Haiti’s earthquake devastated not only lives. It destroyed whatever emergency services the barely functioning government had to offer. But in less than five days, a makeshift version of 911 sprung to life.
It’s a striking story of how a few …
Google has been on a tear as of late, rolling out location-sensitive mobile features week after week.
Today it added another to the arsenal: click-to-call ads that are visible in your phone’s search results. They look like typical search ads, …
We’ve covered plenty of companies that are trying to disrupt the finance industry and ease the flow of credit to small businesses and people. Here’s another finance-related startup to add to the list: Receivables Exchange, which lets small businesses trade …
After the influx of news yesterday around Apple’s newly launched iPad, it’s not surprising that companies are beginning to announce their own iPad related news. Mobile analytics firm, Motally today announced that it will be expanding its current tracking services …
God forbid you were another company trying to launch a product today. Apple completely dominated technology news today with the much anticipated launch of its table computer, the iPad. Here’s a round-up of the most interesting coverage we saw today …
The iPad announcement from Apple today managed to take a lot of people by surprise, in spite of all of the pre-event speculation. And the crowd that saw the device up close was impressed with the design, quality, price, business …
Apple shares spiked after chief executive Steve Jobs announced a starting price point of $499 for the iPad, the company’s new, and much-anticipated, tablet device. That’s half of what analysts had predicted at $999.
Shares surged to as high as …
Apparently, MADtv correctly predicted the name of the iPad long before it was announced today. In this parody of the iPod, a couple of office workers discuss Apple’s new iPad product for– er–feminine needs.
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It could have been iSlate or iTablet. Or just plain old Tablet.
But no, Apple decided to go with their now venerable ‘i’ prefix, and create what sounds vaguely reminiscent of a feminine hygiene product.
The ‘i’ in iMac, iPod, …
Apple has scored 13 fresh patents on the eve of the anticipated tablet launch, which Patently Apple dug up overnight.
They include:
Proximity detection: Detecting when an object such as a finger or stylus is in proximity to the computing …
Who is trying to face down Apple’s anticipated tablet this spring?
Here’s a partial list covering tablets from larger hardware companies like Dell and HP, along with lesser-known devices and a few e-readers. The pricing details and public launch dates …
Twitter rolled out “local trending topics” for all users today, giving people a peek into the most buzzed-about issues in their local communities.
Spokesperson Jenna Sampson wrote:
“The big events that come up around the world will always become a …
Terry McGraw, the chairman, president & CEO of educational publisher McGraw-Hill, confirmed the existence of Apple’s iPhone OS-based tablet and that it’s coming tomorrow.
He told Erin Burnett of CNBC:
Yeah, very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their announcement tomorrow on …
On the eve of the announcement of what may be Steve Jobs’ magnum opus, the Apple tablet, mobile advertising network AdMob charted the rise of the company’s last blockbuster product, the iPhone, and how it was the catalyst for rapid …
Square, the mobile payments startup from Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, revealed an impressive roster of angel investors today.
Among them: Google’s Marissa Mayer and husband and private equity executive Zachary Bogue, Foursquare and Dodgeball co-founder Dennis Crowley, Twitter co-founder Biz …
Kyte, which provides a video publishing platform to media companies and brands, has overhauled its management tools so publishers can better control playlists and editorial workflow for their content.
Kyte is playing in an increasingly competitive and crowded space with …
Google Voice finally made it onto the iPhone after a very long and unusually public dispute with Apple today.
Google did the runaround by making it a web app, not a native one in app store, as vice president of …
If you’re a real-time startup these days, it’s all about distribution, distribution, distribution.
That’s what Collecta is trying to do by launching widgets that you can embed into your pages with real-time search results streaming down the page. I’ve built …
Sony’s MAG is a very different kind of shooting game. When you step into the virtual battlefield of the persistent Shadow War in MAG, there are as many as 128 human-controlled enemy characters who will shoot you dead in a …
Another hour, another Apple tablet rumor. Here are more potential photos of the “latest creation” Steve Jobs pledges to reveal on Wednesday.
These ones come from designer Dustin Curtis, who claims he has “reason to believe these are real, and …
