
Think of it this way: The size of RIM’s subscriber base is a rough proxy for the direction of its service revenue. The company makes that clear in last quarter’s earnings filing: “The growth in international markets was offset by continued weak results in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 Subscribers…

Facebook is updating its messaging service with new filters and paid messages. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The test, which will only be available to a “small number of people” in the United States, is Facebook’s response to a common user complaint: that important messages are getting lost in the social network’s…

Foursquare recommendations will now show activities by your Facebook friends and recommend venues using your Facebook friends’ data. Foursquare has been busy refreshing its app and moving beyond check-ins. The latest update adds recommendations from your Facebook friends based on their Foursquare activity (in order to see check-in data, you…

A management shift announced Thursday leaves TiVo with a new CFO as the DVR pioneer strives for profitability through its operations as well its patent lawsuits. Naveen Chopra was promoted to CFO, replacing Anna Brunelle, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities, TiVo said. Chopra had been senior vp of…

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Berdasarkan data dari lembaga survei pasar GfK, pasaran notebook Indonesia hingga bulan Oktober 2012 lalu didominasi oleh notebook murah seharga di bawah Rp 4 juta dengan penguasaan pasar 59 persen. Angka itu terbagi dua untuk segmen notebook di bawah Rp 4 juta (29 persen) dan di bawah Rp 3 Akan tetapi, seri…

8 Cool Windows 8 Tablets For Home And Office (click image for larger view and for slideshow)Taiwanese computer maker HTC next year plans to release a pair of tablets running Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, including a 7-inch model that could be aimed squarely at the iPad Mini and Amazon’s Bloomberg, citing…

Facebook’s new Nearby local search feature could become a Foursquare killer one day. So far, however, it’s not as comprehensive, deep or personal for users. But if Facebook can get its 600 million mobile users to think of it as a local search utility, look out. Facebook’s upgrade to its Nearby…

Foursquare has announced that it will expand recommendations to include suggestions made by users’ Facebook friends who have also signed up for the location-based discovery service. The move means that if you have connected your Facebook and Foursquare accounts, your Facebook contacts’ public activity on Foursquare will influence the recommendations…

The Waterloo, Ontario, company said it earned a $9 million profit in its fiscal third quarter, which ended Dec. 1, compared to a $235 million loss a year earlier. Most of that gain, though, came from a tax benefit. Excluding one-time costs and benefits, RIM said it would have lost RIM said it…

For Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, “minimalism” is much more than a simple, spartan ethos. The 31-year-old Ohio natives have spent the past couple of years paring down their possessions and reordering their priorities. In the process, they’ve accumulated thousands of virtual followers. The quest of “The Minimalists,” as…