Data revealing which manufacturers and carriers' delay providing Android upgrades has been documented in detail by mobile blogger JR Raphael. By examining Android phones released in 2009 and 2010 on the four major U.S. carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon), Raphael was able to pinpoint which manufacturers and carriers provided...
A YouTube video is viewed on a mobile device on average more than 200 million times a day, Google announced today. That's a 3X increase over the end of last year. The service's incredible momentum was announced alongside version 2.0 of YouTube Mobile for Android, which puts a heavy emphasis...
During Samsung's keynote address at yesterday's Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Las Vegas, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar joined Samsung U.S. President Tim Baxter on stage to announce that Hulu Plus, the premium version of the streaming service for TV and movies, will be coming to Android devices in the...
As technology companies like Google, Sony, and Intel are working to deliver Web content into the living room, Web publishers, content producers, and advertisers are busy looking into the (not so distant) future to determine how to be successful in this new space. As a Web publisher with a strong...
Not all legacy tech sticks it out, alas. Preceding floppies into the long techno-dark is Kodachrome.The last roll of the color film will be developed tomorrow at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, ending a 75-year run. Kodak's "discontinuance notice" explained the simple fact behind the end of a product that...
Looking back on the year in Web technology, we can see that several product categories have evolved significantly over 2010. We've already written about App Stores and eReaders. Another market that progressed in 2010 was Internet TV. Among the developments: Apple announced a major overhaul of Apple TV, Google launched...
eBook sales almost doubled over 2010 and now make up 9% of total consumer book sales, according to the Association of American Publishers. This growth was fueled by intense competition amongst eReader manufacturers over 2010. Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook and others attempted to undercut each other...
Mobile technology has seen major advances over the course of 2010, with new platforms, new services and new usage trends all taking hold to spread the adoption of not just the mobile Web, but the Web itself. The number of smartphone owners are increasing, mobile operating systems are proliferating and...
Opera Software has released its State of the Mobile Web report for November 2010 today, but has also taken the opportunity to look back at the preceding months to summarize trends and statistics related to global mobile Web usage for 2010. The findings? Mobile Web surfing is way, way up.Opera...
It looks like there's been an interruption in Google's regularly scheduled programming. The company has asked three separate television makers to hold off on their Google TV debuts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month after receiving a round of lukewarm reviews.Already, both Sony and Logitech have...
Harvard Law's Berkman Center for Internet and Society has announced a "research and planning initiative" to construct and open a so-called digital public library. With the backing of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, Berkman will bring together a large group to help "define the scope, architecture, costs and administration"...
Since WikiLeaks released 250,000 secret U.S. government cables a little over a week ago, the world is suddenly terribly concerned about what we may or may not be reading. Some countries - and some U.S. government agencies - are blocking their people from accessing the Wikileaks site, for fear of...
Today is the first day of the 8th Dreamforce, the annual conference for Salesforce.com users. In advance of the keynote, Salesforce.com has already announced Database.com and Chatter Free. We're listening for other new announcements during the keynote.9:15 Benioff opens by noting that attendance for the event is at 14,500; will.i.am...
Yesterday, Google launched a new version of the Android operating system, Android 2.3, code-named "Gingerbread." Since then, developers have been scouring through the software development kit (SDK) to see what's new. A few have found some interesting items - including hints at possible video chat in Google's GTalk app, references...
Just ahead of the holiday shopping season, Amazon has enabled a new feature in its Kindle store: e-book gift giving. Amazon's customers will now be able to give Kindle books to anybody with an e-mail address, whether they are existing Kindle users or not. According to Amazon, the Kindle store...
Remember the Nintendo's Virtual Boy? In 1995, the Japanese game company launched this 3D version of its popular Game Boy. The device turned out to be a big flop. Today, however, the 3D hype is back and toy maker Hasbro has decided to jump on the bandwagon with the My3D...
Watching TV is becoming a more interactive experience - at least that's what a number of companies building interactive TVs and media center products are hoping. From Apple CEO Steve Jobs' "hobby" project, Apple TV, to media center startups like Boxee, there are new ways to "watch" TV that involve...
TAT is a Swedish software technology and design company based in Sweden with local offices in Korea and USA. They specialise in Mobile device User Interfaces (UI) and currently mobile manufacturers and network operators including: SonyEricsson, Motorola, S60, Samsung, Vodafone and Orange. Additional partners also include Texas Instruments, Freescale, Teleca,...
TAT is a Swedish software technology and design company based in Sweden with local offices in Korea and USA. They specialise in Mobile device User Interfaces (UI) and currently mobile manufacturers and network operators including: SonyEricsson, Motorola, S60, Samsung, Vodafone and Orange. Additional partners also include Texas Instruments, Freescale, Teleca,...
The Kinect has gone on sale today. Microsoft's new touchless, full body (plus facial expressions), gesture-based interface for the XBox360 gaming system is going to make a big splash in the contemporary consumer market- but how far could it be extended as an interface for the technology of the future?...
Explore the latest in tech with our Tech News. We cut through the noise for concise, relevant updates, keeping you informed about the rapidly evolving tech landscape with curated content that separates signal from noise.
Explore tech impact in In-Depth Stories. Narrative data journalism offers comprehensive analyses, revealing stories behind data. Understand industry trends for a deeper perspective on tech's intricate relationships with society.
Empower decisions with Expert Reviews, merging industry expertise and insightful analysis. Delve into tech intricacies, get the best deals, and stay ahead with our trustworthy guide to navigating the ever-changing tech market.
