Wall Street’s Robot Uprising Quickly Quelled
Though some day traders referred to yesterday’s software glitch to something out of the Terminator movies, long-term investors have little to worry about. Brendan McDermid / Reuters Knight Capital Group Inc said that on August 1, 2012, that a “technology issue” had affected the routing of shares of around 150 stocks To hear some…
iOS developer Readdle celebrates its 5th anniversary
A few weeks after the debut of the original iPhone in 2007, Readdle’s first product, a web service for reading documents, launched. Two of the four co-founders had previous experience in development and programming for other platforms, including mobile and web. In 2008, after the App Store opened, ReaddleDocs was Readdle is…
With Olympics backdrop, Twitter goes for gold in ad strategy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – If the millions of Olympics-related tweets flooding the Internet in recent days are a measure of Twitter’s popular appeal, the company’s big presence in London also signals something else: its arrival as a major player in the world of big-time brand advertising. In sharp contrast to…
BlackBerry Maker RIM Loses Key TAT Team Executive
Over the last few years, when BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. has wanted to keep gloomy news about diminishing market share and a tanking stock at bay, it’s called on The Astonishing Tribe. TAT, a small technology firm in Sweden that worked on some of the first Android user interfaces,…
Prices of Facebook Stock Since Long-Awaited IPO
Facebook’s stock has been down on 32 trading days and up on 20 since its initial public offering. Facebook began trading publicly in mid-May following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The IPO priced at $38, at the top of a projected range that Facebook had already boosted just Although…
XNA support for Windows Phone 8: Is it there or isn’t it?
Now that a number of testers have downloaded a leaked version of the Windows Phone 8 software development kit (SDK), one would think it would be clear whether and how Microsoft is going to allow developers to use the Microsoft XNA framework to build games and content for the next Last…
Win a Netbook
Normally these ultra-portable PC’s are between 9′ and 11′ in screen size and offer instant connectivity without the price tag of the more sophisticated laptops. MyOffers are giving one of these great devices to one lucky winner. It’s up to you which one you choose, but with great features and…
iPad Mini: What We Know So Far
Mockups of the new iPhone and iPad Mini. (Courtesy of John Anastasiadis) Apple is set to unveil a new iPhone and possibly a new smaller iPad on Sept. 12, according to pundits. Apple has previously dismissed the 7-inch form factor for tablets because it’s too small, but the recent successes Rumors…
iPhone 5 and iPad Mini to be unveiled September 12: rumor
Hot on the heels of more iPhone 5 component leaks, the rumor mill has now churned up a date for the release of both the highly anticipated iPhone 5 and an entirely new device — the iPad Mini. According to iMore — and supported by AllThingsD and The Verge — Apple has…
Apple, Samsung face off in court over iPhone, iPad
SAN FRANCISCO With billions of dollars and control of the U.S. smartphone and computer tablets markets at stake, jury selection began Monday in a closely watched trial between two of the world’s leading tech companies over patents. Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. last year alleging…
