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Foursquare is following up on a feature it introduced last week that layers on new ad functionality for brands seeking to target local customers Unveiled last week, "Local Updates" lets users keep up with places they like in their Friends tab. Now the social service has rolled out "Promoted Updates" in the Explore tab....

Android devs can now get their hands on the fastest, priciest tablet so far that runs that operating system Based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, the Mobile Development Platform/Tablet (MDP/T) can be pre-ordered from Bsquare for US$1,300....

Wall Street took Netflix at its word, and then some, when the company said in its earnings report that it probably would sign up fewer new subscribers this year than it had expected That, coupled with a 91 percent year-over-year drop in net income, caused shares of the company to promptly drop by 25 percent by late afternoon on Wednesday. Meanwhile...

Nintendo reported a loss that was less than expected Wednesday, as video game hardware sales continue to decline It posted a net loss of 17.23 billion yen, or about US$220 million, compared to losses of 25.5 billion yen a year ago.

After watching Verizon and Verizon Wireless over the last few decades I have developed a respect and admiration for the company. Some of you, however, have noticed how Verizon is starting to act, well, differently lately. Is something starting to change? I am writing a book called The Future of Verizon and Verizon Wireless and have been exploring ...

WORX, a power tool company, has a unique Pinterest board: one devoted entirely to tools that aid in zombie defense. The WORX JawSaw, for instance, has a pin that tells consumers to "accessorize before they rise, and protect yourself now!" The board's sense of humor makes it especially effective on the social pinning site, according to Tamara Littl...

A cruel fact of life is that mobile operators have a vested interest in building out theirnetworks in areas where there are customers, not where there aren't any. Those towersare expensive, and they want a return Unfortunately, that means those of us who enjoy puttering around the vast openspaces that make up most of the United States can't get a s...

Iran has reportedly threatened the United States with a "teeth-breaking" response if cyberattacks against it continue. Last month, Iran claimed to have discovered and foiled plans by the U.S., Israel and the UK to launch what it claimed was a massive cyberstrike against its nuclear facilities, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

The European Commission and Google could be nearing an agreement after the search giant offered new concessions Tuesday to help resolve the EU's antitrust concerns. A representative from the EU did not divulge what Google proposed, but said that technical discussions would follow, according to Reuters.

A survey of more than 3,600 Appcelerator Titanium developers has revealed that they would rather develop mobile apps for iOS than for Android iOS led Android by 16 percent in the Appcelerator/IDC Q2 2012 Mobile Developer Report. Fifty-three percent of the respondents believed that iOS was winning in enterprise app development, whereas only 37 perc...

HP brought Enyo -- the open source object-oriented JavaScript framework for webOS -- out of beta this week, six months after the ill-fated operating system was contributed to the open source community Enyo 2.0 now has a community of developers, a broad set of cross-platform user interface widgets, and a layout library for building apps that work a...

AT&T delivered a respectable set of numbers in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. At the same time, its report on Q2 activity revealed how much it still depends on Apple and its devices for its revenues. First, the numbers: For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, AT&T's consolidated revenues totaled US$31.6 billion, up 0.3 percent versus the y...

AT&T delivered a respectable set of numbers in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. At the same time, its report on Q2 activity revealed how much it still depends on Apple and its devices for its revenues. First, the numbers: For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, AT&T's consolidated revenues totaled US$31.6 billion, up 0.3 percent versus the y...

YouTube now requests users who want to post comments on the site to let it pull their full names from their Google+ accounts and use them instead of remaining anonymous. However, users can refuse to do so, at which point they are confronted with a pop-up menu and must choose from a list of reasons to justify their decision....

Just as the erotic adventures of E.L. James fill the book shelves, the Federal Rules promulgate a different form of torture onto Americans, willingly or not. Pursuant to Congress' passage of the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent & Trademark Office has been diligently formulating new rules governing patent procedures. Many in the ...

What's the world coming to? Microsoft lost money in the software business lastquarter -- the first loss in a decades-long string of positive earnings from the world'sbiggest software company. Sheesh! Yes, there were extenuating circumstances, but the loss signals the breadthand depth of the impact that the tablet is having on the hardware market -...

WinFF is one of the simplest methods I have found to convert audio and video file formats to make them compatible on my growing collection of mobile media platforms. Unlike other excellent single-purpose media converters for the Linux desktop, WinFF can convert any mix of multiple selected file formats as easily as performing a batch operation in ...

The Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, movement is a reality for most IT departmentstoday. And it's generally accepted that it was spearheaded by the tremendouspopularity of Apple consumer devices -- primarily iOS devices such as iPads andiPhones. Based on the Apple model, users are encouraged to purchase additionaldevices. And they do, with the expe...

Fears have surfaced that Skype may be eavesdropping on communications over its service. The concern is that supernodes Microsoft is introducing to Skype could make it easier to monitor calls, because they route the voice data in addition to initiating communications between parties.

How much is a "bounce" worth on a tablet PC? It could be worth enough -- along with other patent disputes -- to add up to US$2.5 billion. At least, that's the figure Apple came up with in its patent infringement suit against Samsung, and it all comes down to the bounce, the scrolling API, and finally Samsung's use of Apple's "design patents or trade dress rights," according to Foss Patents, which compiled the per-unit royalty dispute...