The war of words between Microsoft and Google has just been a raised a notch after Google released a statement in which it criticises the the Redmond-based firm, saying that settings for its Internet Explorer Web browser are “widely non-operational”. The comments come after Microsoft jumped into the brouhaha surrounding a Wall Street Journal...

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Startup Rocket Fuel claims to use “rocket science” to ad campaigns, and it sounds like that science is turning into real revenue. The company says it made $44.5 million in revenue last year, compared to $16.6 million in 2010 and $2.4 million in 2009. In fact, CEO George John tells me that in the fourth quarter...

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Apple may have seen $13 billion in sales in China last year, but apparently those numbers could have been higher if they’d had a bit more faith. The iPhone sold in huge quantities in the markets served by China Unicom, which since October of 2009 has been the only carrier over there to offer...

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LinkedIn has announced that it has passed one million registered members in Indonesia, as the professional social network has added new users at a faster than Facebook in the country over recent months. The landmark comes a little over two months since the company introduced support for the country’s official language — Bahasa Indonesia —...

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Move to Chattanooga, Win Big Money This Summer Considering a move to Tennessee? Check out Chattanooga, or the Gig City. This summer, the city will host a series of activities designed to encourage tech workers to make Chattanooga their new home. From mortgage discounts ($10k), incubator programs, a hatchery program and relocation stipends, anyone...

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Nvidia has landed its first deal to provide both mobile connectivity and app processing for a single handset, revealing on Monday that ZTE is sourcing both its Tegra 2 processor and an Icera baseband chip for its new mid-range Android smartphone, the Mimosa X. One design win won’t turn Nvidia into a Qualcomm yet,...

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China Unicom will begin selling the iPhone 4S on March 9th, reports The Loop. The company announced the plans in a release Monday and an Apple spokesperson followed up to confirm the announcement. This marks the second major carrier in China to offer the device and the first additional in that country since the...

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Ericsson’s Networked Society Program has produced a second documentary, which is available for viewing by ReadWriteWeb readers a day before it is released publicly. The documentary series and program are attempts by the Swedish telecom company to investigate larger ideas, ones that affect how technology is created and used. Here’s how Ericsson describes the...

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ReadWriteWeb: What was your first project at Google? Jon Wiley: he redesign that launched in early 2010. It introduced some of the additional tools for refining and filtering, and we launched a number of changes that simplified the results page. Over time, we’ve also worked on a number of features and interactions, particularly Instant....

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“These LTE devices are the fore-runners of a wide range of LTE devices ZTE will bring to the market in the coming months, as more and more LTE networks come on stream.” That’s a quote from He Shiyou, executive VP and head of ZTE’s terminal division, commenting on two new handsets that will be shown...

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