Linkpost | 07.17.2012
[Note: Dwight Silverman is on vacation. Peter Hughes of Technology Bytes is handling the linkposts while he's away.] Here are some from Dwight (via twitter): • Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer tells Fortune...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.27.2012
Updated 1:05 p.m. • Apple to Spend $356 Million on Security Company AuthenTec – The company makes fingerprint sensors. And Why Apple wanted AuthenTec: Thwart Samsung, Android in BYOD • Google admits it...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.25.2012
• Livestream of Microsoft’s Windows 8 launch event – Starts at 10:15 a.m. CDT. You should be able to find the link here. • Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has plans for more hardware – Ballmer tells the BBC...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.7.2012
Updated 2:32 p.m. • Exclusive: Microsoft Office for iPhone, iPad, and Android revealed – The Verge uncovers screen shots of Office for iOS and Android, which should be available early next year. •...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.12.2012
• Steve Ballmer: first Surface sales are “modest”; hypes Windows 8 Pro version – Ballmer doesn’t give numbers in an interview with a French newspaper, but instead take the time to tout the next...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.14.2012
• Nokia to Offer Its Maps for iPhones and Android Phones – It’s a service called Here, and the iOS version has already been submitted to Apple for approval. A software development kit will allow the...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.6.2012
• Tim Cook’s Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks – A very long, detailed interview with Cook includes details about his first day at Apple (he had been recruited from Compaq), when he crossed a picket...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.3.2013
• Microsoft and Google butt heads over Windows Phone access to YouTube – Microsoft says Google is preventing the development of a full-featured YouTube app for Windows Phone and, in a move dripping...
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[Note: This is a guest post by former Chronicle colleague Sara de la Cruz. You can read her previous posts here.] “Cutting the cord,” or dropping expensive cable service and watching TV and movies...
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 | 4.6.2013
• Google publishes – then removes – a post stating that Fiber will launch in Austin, Texas next – There is an announcement by the City of Austin and Google scheduled for Tuesday. And Google Fiber...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.27.2013
• My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price – Robert Scoble says he’ll never live a day in his life from now on without Google Glass. Scoble is a notorious abuser of hyperbole,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.30.2013
• Jony Ive paints a fresh, yet familiar, look for iOS 7 – Sources tell 9to5Mac that iOS 7 will have a flatter look to its design, similar to Windows Phone 8, and is different enough that long-time...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.9.2013
• Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion – According to documents related to the proposed purchase, Nook tablets would be discontinued and Nook content would be read through software...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.16.2013
• Samsung Said to Unveil Wristwatch-Like Smartphone Next Month – Bloomberg reports the Galaxy Gear will launch on Sept. 4. • NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds – The...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.29.2013
• Australian spies in global deal to tap undersea cables – Australian intelligence is partnering with other governments – including the U.S. and U.K. – to tap into undersea cables to scarf data and...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.21.2013
• LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses – According to a lawsuit that seeks class-action status, LinkedIn grabs email addresses via the external address required to set up an...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.26.2013
• TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It – Both broadcast and cable ratings are down. And there are some stats that show a significant number of people are dropping broadband Internet, too....
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