HTC President On All Those Lukewarm Samsung Galaxy S4 Reviews: 'It's Really...
After a month or so of hype, Samsung's newest smartphone, the Galaxy S4, has landed to some lukewarm reviews. The consensus among critics seems to be that the Galaxy S4 is a good phone, but not as good...
View ArticleThe Gadget Blogger Who Quit The Internet For A Year Is Coming Back, And It...
In May 2012, The Verge writer Paul Miller quit the Internet for a year.That year is almost up.It sounds like it was pretty awful.Throughout the year, Miller wrote columns about the experience and than...
View ArticleThe Next 'Megatrend' In Startups
Social commerce and wearable tech are just a couple areas where entrepreneurs have been innovating.Now another big trend is emerging in tech. SV Angel, an early stage investor in hundreds of startups,...
View Article'The Home Of The Future' That Everyone's Been Talking About For Decades Is...
People have been talking about "the home of the future" for ages. But it's finally here. AT&T is rolling out a product that lets you control your home's lights, cameras, thermostats, and security...
View ArticleAmerica Now Routinely Watches 10 Billion Online Video Ads Every Month
Online video advertising appears to have crossed a significant threshold: It's now common and routine for Americans to watch more than 10 billion video ads per month, according to comScore.Reach,...
View ArticleHUAWEI: Meet The Chinese Tech Superpower That Is Banned In The US
Huawei is one of those companies that most people don't know about, or care about.That's a shame because it's one the more interesting global stories in technology.The reason most people don't know...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn't Act Like The Billionaires You Respect
Story #1:Â One time Barry Diller was visiting Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The topic of the meeting was to see how the greatest media mogul could work with the greatest Internet moguls.It was like two...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How Consumers Are Using Their Phones, And What It Means
Mobile is no longer a communications utility, but a media distribution hub. According to eMarketer, mobile now accounts for 12 percent of Americans' media consumption time, triple its share in...
View ArticleThis Is Probably The Best Advertisement Apple Has Made In A Long Time (AAPL)
Apple has a new ad for the camera on the iPhone. It's very quiet, very simple, and subtly emotional. It's probably the best ad we've seen from Apple in a long, long time. We don't think it's going to...
View ArticleCell Phone Usage Is Expanding In North Korea
There are nearly two million North Koreans now hooked into the country's only wireless 3G network, up from one million in 2012, according to North Korea Tech. The service, provided by Koryolink, is a...
View ArticleAmazon's New Ad Business Taught It That Selling Physical 'Stuff' Is A Thing...
Amazon appears to be learning a big lesson from its nascent, $500 million advertising business: It's a lot easier to make money if you're not selling physical stuff.Reuters examined Amazon's...
View ArticleYahoo Fantasy Sports Gets Its Marissa Mayer Update, And It's 'Snappier And...
The first step in Marissa Mayer's Yahoo turnaround was fixing the company's culture.She made the food free and banned working from home.Stage two is actually re-working Yahoo's products.First came...
View ArticleFred Wilson: If People Laugh At An Investment I Made, I Know I Struck Gold
Return and ridicule are highly correlated, prominent New York venture capitalist Fred Wilson recently wrote on his blog. "When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile,"...
View ArticleA Rising Tech Star Convinced Jack Dorsey And Eric Schmidt To Take A $1...
Sometimes, when you meet someone truly captivating, you know that person is destined for greatness.That's how it feels when you meet Ruzwana Bashir, an enthusiastic, bright-eyed, Londoner who's working...
View ArticleTesla Is Making It A Lot More Fun To Get A Loaner Car
Telsa Motors will now offer better service and warranty programs, it announced today.The electric car maker is introducing a valet service to pick up and drop off cars that need to be repaired (for no...
View ArticleWhy Mobile-First Teens Are A Big Threat To Facebook
The tech world is mystified and frightened by teens. At the same time, tech companies are desperately catering to them, knowing that teens will shape the industry's future. In a new report from BI...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The New York Times Paywall Subscription Growth Slows Down...
The New York Times' online subscription business is slowing down. This chart from Quartz tracks growth on a month-over-month basis. As you can see, sequential online subscriber growth is at its lowest...
View ArticleBloomberg Is Working On A Product That Could Kill A Bunch Of Financial Tech...
Oh boy ... there is a lot of VC money trapped in web-based money-tracking startups and online wealth whatevers — "We're going to disrupt the investment advice industry!" — yeah, no you're not.I know of...
View ArticleMobile Will Complement TV, Not Replace It
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Mobile Will...
View ArticleLivingSocial Has Been Hacked
LivingSocial has been hacked, reports All Things D.An internal memo to employees said that the company noticed “unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers."Just how much data? More than...
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