The tides aren’t turning against the Stop Online Piracy Act in the games industry, despite media reports claiming otherwise.
Last week, some tech and gaming publications reported that Sony, Nintendo and Electronic Arts had …
LG Debuting 55-inch Ultra-Thin OLED TV at CES, May Sell Later This Year
Jumbo-screen TV lovers, hide your checkbooks — it sounds like LG will be the first electronics manufacturer to sell a monster-sized 3D organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV later this year. Hey, what better way to celebrate …
Apple Reportedly Holding Media Event in New York Later This Month
Apple will apparently be holding an event in New York later this month, according to All Things D. New iPad?! The 4G-enabled iPhone?! New laptops???! An Apple TV set?!!!
Nope, says TechCrunch. The event will reportedly be …
How to Do Original TV Online Properly (Hint: Study Netflix)
With Netflix now having multiple series of original content in various levels of production, including shows that it beat out HBO and other cable channels for the rights to, you might be forgiven for thinking that 2012 was going …
First Privacy, Now Censorship: Will Twitter Continue to Stand Up for Its Users’ Rights?
You may not like its latest redesign, but Twitter deserves praise for how it stands up for its users’ rights. In the face of legal pressure last year, Twitter fought for user privacy. This year, its new challenge will be …
Four Industries Apple Can Disrupt in the Near Future
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
Cat Displays Serious Fruit Ninja Skills on iPad
Will the Internet ever get tired of animals playing with touchscreens? First there was the lizard that played Ant Crusher with its tongue — now it’s a cat that plays Fruit Ninja, a.k.a. the game people download after beating Angry Birds.
In an adorable bit of PR, Halfbrick Studios, makers of Fruit Ninja, tweeted this video of a cat …
Facebook Can Get You Fired, Ruin Your Marriage (Maybe)
Sure, social media sounds like something that increases quality of life, but two recent stories out of the U.K. demonstrate just how easily the opposite could be true: Facebook apparently has the power to not only end your …
Siri for Android? New App Fools Users in Android Market
Siri for Android is here! At least that’s what more than a 1,000 Android owners thought as they downloaded the app from the Android Market.
In reality the app is simply a shortcut to launch Google’s Voice Actions, which comes …
Amazon Accused of Extortion, Patent Infringement and More in New Lawsuit
Did Amazon.com really try and extort a higher commission from a small company selling Kindle accessories and then, when the company refused to pay up, bury the company’s products deep within Amazon’s labyrinthine structure? …
4 Reasons Verizon’s $2 ‘Convenience’ Fee Is Harsh, Unfriendly and Wrongheaded
It sounds like Verizon’s looking to ring in 2012 with a bill-pay fee for anyone who doesn’t switch to automatic bill payments, electronic checks, or some other form of payment that doesn’t involve single bill paying. If you like …