: "“It’s not about brands or devices or platforms anymore,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Gartner. “It’s about the ecosystem. The idea is to get consumers tied into that ecosystem as tightly as possible so they and their content are locked into one system.”"
: "European Union antitrust regulators on Monday approved Google’s acquisition of the U.S. cellphone maker Motorola Mobility without conditions, but added a stern warning: Play fair in markets for smartphones and tablet computers, or face tough sanctions."
AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limitBusinessWeek
By PETER SVENSSON Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games. But in the past few weeks, there has been none of that ...
Apple's new Foxconn inspections could start chain reactionCNET
by Larry Dignan February 13, 2012 7:33 AM PST Apple said it has asked the Fair Labor Association to audit the company's Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China. The move comes after Apple has taken heat for working conditions in its supply ...
Pinterest: Facebook for women?Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Pinterest is the fastest growing social network on the Internet -- so hot that it has had more traffic referrals than LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google+ combined in January! Pinterest is especially popular with ...
Coming in 2012: Firefox for Windows 8's MetroCNET
by Stephen Shankland February 13, 2012 7:08 AM PST Follow @stshank The Metro interface in an early build of Windows 8 that was shown to developers in September 2011. Metro is a new user interface that replaces Windows start button and menu with a grid ...
Apple Shares Climb Above $500 as Earnings Ignite 17% AdvanceBusinessWeek
By Nikolaj Gammeltoft Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Apple Inc. rallied above $500 for the first time after a two-week gain spurred by the iPhone maker's first-quarter earnings report topped 17 percent. Apple increased 1.5 percent to $501 at 9:31 am ...
British network preemptively warns Apple again not to use 'iTV' nameApple Insider
By Sam Oliver As rumors of an Apple television set continue to swirl, Britain's ITV network has reportedly warned Apple that its name is off-limits. Apple anticipated television has been called the "iTV" by some pundits, following the same branding as ...
Microsoft's store site in India defaced; hackers find plain text passwordsArs Technica
By Sean Gallagher | Published February 13, 2012 9:37 AM Chinese hackers defaced the home page of the Microsoft Store in India and gained access to user names and passwords associated with the site on February 12. The store site, operated for Microsoft ...
Starboard Exits Stealth Mode With Channel-Only Unified StorageCRN
By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN Starboard Storage Systems came out of stealth mode Monday with a channel-only model for its new AC72 storage architecture, designed to handle mixed workloads including structured, unstructured and virtualized data with a single ...
Reddit tries to crack down on child pornography with new rules banning ...VentureBeat
Running a massive online community is a tricky business. The administrators who police the site are trying to strike a balance between encouraging users to contribute and keeping unsavoury and illegal behaviour to a minimum. Reddit, a news aggregator ...
Does 'Black Ops' boast the best game ending ever?USA TODAY
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Nothing like a video game debate to kick off the week, and this latest online poll from the prestigious Guinness World Records should certainly raise eyebrows. According to an online poll tallying more than 13000 votes, ...
USA TODAYApple Targets Samsung Galaxy Nexus; Google Makes TV Announcement, Suspends WalletsPC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Apple's patent battle against Samsung was the big news of the tech world this weekend. Meanwhile, Google also piqued interest with a post on its official Facebook page for Google TV, calling for some "big announcements" on Monday.
EA and Tencent to take The Sims Social game to ChinaVentureBeat
Electronic Arts and Chinese social network Tencent are taking EA's The Sims Social game to China. Beijing-based Tencent, which has hundreds of millions of users, will publish the game on the Tencent Open Platform under the Chinese name Mo Ni Shi Guang.
Apple Crosses $500Forbes
Helped by a positive market opening, the stock of Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) crossed the $500 mark this morning, reaching a new all-times highs of $503.83 —well above its 200, 100, and 50-day moving averages, gaining 25 percent since December 22, ...
