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Google+ trends: tributes to Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, a look at new Chrome OS
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:07 PM
Google showed off the latest developer version of Chrome OS, its web browser-based operating system.Google+ (G+) users are paying tribute to Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, who died on Sunday, April 8.
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Android beats Apple in China mobile platform race: report
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:26 PM
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San FranciscoSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile operating system (OS) was the top smartphone platform in China last year, growing its market share by about 35 percent in the world's largest market for mobile phones, a Chinese technology research firm said. At the end of 2011, Android had 68.4 percent of the smartphone OS market by the number of smartphones sold, up from 33.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of last year, Beijing-based research firm Analysys International said in a report on Tuesday. ...
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Twitter index: Members of 1D in Australia without their shirts, Facebook acquires Instagram
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:24 PM
Tweeps are posting shirtless photos of One Direction band members on Twitter: http://pic.twitter.com/HxS4mRfxUK boy band One Direction (1D) is causing chaos down under (and on the web) as the boys embark on their first trip to Australia.
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Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:16 AM
A photo illustration shows the applications Facebook and Instagram on the screen of an iPhone in ZagrebSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for Instagram, a 2-year-old photo-sharing application developer, in its largest-ever acquisition just months before the No. 1 social media website is expected to go public. The price was stunning for an apps-maker without any significant revenue, even when measured by the lofty standards of Silicon Valley, where startup valuations have soared in recent years. ...
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Court revives Rosetta Stone suit vs Google
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:28 AM
A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived the bulk of language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc's trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. The opinion is the first appellate decision to address whether Google's sale of other companies' trademarks for sponsored links could give rise to liability for trademark infringement. In a lawsuit filed in 2009, Rosetta Stone accused Google of committing trademark infringement by selling the language-software maker's trademarks to third-party advertisers for use as search keywords. ...
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Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:18 AM
A photo illustration shows the applications Facebook and Instagram on the screen of an iPhone in ZagrebSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for Instagram, a 2-year-old photo-sharing application developer, in its largest-ever acquisition just months before the No. 1 social media website is expected to go public. The price was stunning for an apps-maker without any significant revenue, even with soaring startup valuations in Silicon Valley, as Facebook sought to absorb a potential rival or at least prevent it from falling into the hands of a major competitor like Twitter or Google. ...
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South Korea's Twitter generation may give liberals upset win
Monday, April 09, 2012 6:23 PM
Park, the ruling Saenuri Party's interim leader, waves to supporters at a campaign for the April 11 parliamentary election in GimpoSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and power of social media, could spring a surprise win in this week's parliamentary elections despite opinion polls that show it tied with the ruling conservatives. Experts say traditional pollsters base their projections on owners of fixed telephone lines, whereas people in their 20s and 30s, who form 37 percent of the voting population in the world's most wired country, rarely use them. ...
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Analysis: South Korea's Twitter generation may give liberals upset win
Monday, April 09, 2012 11:16 AM
A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los AngelesSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and power of social media, could spring a surprise win in this week's parliamentary elections despite opinion polls that show it tied with the ruling conservatives. Experts say traditional pollsters base their projections on owners of fixed telephone lines, whereas people in their 20s and 30s, who form 37 percent of the voting population in the world's most wired country, rarely use them. ...
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Thousands of AT&T workers to stay on job as talks continue
Sunday, April 08, 2012 1:32 PM
AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in TustinNEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...
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Marine who criticized Obama on Facebook should be dismissed: panel
Saturday, April 07, 2012 8:24 PM
An illustration picture shows the log-on screen for the website Facebook in MunichSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be dismissed from the military with a less-than-honorable discharge, a Marine Corps review board ruled. Gary Stein, 26, did not comment on the ruling issued late Thursday, one day after his lawyers unsuccessfully sought to delay the review board by seeking an injunction in federal court in San Diego. The Marines' recommendation to administratively discharge Stein came after a 13-hour hearing and an hour of deliberation by the panel. ...
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Iran denies has plan to cut Internet access
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:58 PM
Iran has denied reports it plans replace the Internet with a national intranetIran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of communication and information technology.
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Earns schedule for tech cos. with recent IPOs
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:49 AM
Here's a schedule for earnings reports from some tech companies that had initial public offerings of stock since last year. The companies are all loosely Internet-related, though their businesses vary widely.
Gaps in Netflix's online library likely to persist
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:36 AM
In this March 20, 2012, photo, Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt points out popular movies on Netflix at a theater inside Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. A big part of Netflix’s future rides on how much their engineers can improve the software that draws up lists of TV shows and movies that might appeal to each of the video-subscription service’s 26 million customers. Netflix has spent 13 years learning viewers’ disparate tastes so it can point out movies they might enjoy. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Peruse Netflix's catalog of DVDs, and you'll find just about any movie or TV series you want. Look for many of the same titles in Netflix's Internet video library, and prepare to be exasperated.
