HP gifts Android test kernel for TouchPad to CyanogenMod team
When HP was getting rid of the last of its TouchPad stock in a $99 fire sale last year, it accidentally got rid of a few tablets running an unpublished, internal build of Android (the TouchPad runs webOS natively), immediately dra...
LinkedIn Eats Rapportive: Let’s Hope the Magic Lives On
Several years ago, I spoke on a panel at an advertising industry conference with Om Malik and Michael Arrington. Arrington, my former employer, was bored by the conversation and mocked me throughout it. One of the last questions we were asked on the ...
LG teases new 5-inch, 4:3 aspect ratio Optimus Vu smartphone
LG has just posted a teaser for the Optimus Vu, a smartphone with a 5-inch, 4:3 aspect ratio display. Details from the video itself are scarce, but Datacider and Google Pad are reporting that the phone will feature a 1024 x 768 IP......
Why Launch An Airbnb For Event Spaces? Venues Just The “Tip Of The Spear” Says Eventup CEO
LA-based, Science-backed startup Eventup launched this morning, providing people who want to rent or rent out spaces for events like parties and conferences with an easy-to-use platform from which to do so.
In the same space as Venuetastic, but with a wider array of venue options that go beyond bars to offerings like...
Google, Cisco top the list of the greenest IT companies
How do the heavy weights of the Internet and telecom stack up in terms of how green their technology, energy footprint and political advocacy are? On Tuesday night Greenpeace released its latest Cool IT leaderboard report, which ranks the world's largest IT giants.
With Funding In Tow, Uniiverse Launches A Platform For Collaborative Living
You have to love the accelerated development cycle that spins so fast in the tech industry's echo chamber. Just as most Americans are starting to get comfortable with this whole "social revolution," the tech industry has already...LinkedIn Picks Up Rapportive For Around $15 Million
So yes, LinkedIn has bought contact management startup Rapportive, according to multiple sources we've contacted, as was first reported by Liz Gannes at AllThingsD.
The startup -- which aggregates and displays the social networking accounts of...PlayStation Vita won’t get UMD Passport in US — PSP support is digital-only
Sony has confirmed that there will be no UMD Passport program for the PlayStation Vita when it launches in North America later this month. The system supports digital PSP games, but drops the UMD drive slot; in Japan, UMD Passport...
From T-Pain To $6 Million In New Funding: Viddy Attempts To Become The “Instagram Of Video”
People really like Instagram. Founder Kevin Systrom recently appeared in a Best Buy Super Bowl ad paying tribute to mobile innovators, a testament to how far its come with a team of six. (Over...Olympus announces rugged TG-820 iHS and SZ-31MR superzoom
Olympus announced two compact cameras today, not that either should take any attention from the OM-D E-M5. The TG-820 iHS is a rugged compact with a 12-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor and a 28-140mm equivalent 5x optical zoom lens. The ...
Daily Wrap: Path Steps In It and more
Path uploads your entire address book to their servers. This and more in today's Daily Wrap.
Sometimes it's difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of...
Symantec source code stolen: the extortion, investigation, and release
The source code for several Symantec products was stolen in a network breach in 2006. A weeks-long extortion attempt followed this past January, resulting in the release of the code for pcAnywhere on The Pirate Bay. We've got all ...
