It&'s a chaotic week for Instagram. First it becomes the darling of the app world, then its investors Andreessen-Horowitz decide to double-down on com... read more »
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I&'ve come across quite a few Santa Claus imposters in my time. Most of them were easy to spot: there&'s the funky smell that has more in common with... read more »
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Tell us what you really think, Verizon. The company yesterday issued a press release titled &''Congress Needs to Update the Nation&'s Antiquated and A... read more »
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Robin Li, the chief executive of Chinese search engine Baidu, made a rare US appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit today, where he answered questions about... read more »
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Update: Well it turns out the Nokia &''Plan B&'' investors were a hoax all along by one very bored engineer &''who really likes his iPhone.&'' Our hea... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat:China to double installed wind power &8211' The country has been aggressively pursuing ren... read more »
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The second Humble Indie Bundle, a batch of games that players can purchase for whatever amount they want to pay, has raked in a not-quite-so-humble $1... read more »
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Gamification company GreenGoose will close a $500,000 funding round tomorrow after its popular presentation at the Launch Conference in San Francisco ... read more »
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Intel is giving four times the usual bonuses for its employees thanks to its record year with $43 billion in revenues. The company is also paying its ... read more »
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Richard Garriott is known as a video-game pioneer, an undersea diver and an astronaut. Now he wants to outdo Zynga, the creator of FarmVille and CItyV... read more »
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Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said today during an earnings call that he is skeptical that ARM chip vendors will be able to muscle in on Intel&'... 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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Online retailers racked up a cool $1 billion in sales on Cyber Monday a4a4 traditionally the heaviest online holiday shopping day of the year a4a... read more »
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Consumer device chip giant Broadcom said today it plans to buy Gigle Networks for $75 million plus other considerations.The deal will enable Irvine, C... read more »
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Today&'s funding announcements include software to streamline movie-making and transportation of goods:Scenechronize grabs $5M to bring efficiency to ... read more »
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Wireless chip maker CSR has agreed to merge with consumer chip maker Zoran in a deal valued at $679 million.The deal creates a new powerhouse in consu... read more »
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Something is definitely up at uber nerd site and &''Directory of Wonderful Things&'' BoingBoing.net. A trip to the front page brings up the charmin... read more »
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I could write a long post about all the things that Microsoft executive Joe Belfiore, director of the Windows Phone program at the software giant, sai... read more »
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This would have been an awesome sight to see. Facebook&'s baby-faced billionaire chief executive met with some of China&'s top technology executives o... read more »
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A few years back, Modu was considered a hot Israeli company. Headed by Dov Moran (pictured), the company created what it called the world&'s lightest ... read more »
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