By Brandon Russell |
Square wants to replace everyday cash registers with new Square Stands. The company, which currently offers a mobile dongle for processing credit card payments, announced the new iPad-equipped stands aimed at larger establishments, such as restaurants and bars. The company has sold more than three…
By Todd Haselton |
Google CEO Larry Page has sounded raspy for the past few years or so, mostly when he has to speak during the company’s earnings calls. His health has been of some concern to the media and industry analysts alike, but now Page has spoken up…
By Todd Haselton |
BlackBerry on Tuesday announced that this summer it will offer a free version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android and iOS devices. We’ve been hearing the rumors that BlackBerry had these plans for years, and it seems almost too little too late. Think about it:…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple wants to add the Galaxy S4 to the list of infringing products the Cupertino company believes violate its patents. According to Florian Mueller at FOSS Patents, the company made the request to U.S. Court Judge Lucy Koh, even though both companies were asked to…
By Adriana Lee |
The Senate began debating a new immigration reform measure recently, and it has privacy hounds up in arms. The legislation involves creating a national database of biometric information on every adult in the United States. What exactly do they mean by “biometric information”? Well, in…
By Todd Haselton |
Bill Gates recently sat down for an interview with 60 Minutes in which he discussed his final conversations with the late Steve Jobs. Gates said he was able to spend time with Jobs while the then Apple CEO was sick and that they discussed what the…
By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon has officially launched Amazon Coins, and to kick off this new virtual currency the company has given out tens of millions of dollars worth of them. Announced back in Feb. of this year, Amazon Coins will be a new way for Kindle Fire owners…
By Adriana Lee |
When you think of bank robbers, ski-masked men seizing a bank with guns blazing might be the predominant mental picture. Oh, but that’s soooo over. Thieves no longer have to threaten tellers or ransack vaults to get their loot. But they do need tech expertise,…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple is said to be changing the way its popular AppleCare service works that could make it even more useful to its customers. According to an unidentified Apple employee speaking to AppleInsider, the Cupertino based company held a meeting this past Thursday on its campus…
By Adriana Lee |
Generally speaking, techsters don’t really like too many limitations. After all, there’s a reason why open-source, or freely available software code, has so many fans. Google and other companies have been advocates of an open Internet, doing their best to persuade closed nations and regimes…
By Sean P. Aune |
Ooma Office, the small business solution for those who wish to dump traditional land lines, is now ready to go on sale at Staples stores across the U.S. The Ooma Office was one of our favorite new products at CES this year, earning it one…
By Roy Choi |
Senator John McCain introduced a bill today to perhaps change the way cable operators bundle and offer programming. Senator McCain’s bill attempts to change a broad practices meant to be more consumer friendly: Forcing cable operators to break up programming bundles, so you aren’t required…
By Adriana Lee |
Ever wonder what the tech landscape might look like if companies could pursue application development without pesky patents getting in the way? Well, we may not have to wonder anymore, merely look to New Zealand as an example, since it just passed a bill giving…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook may be close to finalizing another $1 billion deal. According to several new reports spotted by TechCrunch, the social network is readying a $1 billion bid for the social traffic application Waze. Apparently the offer currently sits between $800 million and $1 billion, right around…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday Bloomberg ran a story quoting Pegatron CEO Jason Cheng that suggested iPad mini demand is waning. Cheng recently spoke with Fortune and said his quote was taken out of context and that he wasn’t specifically talking about the iPad mini or any tablet in particular. “After the…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft is reportedly considering offering as much as $1 billion for Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media unit, of which it is already a partner, according to paperwork obtained by TechCrunch. The news bumped shares of Barnes & Noble roughly 21 percent at the time of publication,…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple supplier Pegatron is reportedly gearing up to increase its number of workers by 40 percent this quarter, sparking new speculation that Apple is indeed working on a more affordable, low-cost iPhone to launch alongside the iPhone 5S. Reuters learned of the news Thursday morning and…
By Brandon Russell |
Amy Hood, a key executive inside the Microsoft chain, has been appointed chief financial officer, the Redmond company announced on Wednesday. Following the departure of Peter Klein, who was with the company for almost 11 years, a huge hole was left in the Microsoft ranks;…
By Adriana Lee |
San Francisco’s City Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to revoke an extremely controversial statute — the first of its kind in the U.S. — that would have mandated health warnings to customers for mobile phones. Specifically, the law would have required retailers to inform…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple wants to peek behind the Android curtain, requesting Google hand over documents related to the OS’s source code. In Apple’s never ending battle with Samsung, the company asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal to force the search giant to hand over the info,…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store is probably one of the most iconic in the world. It sits in Midtown Manhattan, surrounded by luxury hotels, and is less than a block from Central Park. Today is was the victim of flooding. It has been raining on and…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile reported its first quarter 2013 earnings on Wednesday. The carrier, which recently finished its acquisition of MetroPCS, noted a 7.5-percent revenue slip from the same quarter in 2012 to $1.2 billion primarily due to declines in service revenues. T-Mobile currently serves 34 million customers…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia investors are getting restless. The company recently reported its first quarter 2013 results noting that sales were down, which isn’t good considering it’s betting most of the farm on Windows Phone 8, which is continuing to struggle against competing mobile operating systems iOS and…
By Sean P. Aune |
The United States Senate has passed the Marketplace Fairness Act by a vote of 69 to 27, and it will now move on to the House of Representatives where it is expected to meet more resistance. Sales tax on goods sold over the Internet is…
