Slowly but surely, it seems as though Apple’s mobile OS is being stripped of search giant Google’s influence. Apple’s redesigned Maps application — due to make its debut in iOS 6 — no longer makes use of Google’s map data, and that trend continues with another recently spotted change. The latest beta version of...
And the circus rolls on. Today, in an email received by The Hill, Press Secretary Jay Carney made a statement that is widely being interpreted as indicative that the President may be open to issuing an executive order on cybersecurity-related issues. This follows the stunning, if mildly banal, failure of leading cybersecurity legislation in the Senate last week. To wit,...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform won a strong endorsement Monday when PPTV, which claims to be China’s leading Internet TV service provider, signed on to launch its platform on top of Windows Azure’s new Media Services offering. Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform won a strong endorsement Monday when PPTV, which claims to be China’s...
So you’ve got a team that has worked on a game for quite some time, going “live” has to be a pretty anxious moment, right? I spent some time last week with the Zynga team working on the game ChefVille, which will be launching its baby to the world this week. Other than getting...
If you’re anything like me, you probably spent a good time of your youth compiling mixtapes. 90 minutes of music for friends and special someones, with clever intros and perfectly timed breaks for that inevitable moment of interruption after 45 minutes. Today, those restraints don’t exist, with digital music services like Spotify offering the...
The plan to create and sell new generic top-level domains should have been a boon for the Internet and a gold mine for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It’s not turning out that way. At nearly every turn, the process has been hamstrung by mistakes and a lack of foresight....
Google has so far spent more than $180 million on book scanning and, at the outset of the project, one of its stated goals was to keep web searchers away from Amazon. These are among the details set out in a new court filing by the Authors Guild, which is locked in a long-running...
With seven days to go, App.net – the ad-free Twitter-like service that lets users control their own data – is 36% of the way to its funding goal. This weekend it opened the first basic, browser-based version of the member-funded messaging service for its backers to try out. ReadWriteWeb asked App.net’s early adopters what...
Remember when Google’s Chrome browser overtook Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser for a week back in May? And next, for a full calendar month? Well, Chrome is still on top, judging by the latest figures from traffic measurement service provider StatCounter, and it has now even taken more than one third...
AP A few months ago, Shoedazzle transitioned from a subscription e-commerce company to simply an e-commerce company. It also expanded beyond shoes and began selling accessories and apparel. The moves paid off. Last month, Brian Lee and Kim Kardashian’s LA-based company gained 1 million new members for a total of 13 million members. New...