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January 12, 2010

Nexus One Makers Soothe 'Growing Pains'

Like many technophiles who were among the first to snap up the new Nexus One smartphone, Rob O'Connor has had to put up with an inconvenience or two. The Aspen (Colo.)...

January 10, 2010

Nexus One Aftermath: What Should Motorola Do Now?

When Google announced its Nexus One phone, it appeared that the new Android-driven connected device ecosystem would be a three-headed monster: Qualcomm (QCOM) as ...

January 8, 2010

Components for Google's Nexus One May Cost $174

From the outside, the Nexus One and Droid smartphones have a lot in common. Both run Google's (GOOG) Android operating system software and have touch-sensitive ...

January 8, 2010

Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz Rates Her First Year a B-Minus

By Brian Womack (Bloomberg) — Carol Bartz gives herself a B-minus in her first year as chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), saying she could have moved...

January 7, 2010

Wi-Fi Direct Seen as Way to Alleviate Network Congestion

For consumers concerned about wireless network congestion, hope may be at hand. That's the message from a group of tech companies backing wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, ...

January 6, 2010

Google Shifts into Online Retailing

By Olga Kharif and Brian Womack (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Nexus One marks more than the company's entrance into mobile phones: It propels the Internet ...

January 6, 2010

Intel's Role as Gateway to Internet Threatened by Phone Chips

By Ian King (Bloomberg) — Intel Corp.'s (INTC) position as the gateway to the Internet will come under attack in 2010 as more consumers start going online via ...

January 4, 2010

See the CEO, Live on the Web: Scottevest's ScottTV

It's June 30 and Scottevest Chief Executive Scott Jordan is on the phone losing his temper. Thieves have made off with about 3,000 jackets sold by his Ketchum, ...

January 4, 2010

Justice Dept. Asks FCC to Free Airwaves

By Todd Shields (Bloomberg) — The U.S. should free "underutilized" airwaves for use by wireless companies such as Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) and Sprint Nextel Corp. ...

January 3, 2010

'Tablets' Aplenty Will Come Out at CES This Week

For a device that has yet to be introduced, the tablet expected from Apple this year is whipping up a lot of buzz in the blogosphere. A tiny Indian startup called ...

January 3, 2010

Are You Ready for the iEconomy?

Jack Dorsey's Square, Incase, VeriFone (PAY), and now Mophie—these companies' credit-card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce ...

December 31, 2009

The Androidification of Everything

A few days ago, Antonio Rodriguez, a Boston-based entrepreneur and founder of Tabblo, e-mailed to let me know that he was leaving Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to go do ...

December 31, 2009

AT&T Parts with Woods amid Marital Infidelity

By Crayton Harrison and Michael Buteau (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. (T) cut ties with Tiger Woods after his admissions of marital infidelity, following at least two ...

December 30, 2009

Five Ways Apple's Tablet May Change the World

Business writers love hyperbole. The ground will swell. The paradigm will shift. But what if occasionally a new tech gadget comes along that really does shake up ...

December 29, 2009

Google's Chrome OS Cited as Likely Hacker Vehicle

Google's computer operating system, due to be released next year, may rank among software most targeted by hackers in 2010, according to a Dec. 29 report from the ...

December 28, 2009

An AT&T Mystery: Abrupt New York iPhone Shutdown

A brief halt in online sales of the Apple iPhone in the New York area kept alive concerns that AT&T's network isn't up to the task of handling smartphone traffic in ...

December 28, 2009

Apple Stock Price Hits Record

By Kelly Riddell and Nick Turner (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. (AAPL), maker of the iPhone and Macintosh computer, climbed to a record $211.61 on the Nasdaq Stock ...

December 28, 2009

Google's AdMob Deal Criticized

By Ville Heiskanen (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should block Google Inc. (GOOG)'s planned acquisition of AdMob Inc. because the deal would ...

December 27, 2009

When Google Attacks

It's a nightmare that startups and big businesses alike fear—Google suddenly getting into their market and sucking users and profits. It's a legitimate concern, ...

December 27, 2009

How I Reined in Spam

Sometimes in life, admitting your own limitations is half the battle. I outsource all the things I can't do well. I'm a certified public accountant, yet admittedly a ...

December 27, 2009

Meet the Rehashed, Remixed, Warmed-Over Web

By Robert X. Cringely San Francisco - Stop me if you've read this one before. Actually, stop me if you've read anything at all original on the Web over the last year. ...

December 24, 2009

Twitter Buys Mixer Labs to Enhance Geolocation

By Agam Shah San Francisco - Twitter has enhanced geolocation services provided on its messaging service by buying Mixer Labs, the company said on Wednesday. Mixer ...

December 24, 2009

Google's AdMob Purchase Draws Regulatory Scrutiny

By Owen Fletcher Beijing - Google's (GOOG) purchase of mobile advertising provider AdMob for $750 million has drawn closer regulatory scrutiny as U.S. antitrust ...

December 23, 2009

Managing the Wireless Data Deluge

It wasn't so many years ago that U.S. wireless carriers wanted nothing more than to convince their customers to use their phones for more than talking. Having invested...

December 22, 2009

EBay's Last-Minute Delivery Push

Ten days before Christmas, Patricia Curry placed two online orders for last-minute gifts. A GPS device for her mother arrived from Best Buy (BBY) with days to spare. ...

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