It’s good to be a star. Or in this case, a talented coder in Silicon Valley. Well, same thing. You work hard and play hard. Tech companies vie to give you fat paychecks. You get driven around, to and from home, work and appointments. And if you’re chauffeured around a bit too much, you can walk past the free gourmet treats and hit the on-site gym for some wall-climbing or cardio. Not...
HTC has been in a tough spot in the U.S. market. To this day I can show friends a new HTC device and the response is almost always "who is that?" It's not a good place to be in, especially for a manufacturer that makes some of the best phones available in the world, and especially as HTC prepares for the launch of its latest flagship, the HTC One, in the United States. The good news?...
Amazon announced on Thursday its intentions to acquire Goodreads, a popular social network in the literary world. Neither Amazon nor Goodreads disclosed the terms of the agreement, so it's unclear what the selling price was, although Goodreads will keep its headquarters in San Francisco. The social network has upwards of 16 million users who have created more than 30,000 book clubs. "...
If you didn’t know Nick D’Aloisio, he might seem like any other teen — he goes to school, has cool hair and contends with protective, yet proud parents. But he has become something of a legend lately, a bona fide geek idol for every youngster with digital dreams. The young Brit runs with celebrities. He appears all over television and the Internet. And he gets tech luminaries and...
A new report from ABI Research that suggests Apple's tablet market share fell 14% during the third quarter of this year to an all-time market share low of 55%. Is that bad news for Apple? Are its Android competitors finally catching up? Based on the figures alone, the simple answer is yes. Apple clearly doesn't have as firm a grip as it used to have, especially now that Amazon, Samsung...
We're big fans of Speck Products around here. You might know them best as the company that creates dozens of iPhone, iPad and other phone/tablet cases. One of the company's more popular product lines, dubbed "CandyShell" was recently copied and sold by counterfeiters. Speck announced today, however, that it has won a lawsuit against the counterfeiting firm Tsai & Shaw. This isn't...
Intel's chief executive officer Paul Otellini will retire in May, the chip maker announced on Monday. "I've been privileged to lead one of the world's greatest companies," Otellini said. "After almost four decades with the company and eight years as CEO, it's time to move on and transfer Intel's helm to a new generation of leadership. I look forward to working with Andy (the chairman...
Apple’s stock has been tanking for the past several weeks, perhaps adjusting to market conditions. Here’s a trivial explanation for why a stock price might fall even when a company appears to be performing well: sometimes in a weaker market a firm’s stock price will decline to meet demand expectations, suggesting that perhaps it was too high before. One might assume, in that scenario,...
Texas Instruments announced recently that it was going to shift its business focus from mobile processors to embedded processors. As a result of the change of heart, the company said Wednesday that it will cut 1,700 jobs around the globe. It hopes that embedded products will have longer life cycles, instead of relying on a business where its “customers are increasingly developing their...
J2 Global announced on Monday that it acquired Ziff Davis and most of its web properties for $167 million. The acquisition includes PCMag.com, ComputerShopper, ExtremeTech, Geek.com and Toolbox.com, the company said in a release today. "We have years of experience and significant interest in the digital media and online marketing space, both as a large scale consumer of advertising (~$...