Scvngr, the maker of a check-in app that asks users to complete activity challenges, today announced it has secured a second round of funding for $15 ... read more »
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Social Web browser Flock just announced that it has been acquired by social gaming giant Zynga, confirming an earlier report in TechCrunch.Chief execu... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat:IKEA makes push for LEDs &8212' The company announced today it has stopped selling all inc... read more »
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Ikea has declared war on the incandescent light bulb.OK, maybe it&'s not so much a war than a flat-out refusal to engage. At any rate, the mass furnit... read more »
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Nvidia chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang announced today that Nvidia has been working for some time on Project Denver, a high-performance ARM microproces... read more »
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Microsoft said earlier today that its future version of Windows will run on chips based on ARM&'s chip architecture. In front of a huge crowd at the C... read more »
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Samsung today showed off something at the Consumer Electronics Show that many couch potatoes have surely dreamed of: TVs that are virtually all screen... read more »
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Since November, Microsoft has sold more than 8 million Kinect motion-control systems for the Xbox 360 video game console.That&'s a pretty staggering n... read more »
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Google today previewed its upcoming tablet-friendly Android 3.0 update at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it looks unlike any version of Android we... read more »
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Microsoft&'s Surface touchscreen technology for large displays has lost a lot of bulk in its newest iteration, and in the process it has also given LC... read more »
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Music service Slacker plans to launch its long-anticipated premium version this month, marketing vice president Jonathan Sasse told me yesterday. The ... read more »
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Microsoft showed that the next version of its Windows software will run on ARM-based computers, in addition to the traditional Intel-based machines.Ru... 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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In early September, I noticed introductions popping up on Twitter always cca4‚¬a4„ing @Hashable. My first impression was that they were incredibly stu... read more »
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Electric car startup Coda announced it has raised $76 million of a planned $125 million in what should be the company&'s final round of financing‚ bef... read more »
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In the latest example of the opportunities created by the rollout of electric vehicles, smart grid networking player Silver Spring Networks announced ... read more »
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Tablets, tablets, tablets. That&'s what the Consumer Electronics Show has felt like so far, and both Motorola and LG continue the craze with their new... read more »
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Sony said today it will introduce its Music Unlimited cloud music service in North America in the coming months.Music streaming services have got a lo... read more »
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Sony said today that it is doubling down on its investments in stereoscopic 3D, even though the technology is off to a somewhat slow start.Sony introd... read more »
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Details continue to leak out about Goldman Sachsa4‚¬a4„ $450 million investment in Facebook (even though neither company has actually confirmed the de... read more »
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