When reporters from SFWeekly called the San Francisco Police Department to enquire about the lost iPhone 5 prototype incident we reported earlier, they said they had no records of any investigation having taken place in connection to it. In what seemed like a bizarre case of history repeating itself in a very unlikely manner,...
Daily Archives: September 1, 2011
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Weighs In On Patent Issues: They’re ‘Terrible’
Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO, took the stage at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco today to talk about a host of topics, including the success of Google Apps, his feelings about Steve Jobs, Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola, with the conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff even ranging into Schmidt’s...
Why is Apple ignoring a WiFi issue that plagues thousands of MacBook Pro owners?
It started off as a small annoyance. Once every couple of days, my home Internet connection would “stall”. All of the lights on the modem would be fine, but I couldn’t get a webpage to open. Given my job, this was obviously more than a minor annoyance, but it didn’t happen very often and...
Who gets Starz’s digital rights now? Probably no one
Starz dropped a bomb on Netflix Thursday, announcing to the world that it was ending negotiations for a renewal of their deal and pulling its content from the streaming service next March. That’s led many to speculate about who might pick up those rights when they lapse. The most likely outcome isn’t that Starz’s...
That New "Lost iPhone" Story Was A Bunch Of BS, Say San Francisco Police
She doesn’t have it either. See Also: Apple Just Hired The Brilliant 19-Year-Old iPhone Hacker Behind JailbreakMe.com The iPhone 5 Will Be Smaller Than Expected — REPORT 10 Apps That Will Help You Ditch Your Expensive Texting Plan Forever Well, it sounded fishy, and it seems that it was. A couple of days ago,...
Pico Dolly: A Diminutive Dolly System For Smaller Cameras
Everyone’s a filmmaker these days, what with the widespread availability of fairly high-quality HD video and the tools to edit and distribute it. But the camera isn’t the only thing you need to make movies. Without a tripod and some kind of motion control system, you’re limited to shaky hand-holding and standing the thing...
Google’s Eric Schmidt: We Want Motorola For More Than Just Patents (GOOG)
Image: Wikipedia See Also: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Compares Old Software To Arab Dictators Google Is Buying “Crap” Patents In Motorola Deal Check Out This Awkward Video Of Google’s Eric Schmidt Taking Speaking Lessons In 1988 Google Chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed that the company is buying Motorola not only for its patents, but also...
AOL Is Replacing Michael Arrington At TechCrunch – He’ll Still Write (AOL)
Image: Robert Scoble via Flickr See Also: Patch’s Traffic Jumped 75% Thanks To Hurricane Irene “Stories That Exploded On Twitter” When A Private Equity Firm Buys AOL And Chops It Up, Will They Sell Huffington Post And TechCrunch Separately? Now that Michael Arrington has started a venture capital fund, AOL is conducting an external...
How far can consumerization go for enterprise apps?
During VMworld this week, talk of consumerization — or the rise of consumer applications and devices in corporate settings — was everywhere, stemming from VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s and CTO Steve Herrod’s mobile- and application-centric keynotes. Included in Herrod’s presentation was talk of a new Dropbox-like application called Project Octopus that will let users...
Court Tosses $1.3 B Oracle Award, SAP Gets a Second Chance
Visit the CenturyLink resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. The changes in U.S. copyright law over the past three years affect the way damages are...