The iPhone may soon be available on more than one carrier in Japan as the iPhone 5 is coming to competitor KDDI, reports Nikkei Business. The publication quotes ‘officials’ that are saying that KDDI has obtained a contract to sell the upcoming iPhone in Japan and will sell it under its ‘au’ brand starting...
RelayRides, a marketplace that lets car-owners rent out their cars a few hours at a time, has named former Shopping.com chief Andre Haddad as its CEO. The well-funded startup has raised $10 million to date, with investors including Google Ventures, August Capital, and Shasta Ventures. RelayRides allows users to rent out their cars for...
Facebook has been making a flurry of changes leading up to this week’s f8. Is this a response to Google Plus or a happy coincidence? Whether it’s the way people were notified or the changes themselves, some people are very vocally opining. Earlier today we asked you what you thought of the new Facebook...
In a series of public posts on Facebook late last night, Sean Parker shares how he feels about some of the new changes, focusing on lists and subscriptions. In the interest of keeping Parker’s thoughts whole and intact so as to avoid any miscommunication, we’ve included the full very public and extremely insightful posts....
I hate 3D videos. Chances are, you hate 3D videos too. And yet, the electronics makers of the world insist on shoving 3D display technology into everything from TVs to smartphones, regardless of the fact that there’s still next to no worthwhile 3D content out there. Besides Avatar — but seriously, I could barely...
Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger, Woods via JRParis on Flickr, Zuckerberg via EZineMark Most of America’s richest people had a good year, according to the brand new Forbes 400. Altogether they are 12% richer than last year. Some billionaires did even better, including a mix of corporate heirs, entrepreneurs, investors and tech stars. George Soros...
Android’s next version, Ice Cream Sandwich, is around the corner. It is not likely to beat iOS5 to the market, as some had thought, but new devices and support will be available by the end of the year. Yet, the dominant Android version in the wild is still currently Frozen Yogurt with over a...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware deliver unprecedented reliability in the face of RAM errors. Yesterday we held our first live chat on the...
Is Google evil? Members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights tried to decide that today in a hearing on Google’s market power and whether it is beneficial for consumers or not. The end result was that the Senators requested Google make voluntary changes to its search ranking, and...
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