Qualcomm’s awesome Wi-Fi Display connects phones and TVs (video)

Prominent mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm showed off its Wi-Fi Display technology Tuesday, and it’s a serious step forward for connecting TVs and phones.

Essentially, the Wi-Fi Display mirrors everything you do on your phone on your TV. When you play …

The gangsters of Silicon Valley

President Obama has been touting patents as a way to create jobs and increase U.S. competitiveness. “These are jobs and businesses of the future just waiting to be created,” he said of patent applications last September, “somewhere in that stack …

Facebook ad trolls charged $100K, ordered to stop their trolling

“OMG! Look what happened to his ex-girlfriend.”

“I can’t believe a 2 year old is doing THIS!”

“You will be SHOCKED when you see this video…”

If you’ve ever been trolled by a scammy, spammy Facebook post with a headline …

Analysts disappointed with EA’s outlook but see bright points

Electronic Arts shareholders are being sorely tested again after the video game giant posted good earnings but warned about a tough quarter ahead. The stock has fallen 4.8 percent today to $14.41 a share, valuing EA at $4.77 billion. Now the analysts are weighing in.

Twitter defends rights of user, quashes subpoena for tweets

Caught in the middle of political hot-potato case, The People of the State of New York versus Malcolm Harris, Twitter has gone to bat for one of its users.

In a move applauded by the American Civil Liberties Union, the …

Hands on with the Kyocera Rise, a rare phone w/ Android 4.0 and a keyboard

Japanese phone-maker Kyocera has a long way to go before it can really penetrate the U.S. market in the smartphone realm, but its just-announced Rise smartphone — running Android 4.0 and sporting a pleasant physical keyboard — might help.

Kyocera …

How to hire the best talent in the world

What are the chances that the ideal people for your business live within commuting distance? And even if they did, could you actually find, attract, and afford them, given that great talent has countless options?

Traditional hiring is extremely painful. …

Apple testing iCloud website notifications, but why?

Apple is currently testing a notification system for its iCloud web service via iCloud.com, according to a MacRumors report.

The notifications look pretty much like they do on iPads and iPhones running iOS 5.0 or higher, and presumably, its how …

Sean Parker’s super-stealthy startup is launching in one month

Airtime is the name of Sean Parker’s latest startup, a live social video company. The company is launching June 5 and has already raised $8.3 million from top-shelf Silicon Valley investors.

And with that, we’ve told you just about everything …

Myspace sentenced to 20 years of federal scrutiny over privacy, ads, and lies

For the next two decades, Myspace will be undergoing regular privacy assessments from the Federal Trade Commission.

The social-media company was accused by the FTC of sharing its users’ personal information with advertisers, all without disclosing that fact to the …

As venture capitalists turn their backs on China, funding dries up

Venture capital investment is hitting the skids in China, the world’s largest Internet market.

VC investment fell to its lowest level in six years this quarter, as reported by Dow Jones VentureSource. A slew of unprofitable companies going public have …

Carrier IQ is getting serious about privacy with surprising new hire

Carrier IQ, a company once vilified for its handling of user data, has just announced its latest hire for the key position of chief privacy officer. New employee Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley comes to Carrier IQ from Verizon, where she served …

EA’s focus: Brands, platforms, and talent

Electronic Arts is a complex, multi-faceted company with $4 billion in annual revenues. But the company has simplified its strategy to focus on "brands, platforms, and talent," according to chief executive John Riccitiello.

Zynga launches Bubble Safari as it moves into arcade-style social games

Zynga is moving into new territory in social games today as it launches Bubble Safari for Facebook. The game is a “match-three bubble shooter” game where you play a monkey who shoots bubbles at fruit, with the goal of hitting …

Pandora surpasses 150M registered users, all of them in the U.S.

Online radio service Pandora has surpassed 150 million registered users, the company announced today at the CTIA Wireless conference in New Orleans.

Pandora CEO and President Joe Kennedy spoke today on the main stage at CTIA. While most of his …

Comcast customers finally score access to ESPN’s live streaming service

Comcast is finally letting Xfinity TV subscribers get access to ESPN’s live streaming sports service, WatchESPN.

The cable and Internet service giant announced today that its customers can now log into the WatchESPN iOS app using their Xfinity ID to …

Virgin Mobile now offering 4G WiMax service with no contract required

Virgin Mobile is now offering a 4G WiMax service without a contract.

This crazy scheme will be set into motion at the end of the month. The star of the show is HTC’s Evo V 4G, a mid-range Android smartphone …

T-Mobile sets partners for $4B LTE rollout in 2013

Wireless carrier T-Mobile has announced new partnerships with Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network to help the carrier build its upcoming 4G LTE network, the company announced today.

T-Mobile has been hurt more than any other major carrier by the absence …

Will Viddy (and other video apps) kill the YouTube star?

While everyone is trying to predict which video sharing app will be the true “Instagram for video,” the massive surge in popularity for video apps could also become a problem for the online video mainstay YouTube.

As consumers move towards …

Starhawk developers learned from social games that “analytics is king” (interview)

It isn’t easy to move to a new city, launch a new studio, and create a new game at the same time. But LightBox Interactive has done just that, and now Sony is finally releasing LightBox’s new sci-fi western-style game, …