Facebook, Google and Others Rally Against Sweeping Claims in Financial …
While the technology patent wars continue raging on across the industry, some companies are moving toward disarmament. Facebook, Google, Zynga and a number of other tech giants filed an amicus brief with the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit on Friday afternoon, an attempt to advocate against…
IIT hosts robot competition
December 8, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Robots battled in Chicago Saturday as the Illinois Institute of Technology hosted the Ring It Up robotics competition. The robots were built by teams of middle and high school students. They earned points by hanging plastic rings on pegs. Organizers say this was a way for…
Foursquare for Small Businesses Gets Better with Customizable Events
Foursquare has just made a small tweak that will make the service much better for small businesses attempting to interact with customers via events. Starting today, location owners on the service can create their very own events that users can specifically check-into when they check-in to the location. For example,…
Top iPad office apps Winter 2012 edition
The iPad is more than a content consumption device as many can attest. There is no official Microsoft Office suite for the iPad but the apps on this short list of office suites go a long way to fill that void. Apple’s Office suite is not really a suite, consisting…
TIVO: Time is on Their Side, Google Acquisition Conceivable, Says Janney
Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Tony Wible today opines that a court date coming up in a May in a patent suit brought by TiVo (TIVO) against Google (GOOG) gives the former plenty of runway to seek a favorable settlement with the search giant, and could even conceivably prompt a Google…
Junior robot champions address senior moments
AUGUSTA – Madison Corgan, 10, loaded a blue-and-white piece of “quilt” into the arms of her team’s robot, Sam, pushed a button or two and then watched, smiling widely but nervously, as the Lego robot went about the tasks the team had programmed it to do. click image to enlarge Preston…
Facebook post haunts Netflix
Netflix Inc. and chief executive officer Reed Hastings said they may face a Securities and Exchange Commission civil claim over a July Facebook post that coincided with a big gain in the company’s stock price. SEC staff alleges Netflix and its CEO violated rules governing selective disclosure, according to a…
1.5 million more 1Malaysia netbooks to be distributed from year-end
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has increased the 1Malaysia netbook allocation by 1.5 million units from one million units, based on public demand. Deputy Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said the additional units would be handed out in stages from the year-end. He said as of Nov 9, a He…
Should Smartphone Makers Embrace a Single or Multiple OS Strategy?
It is exactly 21 years since the Linux kernel was made available under the open sourced software development model. Although Linux quickly found a home in the server and then desktop world, the mobile Industry was much slower to embrace it. It’s only in the past 5 years that we However, as…
Kickfolio Brings iOS Applications To The Browser
Kickfolio, a 500 Startups-backed company bringing iOS app testing to the browser, is today opening up its service to all developers. Similar in some respects to recent Facebook acquisition Pieceable or the Android-focused AppSurfer, Kickfolio also offers a way for developers to upload builds of their mobile applications to its However,…
