Amazon is pitching companies on the idea of advertising on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet — except that it will cost a minimum of $600,000 to do so, according an AdAge report.
Even though Amazon has frustratingly …
TechStars alum Mocavo grabs $4M to help you find your ancestors
TechStars 2011 alum Mocavo has raised $4 million in its first round of funding in bid to help people find their ancestors through its search engine, the company announced today.
Mocavo started getting notice when it become part of the …
iPhone 5 will have at least a 4-inch screen, says WSJ
We’ve heard it before, and we’re going to hear it again. The next version of the iPhone will replace its long-standing 3.5-inch screen with one that measures at least 4 inches.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, claims that …
Rdio redesigns site, looks a heck of a lot like iTunes
Popular streaming music site Rdio has launched a new re-design that clearly takes a ton of cues from iTunes, the company announced today on its blog.
“Change is good,” the company wrote on its blog. “Which is why we’re pleased …
Windows 8 may cost just $15 to upgrade — but should you?
Those looking to buy a Windows 7 PC this year will soon have an offer to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro OS for just $15, according to Windows blogger Paul Thurrott
On its face, this is a great offer in …
HP officially getting back into tablets, this time with Windows 8
As expected, Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will start manufacturing tablets again, but instead of webOS these tablets will run Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 OS.
HP famously launched the webOS TouchPad tablet in July 2011 and then axed its whole …
Adobe Creative Cloud with CS6 software and extras now live
Adobe’s anticipated Creative Cloud digital hub, with access to CS6 software and cloud storage, is now available for anyone who wants to give it a spin.
As we’ve noted before, Creative Cloud promises access to the latest version of Adobe’s …
Apple dropping Google Maps on iOS 6 in favor of its own app, report says
Apple will likely get rid of Google Maps on its upcoming iOS 6 operating system and instead offer its own mapping software, according to a 9to5Mac report.
Since 2007, Apple has included Google Maps as a standard application that comes …
Urban Airship has delivered 20B push notifications, doubling in just 4 months (exclusive)
Mobile marketing and messaging leader Urban Airship has served more than 20 billion push notifications through iOS, Android, and other platforms, the company revealed today.
Urban Airship currently is helping more than 65,000 companies — including ESPN, Groupon, and other …
Mobile carrier CEOs verbally spar at CTIA roundtable
When the CEOs of AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile sit together on the same panel, sparks fly.
Just as they did a year ago, these prominent CEOs sat down today at the CTIA Wireless conference to talk about …
Hands on with the Kyocera Rise, a rare phone w/ Android 4.0 and a physical keyboard
Japanese phone maker Kyocera has a long way to go before it can really penetrate the U.S. market in the smartphone realm, but its just-announced Rise smartphone — with Android 4.0 and a pleasant physical keyboard — might help.
Kyocera …
Samsung gets competitive with $49 Focus 2 with 4G LTE
Samsung and AT&T have announced the Samsung Focus 2, a $50 Windows Phone with 4G LTE that will help bring the fledgling OS to the masses.
Windows Phone has been getting more attention lately with Nokia’s push into the market …