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Earns schedule for selected cos. in advertising
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:21 AM
Earnings schedule for selected Internet and media companies in advertising:
AOL to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:52 AM
Specialist Ned Zeles, left, talks with trader Paul Lawless at the AOL post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 9, 2012, in New York. AOL Inc. shares surged Monday to their highest level in more than a year after it said it has agreed to sell 800 of its patents and license others to Microsoft Corp. for about $1.06 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Faltering Internet icon AOL was able to squeeze out more than $1 billion from Microsoft for a trove of some 800 patents in an auction, the latest sign of just how valuable such portfolios can be for the world's biggest technology companies.
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Summary Box: Netflix's video recommendations
Monday, April 09, 2012 11:56 PM
In this March 20, 2012, photo, Netflix executives John Ciancutti, left, and Todd Yellin chat in front of a board of ideas inside Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. A big part of Netflix’s future rides on how much Ciancutti, Yellin and about 150 engineers can improve the software that draws up lists of TV shows and movies that might appeal to each of the video-subscription service’s 26 million customers. Netflix has spent 13 years learning viewers’ disparate tastes so it can point out movies they might enjoy. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)THE CHALLENGE: Netflix faces pressure from its Internet video rivals and subscribers still smarting from recent price hikes.
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Key to Netflix's future: better recommendations
Monday, April 09, 2012 11:07 PM
In this March 20, 2012, photo, Netflix executives John Ciancutti, left, and Todd Yellin chat in front of a board of ideas inside Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. A big part of Netflix’s future rides on how much Ciancutti, Yellin and about 150 engineers can improve the software that draws up lists of TV shows and movies that might appeal to each of the video-subscription service’s 26 million customers. Netflix has spent 13 years learning viewers’ disparate tastes so it can point out movies they might enjoy. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Netflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old friend. It's a critical mission as Netflix faces pressure from its Internet video rivals and subscribers still smarting from recent price hikes.
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Internet Sales Help Nokia Lumia Overcome Easter Weekend Release
Monday, April 09, 2012 7:30 PM
An Easter Sunday opening day didn't hurt Microsoft as much as it might have before the Internet existed. The new Nokia Lumia phone had its first official sale day yesterday, when many stores were not open. When The New York Times' Bits Blog's Brian X. Chen checked around 3:00 pm yesterday, "nearly all 39 AT&T stores within proximity of Times Square in Manhattan were either closed for Easter Sunday or did not answer phone calls," he wrote. "The few that were open did not have the handset in stock," he continued. ...
AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn
Monday, April 09, 2012 5:54 AM
AOL has been losing money since the collapse of its leadership as an Internet subscription serviceAOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders.
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68-Year-Old Skateboarding Professor Becomes Viral Meme [PICS]
Saturday, April 07, 2012 11:42 PM
Tom Winter, 68-year-old University of Nebraska classics professor, rose to Internet stardom after a picture of him riding his skateboard, with a briefcase in hand, became a Reddit top post on Thursday.
UK probes Apple iPad marketing over 4G access
Saturday, April 07, 2012 9:07 PM
A customer views displays of Apple iPads tablet computers in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's advertising regulator is deciding whether to launch an inquiry into Apple Inc's marketing of its latest iPad following what some customers said were misleading claims about access to 4G, which is not available in the country. Fourth-generation or 4G technology enables users to access faster Internet broadband services. "We have received 24 complaints about claims on Apple's website about 4G on the iPad. We are assessing whether there are grounds for investigation," a spokesman for the Advertising Standards Authority said on Saturday. ...
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Google creates a spectacle with project
Friday, April 06, 2012 11:24 PM
In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group's If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.
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China shuts political websites in crackdown
Friday, April 06, 2012 9:38 PM
The Mao Flag and Utopia websites say they have closed for Two Chinese political websites said Friday they had been ordered by authorities to shut for a month for criticising state leaders, the latest move in a broad government crackdown on the Internet.
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SOPA 2.0: Why the Fight for Internet Freedom Is Far From Over
Friday, April 06, 2012 5:25 PM
Is the fight over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) over? Not even close, according to Internet law expert Lawrence Lessig.
Google by numbers: 100 million active Google+ users, 350 chrome users, 800 million YouTube users
Friday, April 06, 2012 4:38 PM
Google CEO Larry PageAfter a year at the helm of one of the biggest internet companies in the world, Google CEO Larry Page has penned an open letter recapping the year gone by, outlining his goals for Google’s future and detailing numerous figures.
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