Its future may be uncertain, but when it comes to watching television online, users still prefer Hulu, it seems. According to ComScore’s new Digital Year in Review report, Hulu’s audience watched 19.4 million minutes of video, more than twice as much as the combined total of video streamed from the websites of ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox and …
Asana Looks to Fill Google Wave’s Void (And Lets Employees “Pimp Out” Their Cubicles)
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz left a pretty good gig at Facebook two years ago to start his own company, Asana. After two years under wraps, TechCrunch finally got the big reveal yesterday. The response? Moskovitz didn’t leave Facebook for naught–Asana could actually be a huge hit.
The startup’s premise is that people need a …
Android, Apple iOS Lead 60% Increase In Smartphone Usage In US
Americans were using their smartphones a lot more last year, with usage up an amazing 60%. But it’s only really good news for Apple and Google, as ComScore figures suggest that iOS and Android were the only mobile platforms to see any increase, with RIM, Microsoft and Palm all dropping in the last months of the year.
Google’s Android …
App of the Week: Angry Birds Seasons Valentine’s Day Update
Love is in the air and with it, kamikaze birds and flying debris from the remains of wooden domiciles temporarily inhabited by thieving pigs.
True to form, Rovio’s popular Angry Birds franchise has gotten another injection of levels. The Angry Birds “Seasons” app—available for 99 cents on iPhone or free on Android—plays host to …
Sprint’s New ‘Echo’ Phone Sports Two Pivoting Screens
Snap judgment: Sprint’s new Echo Android phone looks cool, but there are a lot of intangibles at play that’ll ultimately determine its success.
The big story here is the Echo’s dual 3.5-inch touchscreens and patent-pending “pivot hinge” that holds everything together.
Slide the right-hand screen down over the left screen and the …
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Has a Stalker, Gets Restraining Order
Big day!
This marks the first time I’ve ever sourced an article from TMZ. But enough about me; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently has a stalker.
His name is Pradeep Manukonda, he’s 31 years old and according to legal documents filed by Zuckerberg, he’s allegedly seen fit to “follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using …
T-Mobile To Offer Free Phones on Verizon iPhone Day
Not to be left behind in the scuffle, but T-Mobile is entering the Verizon vs. AT&T fight with a great offer of their own: free phones. While the coveted iPhone won’t be included in the promotion, all phones – including 4G-capable phones – will be gratis on February 11 and 12. The last time the company attempted this on Father’s Day …
Shadowy Sequel Surprise: 2K Games Announces the Darkness II
Uncorking one of the better kept secrets of recent months, the publisher of BioShock and NBA 2K11 announced today that they’ll be releasing a sequel to The Darkness, a 2007 FPS inspired by the Image/Top Cow comic of the same name.
I had the chance to ask 2K president Christoph Hartmann about the upcoming game and why the time is ripe …
TechFast: Facebook Stalker, Dual-Screen Phone, Apple Goes Boxless
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech links so far. We’ll cover some of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Kyocera Echo, Exclusively from Sprint, Revolutionizes the Android Experience as the First Dual-Touchscreen Smartphone
Link: Sprint
Sprint and Kyocera have unveiled an Android phone with …
Joint Venture 111: The Venture Bros. from the Very Beginning
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the series from the start and …
It’s Awards Season: Does “Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood” Deserve Best-Written Game?
Video Game Awards Season is in full swing, with the games of 2010 having already been assessed in tons of Game of the Year round-ups all over the web. Now come the professional and organizational awards, where developers and other groups recognize outstanding creativity in the video game medium.
The Writers’ Guild of America …
Want a Custom Domain Suffix? Prepare to Shell Out At Least $185,000
As soon as 2012, the way we navigate the Web could be an entirely different beast. Top-level domains like .com and .net — which, according to the Washington Post, comprise about “half of the world’s 202 million Internet addresses” — could soon be a thing of the past.
In 2008, the judicious board that makes up the Internet …