Last Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives’ judiciary committee passed a bill that makes the online activity of every American available to police and attorneys upon request under the guise of protecting children from pornography. Note: Update with citizen petitions on page 2. The R... Read more...
Via: Data wonks have been hinting at this sort of statistic for years. And now, mobile music firm Music WithMe has published a report saying that 81 percent of personal iTunes collections never get played - not once. "The average iTunes library has 5,409 songs of which 4,195 have never been ... Read more...
PayPal Inc. is suing Google and two of its executives -- accusing them of stealing trade secrets and poaching employees -- in a move that ups the stakes as the two companies vie for a piece of the fast-growing mobile payments market. The suit, filed in a Santa Clara County federal court, came h... Read more...
Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomena which has been observed in North America, Europe and to a lesser extent Asia and Australia. It’s the depopulation of bees, primarily European honey bees and related species and has caused a great deal of concern over the potential impacts to pollination... Read more...
The San Jose Mercury News landed some leaked emails from Google CEO Larry Page, as well as other top Google executives, which show how important gathering location data is for its mobile plans. Last year, Motorola, one of Google's biggest mobile partners, was planning on using Skyhook Wirel... Read more...
A breakthrough in foldable OLED screen tech means a display can be folded in half like a sheet of paper without creasing. It's no exaggeration to say this could change every mobile device's design. Foldable computer displays have been the stuff of sci-fi legend for ages, and numerous devi... Read more...
Just days after rumors that Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile would merge, AT&T (NYSE: T) bought the Deutsche Telekcom US division of $39 billion. The deal dashes Sprint’s hopes to challenge AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. DT and AT&T said “they have entered into a definitive ... Read more...
The marketing industry was rocked in 2010 by an influx of significant events that changed the way we do business. The following list is my picks for the 6 Events that Shifted the Online Marketing Landscape in 2010. 1) Net Neutrality and the FCC’s rulings Net Neutrality isn’t sexy enough to... Read more...
Pregnant women who regularly use mobile phones could increase the risk of their children behaving badly, claims a startling survey. If their offspring then start using the devices at an early age, the chance of problems climbs to 50 per cent, according to researchers. They found those ... Read more...