Google Voice Search adds 13 languages for a total of 42; Siri still at 4

August 17, 2012 9:39 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Adoro falar con xente na súa propia lingua.
You probably don't understand that, but Google does. Google Voice just added 13 new languages, including Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Portuguese to bring its total linguistic competency to 42 languages and dialects.

Security flaw in iOS lets hackers spoof texts

August 17, 2012 8:21 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

While dedicated hackers can be an annoyance to companies like Apple, they can sometimes be helpful when it comes to digging up potentially devastating security vulnerabilities.

Good news for Apple: State Department cancels its $16.5M Kindle order

August 16, 2012 11:47 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

The U.S. State Department has terminated its agreement to purchase 2,500 Kindle e-book readers from Amazon today -- perhaps giving the iPad another chance at winning the lucrative federal contract.

Apple’s vision for a set-top box blurs the distinction between live and on-demand videos

August 16, 2012 7:09 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Apple is planning hardware that could store movies on the internet and blur the line between live and on-demand video

Will Apple TV be a glorified cable box? Cable companies sure hope so

August 15, 2012 10:37 PM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

The cable industry has been a tough nut to crack for Apple, which appears to be scaling back its TV ambitions.

Judge tells Apple and Samsung CEOs to hug it out before jury vote

August 15, 2012 2:46 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

The latest from the big Apple vs. Samsung intellectual property legal fight is that the case isn't ready to be judge by a group of peers.

1 million transit stop schedules: Google wants to help you get around, globally

August 15, 2012 12:35 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google Maps now has transit stop schedules for more than one million locations, meaning that if you need to get from the Tower Bridge to Trafalgar Square, Google can get you there.

And there's a little bonus for Android smartphone users.

Tablet computer sales will overtake notebooks by 2016

August 15, 2012 9:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Sleek, fast and slim notebook computers are coming as early as this fall. But that might be the last hurrah of the laptop.

Can I get a witness? Nope. Intel says Samsung witness can’t answer questions

August 14, 2012 4:49 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Intel showed up at the Apple versus Samsung trial to quash a Samsung witness' testimony today. The chip manufacturing giant said witness Tim Williams was under a non-disclosure agreement and could not discuss certain topics to be brought up in the trial.

The Internet 2002-2012: What a difference a decade makes

August 14, 2012 3:26 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

A decade -- 10 years. Doesn't sound like much, right?

But a decade ago, the big social networking story was Friendster with a whopping 3 million users. Microsoft's Internet Explorer had 95 percent market share. And less than 600 million people were online globally ... fewer than Facebook users alone in 2012.

Worldwide cellphone sales fell 2.9% as users wait for iPhone 5, says Gartner

August 14, 2012 6:49 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Consumer anticipation for the iPhone 5 is so high that it helped to slow global sales of mobile phones in the second quarter, according to the latest research from Gartner.

iPhone 5 pre-orders reportedly set for September 12, AT&T preps for launch

August 13, 2012 12:38 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

The latest iPhone 5 rumors point to Apple announcing the phone on September 12. Now it looks like we may be able to pre-order it on the same day.

Microsoft and Apple: mobile partners as Apple licenses patents to Redmond

August 13, 2012 11:52 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Apple and Microsoft are better buddies that we've previously supposed ... and they are cooperating more tightly on mobile device operating systems than has previously been revealed.

This diagram makes sense of all the leaked iPhone 5 parts

August 13, 2012 7:34 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

We've seen a lot of leaked iPhone 5 parts, including a new battery and longer cases, but so far we've had to imagine how they would all fit together. Thankfully, a new diagram from the folks at iFixYouri makes sense of the madness.

Chinese teenager: Mom, I sold my kidney for an iPhone, iPad

August 10, 2012 4:34 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

If there could be a worse part to this tragic story, it's that the teenager received only about 10 percent of the total amount realized from the sale of his kidney. He used his share of the proceeds, about $3,500 U.S., to buy an iPad and an iPhone.

Leaked iPhone battery could mean big trouble for an LTE iPhone 5

August 10, 2012 9:07 AM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

Leaked iPhone battery shots paint a picture of an iPhone 5 that couldn't possibly exist.

You’ll never guess Samsung’s most popular phone in the U.S.

August 10, 2012 6:13 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

What's Samsung's best-selling phone in the US? Hint: It's not one of the company's flagship Galaxy S smartphones.

80 ways Samsung tried to copy Apple (according to Samsung) [updated]

August 8, 2012 4:16 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Apple should get down on its knees and thank God for whatever corporate traitor gave it Samsung's internal iPhone vs Galaxy S1 comparison document.

The iPad has a higher market share in China than the rest of the world

August 8, 2012 12:55 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Selling more than seven out of ten in a market where the the cheapest retina iPad costs easily 10 percent of an average worker's annual salary is unbelievable.