Almost a year after its launch, Google TV owners are finally beginning to receive a major update that will dramatically improve the service with the addition of apps, a cleaner interface and more. But will the update make a dent …
If you need further evidence that Japan’s display business isn’t so hot today, just take a look at the newly formed Japan Display, a joint small and medium-sized display venture between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi.
The companies are working together …
Microsoft Research is at it again: The wily folks who created Kinect, among other cool projects, have put together a project that could redefine the way we approach meetings.
Dubbed Code Space, the project allows groups to collaborate using air …
It’s thin, it’s light, and it makes up nearly a third of Apple’s laptop shipments.
Apple’s MacBook Air ultraportable has seen explosive growth since its summer revamp, and it now makes up 28 percent of Apple’s notebook shipments, according to …
Zune says what? What we have here is a potential glimpse at Research in Motion’s first BlackBerry to run the next-generation BBX operating system — but honestly, it just looks a lot like Microsoft’s Zune HD to me.
It’s called …
iPhone 4S owners still facing battery issues after Apple’s recent iOS update can rest a bit easier. A recent test shows that the problem could still be fixed with future software updates, ZDNet reports.
An unnamed developer who has two …
Gift giving just got a whole lot easier. The social gifting company Wrapp, currently only available in Sweden, has snagged $5.5 million in a first round of funding to bring its innovative service to the United States and United Kingdom.…
Reviews have landed for Amazon’s long-awaited Kindle Fire tablet and they’re none too surprising. There’s lots of love for the Kindle Fire’s $199 price, as well as its deep integration with Amazon’s content ecosystem — despite reports of slowdown and …
Speaking volumes about the sorry state of Android tablets, North American developers are far more interested in Amazon’s Kindle Fire than any other Android slate, according to a survey by mobile app framework company Appcelerator.
Out of a survey of …
Following Apple’s lead, Sony says it’s been working on a next-generation TV.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer revealed that the company has been investing heavily in reinventing the TV as we know it, despite suffering massive losses in the TV business, …
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Ad targeting reminds me of the Chicago voting mantra from the 60’s—“vote early and vote often.” You may recall that in the 1960 election, the former Mayor Daley of Chicago used the names of tens of thousands of dead people …
Apple’s Siri virtual assistant is a bit of a creeper.
The iPhone 4S includes an infrared LED sensor that remains on whenever its screen is lit up, seemingly to let Siri know when you’re holding the phone up to your …
After five years of helping the New York Times step into the digital age, former NYT design director Khoi Vinh is tackling an unlikely project: collages.
Vinh’s new app is Mixel, a free social collage-making app for the iPad. Think …
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It’s like something out of a thriller: A long-lost glimpse of an industry genius is found buried in a garage shortly after his death.
That’s the story behind “Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview,” an extended cut of an interview with …
Windows Phone users will finally get their chance to video chat with their iPhone and Android friends, thanks to the hot video chat startup Tango.
The company’s new Windows Phone app, available for free on the Windows Phone Marketplace, is …
Soon, thanks to movie clip startup AnyClip, you’ll be able to relive any moment from popular Warner Bros. films.
AnyClip has signed a content licensing agreement with Warner Bros. that will give it access to the studio’s library of films, …
Adobe has confirmed that it will cease development of Flash on mobile devices, saying that it will instead focus on HTML5 and apps for mobile platforms.
News about mobile Flash’s demise hit last night from ZDNet, and Adobe confirmed the …
If you’re one of the lucky few with an NFC (near-field communications) capable Android phone, PayPal’s updated Android app will finally give you a reason to give NFC transfers a spin.
Version 3.0 of PayPal’s Android app, released today, delivers …
Consumer Reports just can’t avoid getting in the mobile fanboy crosshairs.
The review outfit today officially recommended Apple’s iPhone 4S, after famously dissing last year’s iPhone 4 because of antenna problems.
But despite the recommendation, Consumer Reports still rated several …
Soon, the rest of the world will be able to take advantage of Gilt.com’s discounted designer wares.
Gilt Groupe announced today that its online flash sales site will soon be available in over 90 countries outside of the US.
The …
