Herea4ぎa4г our roundup of the weeka4ぎa4г tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Applea4ぎa4г Wozniak notes white iPhone 4 camera issues, showers more love on Android &8212' The Apple cofounder said this week that early white iPhone 4 parts caused issues with its camera, which led to multiple delays and its near-mythical status among gadget hounds.
Verizon halts iPhone pre-orders due to huge demand &8212' Well that didna4ぎa4д last long.
Call of Duty Black Ops map pack keeps Activisiona4ぎa4г hot franchise rolling &8212' Activision Blizzard has released a new set of multiplayer maps for the Call of Duty Black Ops combat game, and hundreds of thousands of people are already playing it on the Xbox 360 game console.
News Corp. exec: a4ぎAThe right timea4ぎ to sell Myspace &8212' Just in case anyone wasna4ぎa4д sure about News Corp.a4ぎa4г desire to unload Myspace, chief operating officer Chase Carney said Wednesday that a4ぎAnow is the right timea4ぎ to consider selling the social networking service a4ぎa4 or find another way to restructure its relationship with the parent company.
Rambus invents extremely fast memory system for the gadgets of the future &8212' Hoping to advance the speed of everything from computers to game consoles, Rambus announced that has invented an extremely fast way to transfer data through a computera4ぎa4г memory system.
And here are five more stories we think are important, thought-provoking, fun, or all of the above:
With Honeycomb, Google has a shot at catching Apple in tablets &8212' For the first time, Google has a chance at catching up with Apple in the hot tablet computer market.
Which is selling better: Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf &8212' Theya4ぎa4вe the first two plug-in electric vehicles sold in the U.S. by major manufacturers in a decade. Thus far, the Volt is decisively in the lead.
Can we really trust the cloud &8212' Events in Egypt, Canada, and around the world have brought cloud advocates back to Earth.
IBM, Intel, TechStars and the White House start up America &8212' No, America didna4ぎa4д suffer a breakdown. But according to a a4ぎAStartup Americaa4ぎ campaign launched by the White House to encourage high-growth entrepreneurship in the U.S., it could use a jump-start of entrepreneurial energy.
News Corp. has spent $30M on The Daily iPad newspaper &8212' Rupert Murdocha4ぎa4г new publication will have to be a huge hit to pay off.
Previous Story: Why Nokiaa4ぎa4г exec shakeup is exactly what it needs
Print Email Twitter Facebook Google Buzz LinkedIn Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Delicious Google More&8230'
Companies: Activision Blizzard, Apple, Chevy, Google, IBM, Intel, MySpace, News Corp, Nissan, techstars, Verizon
People: Chase Carney, Steve Wozniak
Companies: Activision Blizzard, Apple, Chevy, Google, IBM, Intel, MySpace, News Corp, Nissan, techstars, Verizon
People: Chase Carney, Steve Wozniak
Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.
Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.com
VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters. Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Comments