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Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter (Barb Darrow/GigaOM)

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:58:38 -0500

Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter (Barb Darrow/GigaOM):

Barb Darrow / GigaOM:
Twine project blows by funding goals thanks to Kickstarter — When Supermechanical turned to Kickstarter to crowd source funding of its Internet of…

Copyright Office Seeks To Make It More Difficult To Retain DMCA Safe Harbors (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:01:07 -0500

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Copyright Office Seeks To Make It More Difficult To Retain DMCA Safe Harbors — Almost missed this one, but Eric Goldman alerts us to the dozen comments filed…

Study: Apple's iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases (Darrell Etherington/GigaOM)

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:47:02 -0500

Study: Apple's iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases (Darrell Etherington/GigaOM):

Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:
Study: Apple’s iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases — If people are buying through mobile online retail site, they’re most…

Tracks Grabs $1 Million To Build "The Experience Graph"; Adds Photobucket Founder To Its Board (Rip Empson/TechCrunch)

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:21:55 -0500

Tracks Grabs $1 Million To Build "The Experience Graph"; Adds Photobucket Founder To Its Board (Rip Empson/TechCrunch):

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
Tracks Grabs $1 Million To Build “The Experience Graph”; Adds Photobucket Founder To Its Board — The photo-sharing market is saturated, and, by and…

Microsoft Shrinking Margins Loom on Cloud Push (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:52:43 -0500

Microsoft Shrinking Margins Loom on Cloud Push (Dina Bass/Bloomberg):

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Shrinking Margins Loom on Cloud Push — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s push into cloud computing will help the company compete with Google Inc….

Fusion Garage's website goes dark - has it bitten the dust? (Joe Pollicino/Engadget)

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:57:31 -0500

Fusion Garage's website goes dark - has it bitten the dust? (Joe Pollicino/Engadget):

Joe Pollicino / Engadget:
Fusion Garage’s website goes dark — has it bitten the dust? — Perhaps it’s the comeback that wasn’t meant to be — Fusion Garage has apparently…

New iPad 3 Internal Replacement Part Appears, hints Major Redesign (Mike/Cydia Blog)

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:32:45 -0500

New iPad 3 Internal Replacement Part Appears, hints Major Redesign (Mike/Cydia Blog):

Mike / Cydia Blog:
New iPad 3 Internal Replacement Part Appears, hints Major Redesign — As any new Apple product launch gets nearer, the frequency of leaks of supposed…

Apple made Galaxy Tab a 'household name': Samsung (Asher Moses/Sydney Morning Herald)

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:13:26 -0500

Apple made Galaxy Tab a 'household name': Samsung (Asher Moses/Sydney Morning Herald):

Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:
Apple made Galaxy Tab a ‘household name’: Samsung — Asher Moses — Samsung Australia’s mobile chief says that far from killing its Galaxy…

Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:37:01 -0500

Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists (Mike Masnick/Techdirt):

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists — Two high level Congressional staffers…

The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design (Nik Cubrilovic/New Web Order)

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:07:35 -0500

The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design (Nik Cubrilovic/New Web Order):

Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order:
The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design — The patent case between Apple and Samsung regarding the iPad and Galaxytab has…

Microsoft and GE creating new health care company in Seattle region, employing 750 to start (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:25:15 -0500

Microsoft and GE creating new health care company in Seattle region, employing 750 to start (Todd Bishop/GeekWire):

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft and GE creating new health care company in Seattle region, employing 750 to start — Updated with additional details from Microsoft. — In a…

Hey Facebook, Where's That Timeline and Open Graph You Promised? (Liz Gannes/AllThingsD)

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:41:10 -0500

Hey Facebook, Where's That Timeline and Open Graph You Promised? (Liz Gannes/AllThingsD):

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Hey Facebook, Where’s That Timeline and Open Graph You Promised? — Two and a half months after Facebook promised that a huge revision of its…

Tech Firm Implements Employee 'Zero Email' Policy (Susanna Kim/ABC News)

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:42:14 -0500

Tech Firm Implements Employee 'Zero Email' Policy (Susanna Kim/ABC News):

Susanna Kim / ABC News:
Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy — You’ve got mail-not. Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the…

European Union Bans Exports to Syria of Systems for Monitoring Web, Phones (Vernon Silver/Bloomberg)

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:12:48 -0500

European Union Bans Exports to Syria of Systems for Monitoring Web, Phones (Vernon Silver/Bloomberg):

Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
European Union Bans Exports to Syria of Systems for Monitoring Web, Phones — The European Union barred exports of surveillance technology to Syria…

Clear Channel to Keep Pandora Rival Ad-Free Through April 1 (Eric Savitz/The Tech Trade)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:51:39 -0500

Clear Channel to Keep Pandora Rival Ad-Free Through April 1 (Eric Savitz/The Tech Trade):

Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade:
Clear Channel to Keep Pandora Rival Ad-Free Through April 1 — Clear Channel this morning said it will keep the user-programmable stations on…

My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too (Om Malik/GigaOM)

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:49:30 -0500

My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too (Om Malik/GigaOM):

Om Malik / GigaOM:
My 10 years of blogging: Reflections, Lessons & Some Stats Too — Ten years is a long time. Sometimes it is so long that one forgets a lot more than one…

Samsung tablet ban 'grossly unjust' (Asher Moses/Sydney Morning Herald)

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:55:27 -0500

Samsung tablet ban 'grossly unjust' (Asher Moses/Sydney Morning Herald):

Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:
Samsung tablet ban ‘grossly unjust’ — Asher Moses — Samsung argues that the judge who ordered its Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be banned from sale…

Copyright is Failing, Who Feeds the Artists? Asks EU Commissioner (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:45:13 -0500

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Copyright is Failing, Who Feeds the Artists? Asks EU Commissioner — European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has once again spoken out…

Clearwire's growing financial problems threaten Sprint's 4G plans (Kevin Fitchard/GigaOM)

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:00:14 -0500

Clearwire's growing financial problems threaten Sprint's 4G plans (Kevin Fitchard/GigaOM):

Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
Clearwire’s growing financial problems threaten Sprint’s 4G plans — Clearwire is thinking about skipping out on a $237 million loan payment due in…

Ice Cream Sandwich Prompts Users To Join Google+, Enter Credit Card Information (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:14:21 -0500

Ice Cream Sandwich Prompts Users To Join Google+, Enter Credit Card Information (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch):

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Ice Cream Sandwich Prompts Users To Join Google+, Enter Credit Card Information — One seemingly minor change that Google has introduced in the…