Foursquare, the hot New York-based location-based check-in game, has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company KDDI to give users a short-cut... read more »
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Clustrix, a provider of database software for storage nodes, announced today that it has raised $12 million in its second round of funding led by Sequ... read more »
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Intel reported record fourth quarter sales and earnings as it ramped up production for a new generation of microprocessors and saw strong demand durin... read more »
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Companies keep using the phrase a4‚¬Acloud computinga4‚¬¯ to describe their services. I don&'t think it means what they think it means.That includes S... read more »
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Apple just announced a number of new features for iOS, its mobile operating system on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The company says iOS 4.3 will ... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s our roundup of the weeka4‚¬a4„s tech business news (shorter than usual due to the Thanksgiving holiday). First, the most popular stories ... read more »
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Skype, a provider of voice and video calling services over the Internet, might be poised to release video calling for mobile devices equipped with a f... read more »
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When textbook tablet startup Kno raised $46 million in September from Andreessen Horowitz and Silicon Valley Bank, it was shooting to price its dual-... read more »
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The comparisons between Microsoft&'s Kinect body-gesture motion-control system and the cool gesture-controlled computer in the 2002 sci fi movie Minor... read more »
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Music startup Smule continues to follow an unpredictable path in its release of iPhone and iPad music apps. Its latest, the Magic Fiddle (iTunes link)... read more »
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Another trojan horse for devices running Google&'s Android mobile operating system a4‚¬a4¯ this one capable of stealing information and uploading it t... read more »
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Biofuels company LS9&'s new CEO Ed Dineen says he is planning to quickly ramp up the company&'s presence in Brazil.Dineen was recruited away from petr... read more »
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Dell announced today that it will acquire network security firm SecureWorks. This is another acquisition aimed at preventing its smaller and mid-sized... read more »
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At the close of the Consumer Electronics Show, Monster Cable always throws a huge concert with a marquee band. This year, Earth Wind &' Fire gave a... read more »
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Venture Capitalists are increasingly optimistic about the immediate future of investing in Silicon Valley. Their confidence registered 3.75 on a 5 poi... read more »
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A middle-aged man walking down the stairs in his apartment has a heart-attack. Alone and gasping for air, he pulls out his mobile phone and with one b... read more »
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Last month, the world raised a quizzical eyebrow towards a new advertising campaign for Stolichnaya vodka, starring two Biz Stones, hanging out with e... read more »
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Silicon Valley and Wall Street both bash Yahoo a lot these days, but if there&'s one place the company has excelled it&'s in Asia. Its Alibaba investm... read more »
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Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com, goes on and on about how much he loves his customers. But he&'d like you to up your commitment level.That&'s the ra... read more »
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I&'m currently in Dublin, Ireland, for a (most excellent) event dubbed Founders, where I was invited to handle a fireside chat / interview with YouTu... read more »
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