HP HP will be launching its first Chromebook in February, according to a leaked document found on the HP website. Chromebooks are Google’s name for laptops that run its stripped-down, Web-friendly Chrome operating system. The document is no longer on the site but it revealed pretty detailed plans and specs for a device called...
Following the today’s announcement of the Blackberry 10, an impressive new phone from RIM (now known as BlackBerry), RIM Europe’s Stephen Bates gave an interview to the BBC’s Radio 5. Bates, however, wasn’t too keen to answer every question. In particular, he refused to answer a question about what the company had learned anything...
Kleiner Perkins Mike Abbott and Megan Quinn are judging you. See Also Kleiner’s Mike Abbott: Venture Capital Must Change Kleiner Perkins Hires Square’s Director Of Products, Megan Quinn It’s Simply Astonishing How Many Googlers Now Work At Square Kleiner Perkins, the venture-capital firm that famously backed Amazon and Google in the ’90s, wants to...
Today two Senators introduced a bill that would make The Internet Tax Freedom Act’s protection of Internet access from any sort of government taxation permanent. The Hill, who brought the introduction to TNW’s eyes this afternoon, notes that in its current form the Act will expire in 2014, opening Internet access as a place of potential...
Gabe Newell, the co-founder of gaming company Valve, has revealed that he views Apple, rather than traditional gaming consoles, as the biggest competitive threat to the Steam Box and other PC-based entertainment solutions looking to enter the living room, according to Polygon. Newell made the remarks during a lecture at the LBJ School of...
App.net has given a sizable boost after developer Tapbots made its Netbot iOS app free to buy in a move that it says will help “spur adoption” of the subscription-based social network. The app, which is similar to its much-heralded Tweetbot client for Twitter, was priced at $4.99 and caused a spike to App.net sign-ups...
Facebook is doing a bit of empire building – and that ain’t cheap. In the fourth quarter of 2012, Facebook profits fell sharply even as revenue continued to grow. In the fourth quarter, Facebook reported $1.59 billion in revenue, up 40% from the previous year and topping Wall Street estimates that revenue would rise...
Facebook is a mobile company, but stop asking Mark Zuckerberg about the phone thing already. On its fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the Facebook CEO and founder may have said the word “mobile” 1.59 billion times, but that legendary Facebook phone is just a fairy tale. “People keep on asking if we’re going to...
Tapbots announced Wednesday that Netbot, their App.net client for iPhone and iPad, is now free “for an unspecified period of time.” The Tapbots App.net post announcing the Netbot sale says it’s “n order to spur adoption of App.Net.” Netbot was born out of Tapbots’ beloved Twitter client, Tweetbot, and anyone who uses that app will quickly...
Netflix’s new exclusive show House Of Cards may just be the first cable TV drama for cord cutters. Here’s our take on it: Show notes for this episode: Netflix is going to release the entire first season of House Of Cards on Februar 1. Check out the show page on Netflix.com for more details....