Boingo tried its hand at free WiFi with Google earlier this summer, and now it’s acquired Cloud Nine Media to help it claim a larger slice of the sponsored internet access pie. Though Boingo’s 500,000 subscription-based access points vastly outnumber its acquisition’s 6,000 ad-sponsored locations, it hopes to use the [Image credit:…

Imagine you’d been able to watch this year’s Olympic Games on your television without having to rely on NBC’s much-criticized coverage. That’s the sort of future you can look forward to on release of the Apple [AAPL] television when it comes, or when you use some connected television sets and…

A reference to a 9-pin dock connector has been spotted in the iOS 6 beta, adding further evidence to the rumour that Apple’s iPhone 5 will have a smaller dock connector. We’ve been hearing speculation about a smaller dock connector for some time now, with some reports suggesting that the current 30-pin…

Twitter has now turned over information it had initially denied to NYC police about the user whose account issued threats of an attack “just like in Aurora” on the Broadway theater where Mike Tyson’s one-man show is playing. The New York Police Department subpoenaed Twitter Tuesday for the user’s identity…

There were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That’s up from a ratio of 2.5 to 1 in the same period last year. The success of Samsung’s Android phones helped Google’s operating system extend its dominance in the smartphone market. Samsung Electronics…

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Robot surgery for prostate cancer lowered the rate of urinary complications compared with hands-on surgery in a new Italian study. While the study was small and contradicts earlier results, it’s important because robot surgery has quickly overtaken cheaper alternatives in the U.S., helped by hospitals…

Twitter officials have complied with a court order to turn over account information to help New York police investigators identify who threatened to carry out an attack like the Colorado movie theater shooting at a Broadway theater where Mike Tyson is appearing in a one-man show, the police said Tuesday….

Who said radio was dead? Palo Alto-based TuneIn lets listeners stream more than 70,000 radio stations from around the world as well as more than two million on-demand programs such as podcasts and TEDTalks. TuneIn just announced it has 40 million active listeners, up from a reported 30 million just Listeners can search…

The next-generation iPhone is set to bring some radical changes for users, and it will also mark a very public break-up between Apple and Google. Much-loved Google products on iOS will now disappear or be replaced with Apple variants, while hardware design changes will bring long-term improvements, but short-term headaches…

Foursquare in June rolled out a revamped app with increased focus on recommendations through the Explore tab. It followed up in July by launchingPromoted Updates, its first paid advertisingformat for the service, along with Local Updates. MediaPost sat down with Steven Rosenblatt, Foursquare’s chief revenue officer, to discuss the changes…