HTC said Tuesday that its One X and Evo 4G LTE Android smartphones have finished the review process in U.S. customs and are being released into the the country, The Verge reports.
Earlier this month, both phone models were delayed …
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion temporarily halted stock trading 15 minutes after the market closed today, and issued a “business update” where it admitted it will “likely have an operating loss” for its fiscal first quarter.
“RIM is going through a …
You can finally put your radiation fears to rest and check your Twitter feed at the same time. Japanese cellphone carrier Softbank has unveiled a new smartphone that can detect radiation levels with a built-in sensor, Wired is reporting.
Manufactured …
Jason Rubin, the co-founder of famous game developer Naughty Dog, has been named the president of struggling video game publisher THQ.
Rubin will report to Brian Farrell, who remains chairman and chief executive. But Danny Bilson, who has headed THQ’s …
Only a dozen or so really big names have led the venture capital industry consistently over the past decade. Jim Breyer of Accel Partners is one of them.
This weekend, Breyer, who sits on Facebook’s board, was the subject of …
The Chinese version of Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 Release Preview has leaked online, with ISO files for the new operating system being traded across plenty of international forums, according to PCbeta.
Windows 8 is part of Microsoft’s strategy to integrate …
Facebook's stock on the Nasdaq exchange dropped by about 9.6 percent in regular trading Tuesday, a steep drop from its original IPO price of $38 a share.
Google has introduced an updated version of its Chrome operating system and two new hardware options from Samsung that run the web-based OS — but it all still looks relatively underwhelming.
The search giant announced Chromebook laptops running the Chrome …
Updated at 3:40pm PDT with a response from Bitly about negative reactions to the redesign
The simple link-shortening service Bitly just got a major redesign. What started as a way to make long links short enough to fit into a …
Trip Hawkins, a pioneer of video games, has resigned from Digital Chocolate, the mobile and social game company that he founded.
Zynga’s lockup period, which prevents employees from selling their stock following the initial public offering, expires today. That may explain why a smaller company, Game Closure, has been able to recruit a prominent mobile gaming expert from Zynga.
Game Closure …
Guest Post
I recently took the post of CEO of ShopCo, a startup focused on reinventing the circular shopping business. Through the vetting process of considering the post, I learned and had to re-learn some important lessons.
It goes something like this: …
Amazon will now offer its streaming Instant Video service to Xbox 360 owners via a brand new app that was released today.
The move will make all streaming purchases, rentals, and free Prime videos available through the popular gaming console. …
Apple is said to be releasing a new maps application at its developer conference WWDC this year, and photos of the rumored app show slick 3D-imaging.
Earlier this month, rumors that Apple was dumping Google Maps in favor of its …
Editor's Pick
If there was any doubt that Wall Street is a sucker’s game designed to take money from stupid people and put it into the hands of bankers and powerful corporations, Facebook’s initial public offering should clear that up.
Let me …
The current state of the mobile payment industry could at best be called slightly confounding, or, at worst, a complete mess.
But in spite of increased competition from stakeholders like Square, PayPal, Google, Mastercard, Intuit and, most recently, Verifone, the …
Samsung has released new details/a> of its forthcoming streaming music service, Music Hub, and it might even turn out to be more than just another iTunes competitor.
The service aims to provide a media service for owners of Samsung’s mobile …
It looks like the rumors of a longer iPhone 5 may be true, at least according to leaked case images from this morning.
Several photos of the alleged next iPhone’s rear case hit the web today, some from the repair …
The Chinese equivalent of Twitter has just issued a “code of conduct” for its users in an attempt to put a stop to political criticism, rumors, and the spread of social unrest.
Weibo.com, an online property run by Sina Corp, …
Editor's Pick You Don't Know Jack hits Facebook today. We had a chance to interview its creators at Jellyvision, but we decided instead to put them through our 5 Hit Points trivia challenge.
