When HP says it’s exiting its hardware business, you’d best believe. The company confirmed today that in addition to spinning off its PC hardware business, it’s also killing its webOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet, as well as the …
Evernote acquires image-sharing app Skitch
Note taking service Evernote has acquired best-selling OS X image app Skitch, Evernote CEO Phil Libin said today at the Evernote Trunk event in San Francisco.
Skitch, which was originally produced by acclaimed developer company Plasq, lets you add visual …
Verizon’s Android share suffers after iPhone 4 launch
The long-awaited release of Apple’s iPhone 4 on Verizon in February helped to seriously erode the carrier’s Android market share, the market research firm Chitika revealed in a report yesterday.
In March, Chitika reported that Verizon held 51.4 percent of …
Google gobbled up Motorola, and social consumers love it
(Editor’s note: Lisa Joy Rosner is the CMO of NetBase. She submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
Currently, there are 5 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide, with 73 million of those attributed to American smartphone users. This market is hot, and …
‘China’s YouTube’ Tudou raises $174M in U.S. IPO
YouTube-like site Tudou has priced its initial public offering (IPO) and will begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market this morning under the symbol TUDO, reports Bloomberg.
The site lets you access movies, TV shows, self-produced content and user-generated videos …
27K iPhone users in South Korea sue Apple over location tracking
Just when you thought Apple had recovered from its iPhone location tracking scandal from April, along comes a major class-action lawsuit in South Korea.
Around 27,000 South Koreans are suing the iPhone-maker, seeking 1 million won ($930) per person in …
Sony’s PlayStation Vita gets more phone-like with Skype and Foursquare
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation Vita portable gaming device will feature built-in 3G (in one model), and the ability to make phone calls using Skype — but don’t call it a smartphone.
The Vita is first and foremost a gaming device, but …
Touchscreen inventor: Forget 3D, haptics is the future of mobile screens
Now that capacitive touchscreens have become the standard in mobile devices, many are looking for the next big innovation.
3D is one possibility — smartphones featuring the technology like the Evo 3D are already available. But according to Synaptics technology …
Apple’s A6 chip begins trial production from TSMC, not Samsung
Apple has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to build its next-generation A6 chip, which has just begun trial production, Taiwan Economic News reports.
The A6 is expected to be an even faster performing dual-core mobile chip for Apple’s devices. It …
Samsung to finally announce Galaxy S II US phones on Aug. 29
Just in time to take on the iPhone 5, Samsung announced today that it will hold a media event in New York City on August 29 to announce its US Galaxy S II lineup — perhaps the biggest Android phone …
Apple may announce iPhone 5 at Sept. 7 event
Apple is planning to hold its annual iPod media event on September 7, where it’s also expected to announce the iPhone 5, according to the Japanese site Kodawarisan.
Apple typically holds its iPod media events, where it announces new iPod …
Want to buy Hulu? Bidding expected to open at $1.5B
Initial bids for video streaming service Hulu are expected by next week, according to a source familiar with the matter, reports All Things Digital.
The source also speculates that Hulu’s owners expect the bidding to begin at $1.5 billion from …
