The original HTC Evo 4G was notorious for its massive (at the time) 4.3-inch screen, which needed a kickstand for additional support. So it’s no surprise that the kickstand makes a return with the HTC Evo One 4G LTE on …
Atmel unveiled new flexible film-based sensors that it said could revolutionize touchscreens.
The new XSense sensors could enable flexible touchscreens, screens with curved surfaces, and much larger touchscreens as well, said Steve Laub, chief executive of the San Jose, Calif.-based …
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Chicago-based investment research firm Morningstar can’t make the numbers in Groupon’s restatement add up. In a research note it sent to clients, who are institutional investors, it wrote:
While several of the financial revisions seem inconsistent, we were surprised by …
It’s always hard for us to tell if Canadians are being ironic, but we’re pretty sure the Royal Canadian Mint knew what they were doing when they offered $50,000 in gold coins to the software developer who could design the …
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The original dot-com bubble was an empty canvas that quickly filled up with overnight, more-talk-than-substance sensations.
Corporate websites littered with hijacked stock photography made you seem big even though you were small. Programming teams were precariously assembled. Get them in …
Yahoo-owned photo-sharing site Flickr, the property involved in a patent spat between Yahoo and Facebook, is providing its users with new editing tools and filters courtesy of online photo-editing specialist Aviary.
The Flickr photo editor, rolling out to users starting …
The cable network known for its hair-pulling, table-turning, housewife-humiliating reality lineup is zooming its lens on Silicon Valley with a reality series co-produced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister.
Randi Zuckerberg, Zuck’s older sister and former Facebooker, is an executive …
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Arizona is considering a new law that would criminalize Internet trolling, and I fully support the idea.
First, let’s take a look at the hard news. Arizona House Bill 2549, which has already passed both the Arizona House of Representatives …
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Tuesday, Instagram announced the news many Android users were waiting for; the retro photo-sharing app hit the Google Play store for Android phones. It took the app just 24 hours to reach one million downloads and has since become the …
The incredibly popular iPhone 4S will land on several small U.S. regional carriers later this month, a move that must make T-Mobile feel like a neglected stepchild.
With AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all offering the iPhone 4S, T-Mobile (the country’s …
Video game publisher Electronic Arts has a new feather in its cap: It has won The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America award.
The tournament rookie beat out America’s other most-hated companies by a landslide 64 percent vote. Rival honorees included …
Draw Something, the Pictionary-style app that Zynga acquired with its $180 million purchase of OMGPOP, has surpassed 50 million downloads.
In just 50 days, the title has become the fastest-growing original mobile game of all time. The game regained its …
Need more proof that 2012 will be the Twitter election? Nielsen has found a strong correlation between online buzz and recently elected officials.
NM Incite, the social media analysis company from Nielsen and McKinsey, revisited four races during the 2010 …
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People frequently ask me about how LivingSocial and Google Offers are different from Groupon.
In many ways, they are the same. Any model that gives businesses cash early on in exchange for a promise of service to be delivered later …
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President Obama is expected to sign the JOBS Act into law tomorrow — a piece of legislation that allows small businesses to receive investments via crowdfunding. This Act will benefit investors by providing a new source of portfolio diversification and …
Continuing its trend of turning science fiction into reality, Google officially announced its augmented reality glasses today — and yes, they look about as geeky as you’d expect.
Dubbed Project Glass, the glasses will allow you to do many of …
Ubisoft announced today that social game developer Loot Drop will create a hardcore Tom Clancy game on Facebook.
Releasing this spring, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Commander will be a two-dimensional isometric view game where you play a Ghost, or Special …
PayPal announced that it has consolidated its payments system today, with some upgrades to the way small businesses accept payments online, offline, and in the mobile world.
“PayPal Here was just part of a fundamental change for small businesses,” said …
Sprint quietly confirmed yesterday that it would offer an unlimited data plan for its upcoming 4G LTE network, but if the market is any indication, those plans could change fast.
The company, which is the no. 3 wireless carrier in …
The Motor City is welcoming an import to town.
Popular social network Twitter has taken up residence in downtown Detroit to push its Promoted Products ad suite to the nation’s recovering automotive companies.
Twitter’s new Detroit office, located in the …