Membership boost at MySpace could signal trouble for music discovery sitesDigitaltrends.com
MySpace is set to announce the site has attracted 1 million new members since December, which coupled with its extensive music library and aggressive future plans, could spell trouble for subscription music sites. MySpace's fall from grace can be ...
Chinese Authorities Seize iPads Over Trademark DisputePC Magazine
By Adario Strange The battle for the iPad name in China hit a new and potentially catastrophic level for Apple in the last few days. According to a new report, Chinese authorities have begun removing iPads from store shelves in certain parts of ...
Steam Hack Worse than Thought…Three Months LaterTIME
By Matt Peckham | @mattpeckham | February 13, 2012 | + Is this how you allay customer anxiety — by drizzling information about your service's security problems? Valve's Steam gaming service forums were hacked in early November, but the company didn't ...
TIMEHigh-tech car gadgets distracting, experts sayChicago Daily Herald
By Marni Pyke One of the best things about media day at the Chicago Auto Show is the hyperbole. Where else would you hear “it's got Alfa Romeo DNA with Dodge passion” to describe the reinvented Dodge Dart? Roses are red, violets are blue.
Cracking Open Google WalletTechNewsWorld
By John P. Mello Jr. It turns out that stealing someone's Google Wallet funds isn't that much more difficult than stealing that person's actual wallet, according to a few recently publicized exploits. "I think these types of vulnerabilities threaten to ...
Apple Files Complaint against Motorola in US to Prevent IPhone 4S LitigationPCWorld
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Apple has asked a federal court in California for an order enjoining Motorola Mobility from suing the company in other courts for patent infringement in connection with its use of chips from Qualcomm in its products.
Traditional news still lags in online advertising, study saysLos Angeles Times
By James Rainey Traditional media outlets “have had little success” getting advertisers to move from their legacy businesses to their online news sites and relatively few of the ads they create for the Web are targeted to customers based on their ...
Los Angeles TimesNOAA defection is another big loss for RIMGeek
RIM's going to have to trumpet its holiday success in England more loudly than ever if it hopes to drown out the sound of feet marching away from the BlackBerry encampment. Earlier this week, oilfield services titan Halliburton pulled the plug and ...
After Anonymous Hacking, Boston Cops Release Quirky VideoNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
By Daniel Arkin AP The international anarchist-activist group Anonymous, which uses the iconic Guy Fawkes mask as an insignia, recently defaced the Boston Police Department website. The Boston Police Department tipped a hat to comedy nerds everywhere ...
Upcoming quad-core HTC Endeavour to have NFC?CNET
By Aloysius Low on Feb 13, 2012 The leaks for HTC's upcoming smartphone, the Endeavor, are coming in fast and furious, even before its scheduled announcement at the upcoming Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona. The name of the phone is also ...
CNETBlizzard opposes Valve's attempt to trademark DOTAGameplanet
Blizzard has appealed Valve's attempt to trademark "Defense of the Ancients" (DOTA) in the lead up to the latter's release of DOTA 2. DOTA is a highly popular mod of Blizzard's Warcraft III. Valve hired the longest-serving designer of the mod, ...
DarwinBot: The Robotic Dog SitterTechnabob (blog)
You've heard of telepresence, where you can attend meetings while not actually there by using a robot proxy, but using a robot proxy to play with Fido is a new one to me. That's just what Jordan Correa and his wife have done here.
Technabob (blog) DuPont brings proven Alkylation Technology to 2nd Middle East ...DuPont, is presenting its latest developments in Sulphuric Acid Alkylation - STRATCO AlkylationTechnology at the 2nd Middle East Technology Forum 2012 (ME-TECH) hosted in Dubai, United Arab...
Shell Highlights Importance of Technology and Partnerships at ...By LNG World News
John Barry, Shell's Vice President - Technology and Production for Middle East and North Africa, outlined Shell's view of the importance of technology and.
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Google Maps takes its 'street view' to the desert, uses camels instead of cars
