Netflix is set to enter the original content space in a big way with the release of House of Cards, a long-anticipated original series featuring Kevin Spacey as Rep. Frank Underwood, a ruthless politician with his eye on the top job in Washington. The entire first season will be available to stream beginning tomorrow. Netflix...
World Economic Forum via flickr See Also Bill Gates: Steve Jobs ‘Was Always Cooler Than Me’ COLBERT: Benghazi Hearings ‘Proved Definitively That Congressional Republicans Suck At Their Jobs’ There’s A Reason Bill Gates And Jeff Bezos Both Call Washington State Home In another six years, polio will be wiped off the planet, Bill Gates...
Dylan Love Samsung’s Ativ Odyssey is the company’s first US phone that runs Window Phone 8. It’s a very basic smartphone that we weren’t too sold on, but, hey, maybe you’ll like it anyway. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/7X-oDdcosyw/samsung-ativ-odyssey-photos-2013-1
Apple TV could be carrying the HBO Go app sometime in mid-2013. According to Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly in talks with Time Warner about the potential deal, although nothing has been finalized yet. Should an agreement be reached, it would add to Apple TV’s extensive lineup of services, including Netflix, HuluPlus, YouTube, and others....
Uber is facing another difficult challenge in its quest to help improve transportation around the world. After reaching an agreement with California regulators, it is facing potential shutdown in Colorado. To combat this, the private car service has launched a petition seeking to help convince regulators to think about what they’re doing. So far,...
Intel has revealed plans to show off dual-core, dual-graphics Android smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in late February. The chipmaker announced the schedule for its MWC booth, which will run from February 25-28, noting that it will be showcasing smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks. “Specifically, Intel will showcase its latest smartphone technologies...
Those of us who use Instagram everyday like to think of it in glowing terms. Not only is it a rapidly-growing social media success story, but it’s a place where we can go to see gorgeous, often creatively composed imagery. Our friends are there, documenting their world for us and reliably tapping the Like...
![Lyft & Uber Win Small Victory In Internet’s War With Taxi Industry [Updated]](/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/3aef0_shutterstock_9200935.jpg)
[Update: On Thursday, Uber announced that it had reached an agreement with the California Public Utilities Commission "confirming that Uber is legal in California and suspending the prior complaints and fines levied against the company." Uber also said its agreement "states that ride-sharing — or rides provided by drivers not specifically licensed to drive a...
PC shipments dropped 6.4% in the fourth quarter of 2012, while tablet sales rose 75.3% in those three months. The two latest numbers from research firm IDC, taken together, confirm what now seems to be an inevitable trend in personal computing: Tablets are now driving the computer market, while PCs have to be content...
Manhattan may have the most high-powered corporations in the world, but it doesn’t even have the most powerful mobile data networks in New York City. That distinction goes to the borough on the other side of the Harlem River. A recent round of speed and performance tests in New York from RootMetrics revealed that...