Foursquare just got Facebooked. And it’s more than just a poking. It might be a body blow to one of the location-based service’s killer features.
When I first covered Foursquare for TIME in January, I gave the (then) pint-sized start-up praise for having a path toward a revenue stream through the “deals” part of their platform, which …
Facebook launched a whole heaping helping of mobile stuff today. Fun fact: President Obama had the audacity to hold a live press conference at the same time. What’s with that guy?! And the Giants had their World Series parade at the same time. What’s with those guys?!
Here’s what’s coming from …
If your AT&T phone drops a call or connects to the web more slowly than normal, complaining about it on Twitter might actually help.
AT&T researcher Jia Wang has published a paper (PDF file) outlining how her company scours Twitter for certain “mobile related words such as phone, mobile, 3G, edge, etc.” paired with certain …
Get any interesting e-mails lately? If you’re a Gmail user, you should have gotten one directly from Google yesterday saying, “We’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz.”
“Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement,” says the e-mail. We won! What do we get? “Just to be clear, this is not a …
Remember the 58-inch Table Connect for iPhone post from last Friday? As promised, there’s now a video demo of the table in action.
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As some skeptical YouTube commenters have pointed out, the demonstrator appears to hit the power button on his iPhone at the same time he launches …
For this week’s Technologizer column on TIME.com, I wrote about Microsoft’s mojo–or, more specifically, the fact that the company has had trouble translating its utter dominance of PC software into a leadership role in the most significant emerging tech categories moving forward, such as Web services and mobile operating systems.
I …
News of Google’s browser-based Chrome operating system has been quiet lately. Perhaps a little too quiet. DigiTimes looks to shake things up with a rumor that Google may roll out its own smartbook running Chrome OS before the end of the year—maybe even sometime this month.
“Sources from component players” in Asia are apparently …
For anyone wondering how Twitter is planning to make money, we have our answer: Promoted Tweets. You may have noticed certain Promoted Tweets when using the search box on Twitter’s website, but the company is now rolling out Promoted Tweets directly in user timelines.
Twitter is taking a baby steps approach by partnering with …
Sweet merciful crap, look at this thing. It’s called the Table Connect for iPhone and it’s apparently set to launch in four days. Well, at least there will be a “video demo launch” in four days, according to the site.
How much will it cost? Who knows. Too much for most people, I’m guessing. It’s basically going to be a big, …
You may recall a post earlier in the month concerning some 15 million Verizon customers being charged between $2 and $6 each for “data sessions on their phones that they did not initiate.”
After receiving hundreds of complaints, the FCC decided to investigate the “mystery fees” and today announced that Verizon would have to pay $25 …
Amazon has announced that its Kindle software will be available for Windows Phone 7 handsets “later this year.” No exact availability date is mentioned in the company’s press release, though Amazon contends that the free app “will be the first major eBook application available for Windows Phone 7.”
Kindle for Windows Phone 7 will …
In honor of Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary, Nintendo is releasing Super Mario All-Stars, all of the Mario NES games under one title.
(More on Techland: Super Mario Bros. Turns 25 Today)
That’s right Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3 have all been remastered for …
