Sorry, naysayers. The Beatles on iTunes was a big deal — so big, in fact, that the band carried music sales to a rare year-over-year increase.
Music sales in the United States were up 1.6 percent through May 8, according to Nielsen Soundscan. More than half of those sales went to digital retailers, as physical album sales continued …
Time for a confession: After more than a year of owning an iPad, I’ve started to look at 10-inch tablets with a bit of disdain. Sure, they’re great for video, and they allow for innovative big-screen apps, but they can be uncomfortable to hold and a pain to type on.
So in my endless search for a 7-inch alternative, ViewSonic’s …
Google likes to say that Chrome OS is an operating system that lets you do everything on the web. Don’t believe it.
Until now, I’ve been pretty optimistic about Google’s web-based operating system. The idea of computing entirely over the Internet is a tantalizing taste of the future, and I’ve certainly enjoyed watching the Chrome Web
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It’s not easy being Mark Zuckerberg — if you’re not the Mark Zuckerberg, that is.
A bankruptcy attorney in Indianapolis named Mark S. Zuckerberg, has learned this the hard way. Over the last seven years, he’s been (understandably) overshadowed by the founder of Facebook. His name no longer comes up in Google searches. And most
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Google’s self-driving cars may soon hit the road in Nevada if a pair of bills get through the state legislature.
The bills would make Nevada the first state to legalize self-driving cars on public roads, the New York Times reports. One bill would amend electric vehicle laws to allow registration and licensing of autonomous …
Faced with tough competition from tablets, Asus may strike back with a dirt-cheap netbook.
Digitimes’ unnamed sources say Asus is planning an Eee PC netbook for less than $199 (not pictured), but it’s not clear what the company would sacrifice to get the price that low.
Typical Windows 7 netbooks sell for about $300 or $350, and …
At last, we can put the Google Music rumors to bed, because Google has finally launched the darned thing.
But you can’t try Google Music yet, because the service is invite-only. For now, just imagine a web-based version of iTunes. You store all your songs online, and then they’re accessible from any Flash-equipped web browser, along …
Starting today, YouTube is adding thousands of Hollywood-produced movies for rent, hoping to make the site more than just a place for Keyboard Cat and Chocolate Rain.
YouTube rentals aren’t a new concept. The Google-owned site has played around with movie rentals since last year, when it allowed users to pay for movies that were …
Google’s flagship Android phone has finally landed on Sprint as the Nexus S 4G. It went on sale over the weekend for $200 through Sprint and $150 at Best Buy.
Announced at the CTIA conference in March, the Nexus S 4G is similar to the model that launched on T-Mobile in December, but with support for Sprint’s WiMax 4G network. The …
iFixit’s latest teardown victim is not a shiny phone or fancy tablet, but an FBI tracking device for automobiles.
iFixit, a group best known for ripping open new gadgets and examining their internal components, got hold of an actual FBI tracking device from an “unknown owner,” who found it underneath his or her car. “Being in its …
The shameless ogling of Playboy bunnies is almost at hand for iPad users.
The word comes straight from Hugh Hefner, who confirmed the news via Twitter: “Playboy will be available on iPad, complete & uncensored, on May 18,” he wrote. What’ll it cost? $8 per month, commitment-free.
But note what’s missing. Hefner avoids the word …
Industry sources are blaming LG Display for light leakage problems in the iPad 2, which in turn caused supply shortages.
Finding an iPad 2 for sale has been rather difficult since the tablet launched on March 11. Retailers sold out of the iPad 2 on launch day and have yet to catch up with demand.
Now, a report by DigiTimes says LG …
