Linkpost | 07.21.2012
[Note: Dwight Silverman is on vacation. Peter Hughes of Technology Bytes is handling the linkposts while he's away.] • Google buys out email client maker Sparrow Sparrow is responsible for producing a...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.19.2012
iPhone 5 reviews • The iPhone Takes to the Big Screen – Walt Mossberg / WSJ • IPhone 5 Scores Well, With a Quibble – David Pogue / NYTimes • Review: Apple iPhone 5 in front of the smartphone pack – Ed...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.12.2012
• Apple Has Quietly Started Tracking iPhone Users Again, And It’s Tricky To Opt Out – But iOS users can easily opt out of aggregate tracking for advertising purposes by going to Settings > General...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.14.2012
• U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks – Officials think a series of attacks on financial institutions and Saudi energy companies were from Iranian attackers. It’s not clear if...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.21.2012
• Apple’s smaller iPad to likely start at a minimum of $329 in the U.S. – 9to5Mac quotes sources as saying the iPad Mini will be priced higher than previously expected. Most earlier rumors priced it at...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.28.2012
[Note: I'm on vacation, so Linkposts will appear sporadically until after New Year's Day. Thanks to Jim Thompson for helping out with them earlier! – D.S.] • One In Four Americans Owns A Tablet,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.8.2013
[Note: I'm off today. Regular blogging resumes Wednesday, but I'll keep the linkpost updated with CES news. Check back often. - D.S.] CES 2013 Updated 1:24 p.m. • Hands-on with Razer’s Edge, a $999...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.12.2013
• The White House rejects Death Star petition: We have a space station and blowing up planets is bad – The guy who wrote the White House rejection clearly had a great sense of humor . . . and relished...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.21.2013
• 4.8-inch iPhone ‘Math’ reports don’t add up – Reports out of China say Apple will have three new iPhones this year, one of them a 4.8-inch model with the bizarre name of iPhone Math. • Eric Schmidt’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.1.2013
• Sony to Unveil PS3 Successor – Sony has invited the press to a Feb. 20 event, at which the Wall Street Journal says it will show off the next PlayStation. • Apple Ousts Samsung As No.1 Mobile Maker...
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It’s been a long time since either Sony or Microsoft introduced all-new game consoles. The PlayStation 3, Sony’s current system, debuted in 2006. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was launched in 2005. Although...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.16.2013
• To get products into more hands, Google will open its own stores by the end of the year – The first stores should be open before the holiday shopping season. • Facebook computers compromised by...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.21.2013
• Sony Unveils PlayStation 4, Aiming for Return to Glory – Sony shows off the next-generation PlayStation . . . kind of. During a marathon event, gathered attendees don’t get to see the console, just...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.25.2013
• Samsung confirms Galaxy S IV for March 14th unveiling – The launch will be livestreamed from New York starting at 6 p.m. CST on March 14. • Samsung HomeSync Android TV box packs 1TB HDD, dual-core...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.6.2013
• EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact – The fine is for breaking an agreement to give Windows users a choice of browsers. It’s the first time the EU has ever had to fine a company for...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.9.2013
• Inside Google Street View: From Larry Page’s Car To The Depths Of The Grand Canyon – Fascinating look at how Street View went from being a Stanford experiment to one of Google’s highest-profile...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.12.2013
• Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business? – No one’s making big money off streaming music right now. For major tech companies, music is a loss leader. What does that say about music’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.18.2013
• Apple is Losing The War – Of Words – Jean-Louis Gassée is the next to notice that Apple is stumbling in its response to Samsung’s Galaxy S4. He also takes on the company’s apparent abuse of...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.28.2013
• That Internet War Apocalypse Is a Lie – You may have heard on Wednesday that the Internet was melting down, the result of a fight between Spamhaus and Dutch hosting service Cyberbunker. Uh, yeah. No....
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.8.2013
• Cyberattacks Abound Yet Companies Tell SEC Losses Are Few – Businesses say they’re being hit all the time by cyberattacks, but their not suffering many losses as a result. • How a banner ad for...
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