keep up with yet another adapter to use all the latest …

Apple acquires app discovery tool Chomp

Apple reportedly acquired Chomp today, a mobile-application search tool. Because searching through the App Store for something new is a pain in the app.

Chomp is an application itself, as well as a website. It lets you search by keyword …

Why you need to be at DEMO Asia next Wednesday

The inaugural DEMO Asia is the premier launchpad event for high-tech Asian products.

It’s also a great place for non-Asian companies to launch products into the Asian marketplace.

The event — taking place next Wednesday, February 29 – March 2 …

Facebook behind budget on Q1 ad revenue, sources say

Facebook’s newest advertising product, expected to be unveiled on Feb. 29, leaked to the web yesterday. The ads themselves would appear to be a natural evolution of the company’s primary money-making business, but perhaps there’s more to these new sponsored …

Tumblr bans blogs that promote eating disorders and suicide

Tumblr, a photo-heavy blogging platform that has attracted a lot of teens, announced today that it will ban blogs containing content that promotes anorexia, self-mutilation, and other harmful behaviors.

In a company blog post, Tumblr said that it previously did …

Google+ is now coming to Google Voice

Google made a brief announcement today stating that Google Voice would be getting Google+ integration.

On the official Google Voice blog, we read that the two services will be linked by bringing information from your social Google+ circles into your …

Google said to pick Senior VP Dennis Woodside as new Motorola Mobility CEO

Google Senior Vice President Dennis Woodside has been selected to become the next CEO of Motorola Mobility, according to Bloomberg. Woodside will replace current CEO Sanjay Jha.

The move comes just a week after both the U.S. and E.U. approved …

Playstation Vita could make $2.2 billion this year, if given essential price cut

Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld console will sell 12.4 million units globally this year, bringing in revenue of around $2.2 billion, according to research company Strategy Analytics.

This figure assumes a drop in price from $250 to $180 during 2012, …