Forget your girlfriend, your mobile phone is fast becoming a better companion in times of crisis — you know, when you need to score the best deal on that sexy gadget or you’ve left your wallet in the car.
New …
Here’s how easy it is to brick a Tesla
If you own a Tesla and want to turn your shiniest toy into a useless brick, all you have to do is park it.
As soon as the battery is fully discharged, you have a useless, albeit pricey, hunk of …
Manage your service business with Jobber, SalesForce-like software for handymen, gardeners
Software-as-a-service company Jobber has raised a seed funding round.
SalesForce and other services like it have been around for several years to manage contacts, calendars, task, and invoicing. But, most services are aimed at business executives and startup companies, not …
PlayStation Vita starts moving off the shelves
Sony began selling the PlayStation Vita last night a midnight Eastern time. The portable gaming device is the company’s bid to remain relevant to gamers in an age of iPads and smartphones.
The sales kicked off is Europe and the …
Moontoast’s new analytics tool makes sense of all that social commerce data (exclusive)
Turning social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.
Moontoast provides musicians, celebrities, and brands with a way to generate money from the often large …
How the cookie crumbles. Safari user sues Google over privacy violations
The repercussions keep rolling in from the Wall Street Journal’s expose that detailed how Google was bypassing the default privacy settings on Apple’s Safari browser in order to place tracking cookies that followed users around the web. Matthew Soble, an …
ABC’s rare look inside Apple’s Foxconn factory
What is it like inside a factory that makes Apple iPads? Tonight, an ABC Nightline special called “iFactory” gave us the first peak at actual factory working conditions and the people living on the assembly line.
Bill Weir, a reporter …
Twitter updates iPhone and Android apps, releases Kindle Fire app
With one fell swoop, Twitter has confronted privacy concerns, returned missed features to its mobile audience, and opened its information network up to even more tablet-toting folks.
Twitter for iPhone and Android received updates Tuesday. The fixes address previously identified …
Stitch Labs makes running an online business a snap, raises $1M (updated)
Stitch Labs, a startup that helps small businesses manage inventory, orders, and shipping, announced today it has raised $1 million in seed funding from True Ventures.
Co-founder Jake Gasaway told VentureBeat in an interview that Stitch Labs really took off …
6Scan releases WordPress plugin that hacks your site on purpose (exclusive)
6Scan released a new plugin for WordPress today, aimed at giving small businesses the same level of cyber security that enterprises can afford.
“I think what SMBs [small to medium-sized businesses] want most of all is something that doesn’t take …
Microsoft goes on the attack against Google Apps (video)
Microsoft has gone after Google before in ads attacking its search and Gmail products, but today the big M has launched a new off-kilter commercial showing off Google Apps’ biggest weaknesses.
The video, titled “Googlighting,” portrays the Google Apps productivity …
Comcast launches ‘Netflix-like’ Streampix to complement expensive cable packages
Comcast is launching a new streaming video service called Xfinity Streampix, which takes aim at similar services from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime.
The move is most likely a response to the growing number of people who are ditching their …
