What It's Like Using Hailo, The Instant Taxi-Hailing App That Just Raised $30...
This past week I visited London and got to know the startup scene there.One of the most promising new tech companies to come out of Europe is Hailo, an iPhone app that lets you hail a nearby cab in...
View ArticleThese Are The Last Words Of Another Kid Who Just Killed Himself By Texting...
On April 3rd, a college student in Greeley, Colo., Alexander Heit, lost control of his car and plunged over an embankment.Heit survived the crash, but died later at a nearby hospital.Before he crashed,...
View ArticlePeople Are Going To Start Talking To Ads On Their Phone
Just looking at ads is bad enough, so who would want to talk to them? While many people would likely answer "no one," voice-recognition software maker Nuance says the opposite is true.What Is A Voice...
View ArticleHow To Make Your iPhone Last For Years (AAPL)
Your iPhone is expensive. It's pretty. And it's probably proven to be an indispensable tool.Why not take care of it to make sure it sticks around long enough to serve you well?Here are some tips on...
View ArticleHow Social Media Shaped Boston Bombing Response
Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insightshere or...
View ArticleApple's Chinese Partners Are Hiring Up, Getting Ready To Build The Next iPhone
Taiwan technology giant Foxconn has been increasing its assembly-line workforce in central China in preparation for the manufacture of a new iPhone, the company and media said on Tuesday.Foxconn has...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Specs Revealed: A Tiny Super Computer On Your Face (GOOG)
Google has finally unveiled the specifications for its Internet-connected glasses. We first saw the news over on 9to5Google.With Google Glass, you'll be able to take 5MP photos and 720P videos. For the...
View ArticleGoogle Is Taking A Less Open Approach With Glass Apps (GOOG, AAPL)
Google has long been a proponent of open-source software, where anyone can freely develop for its Android platform without direct permission from Google. But that seems to be changing with Glass.Google...
View ArticleThis Man Took A Huge, Illegal Gamble On Apple And Lost $5 Million Of Other...
(Reuters) - A former Rochdale Securities trader whose unauthorized purchase of about $1 billion of Apple Inc stock caused the demise of the financial services company pleaded guilty on Monday to wire...
View ArticleWho Are The Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech?
Business Insider is asking our readers to nominate The Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech. Whether they're startup founders, executives, programmers, angel investors, or venture capitalists, we want...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How Native Apps Still Reign Supreme Over HTML5
An HTML5 app is housed on the Web and runs inside a mobile browser. Unlike apps built specifically for Apple devices or Google's Android operating system, it does not need to be built from scratch for...
View ArticleApple Axe Gene Munster Slashes His Price Target, Lays Out The 'Worst Case...
Apple analyst Gene Munster is cutting his price target to $688, down from $788. Munster's price cut seems to be based on the belief that Apple will release a lower-priced iPhone which will cannibalize...
View ArticleEric Schmidt's Strange But Beautiful Tugboat/Yacht Could Be Yours For Just...
A Google-watching reader writes us:After languishing on the market, the price of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's Lone Ranger expedition yacht was cut from $20,000,000 to a mere $14,000,000...
View ArticleFacebook Charging $1 Million For New, Intrusive Video Ads (FB)
Facebook wants $1 million from advertisers who want to be the first to run video ads in users' news feeds this summer, according to Ad Age.And users won't have a choice over whether they see them: the...
View ArticleSteve Jobs's 'CEO Coach' Gave A One Hour Talk About What Makes A Great Company
Here's something that's relatively rare. Intuit chairman Bill Campbell sat for a one-hour video taped conversation with CEO Brad Smith.Campbell's nickname is "coach" because he used to coach football,...
View ArticleSnapchat Founder: 'I Like Ads'
Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel hinted at the possibility of ads in the photo-sharing app."I like ads," Spiegel said at AllThingsD's mobile conference this morning. "We've been playing around with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Will Compete Directly With Amazon Web Services
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View ArticleRevealed: What Setting Up A New Google Glass Looks Like (GOOG)
Google has just unveiled a website for setting up Glass, as well as the MyGlass companion app for the computerized glasses. Given that Google Glass is an incredibly advanced device, it seems...
View ArticleAnd Now Twitter Wants To Run Video Ads, Too
Twitter is in talks with NBC and Viacom to bring video content and advertising to the service, Bloomberg reports:Twitter ... is racing to add video content that will get users to spend more time on the...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Going To Make Its Own Phone? Probably Not Any Time Soon, Says...
One of the biggest questions facing Microsoft's mobile business now is whether or not it'll decide to go it alone and make its own smartphones. Speaking at AllThingsD's mobile conference this morning,...
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