It’s an interesting time for Chris Brown. With several career highs, which include a Grammy win and performance at the show earlier this month, come several personal lows, including feuds with two other celebrities. On Tuesday, Brown took to Twitter to address some comments made by WWE wrestler CM Punk…

Shareholder meetings in normal circumstances are rather boring affairs for those not interested in the nuances of corporate governance. But when Apple holds its annual meeting on Thursday, there will be issues besides election of board members and potential dividends on people’s minds. Two former iPhone factory workers in China,…

Nearly a year ago, Samsung and HBO announced a partnership that would let consumers stream HBO content to Samsung TVs. You would have to be an HBO subscriber to access the service, which meant that you had to be signed up with a pay-TV service. Since then, you could get…

SHANGHAIApple defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer’s name. Shenzhen Proview Technology’s lawyer Xie Xianghui argued that…

For those of you who use the official Twitter mobile app on either your iPhone or your Android smartphone, it’s update time. Both platforms are seeing and “new and improved” Twitter app, although, the changes are a bit cosmetic; at least for the iOS environment. Over at the Twitter blog,…

Computerworld There’s been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it’s no wonder that Android is getting attention. Slideshow: 8 Essential Android Security AppsAndroid Security: Six Tips to Protect Your Google Phone Its openness fuels…

Facebook building a mobile ad platform is one of those rumors that is just completely expected, so it makes sense that it keeps showing up. SFGate points out that the social networking giant is expected to announce major advertising plans on the last day of this month at a splashy…

Built-in email, calendar and contacts applications and new Android apps are now available to BlackBerry PlayBook users, with the release of a long-awaited operating system upgrade from Research In Motion. The PlayBook OS 2.0 became available for download Tuesday, filling in many of the key features that were missing when The…

JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images(MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.) — Google’s spicing up the competition in its location-based check-in service, and taking Foursquare head on. Google has quietly added a points system and Leaderboard feature to Latitude, which ties in to Google Maps and Google +. Those familiar with Foursquare will find…