Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi investor with stakes in Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Citigroup Inc. (C), and his investment company agreed to buy a $300 million stake in Twitter Inc., the microblogging service with about 100 million users.
The agreement to acquire a “strategic stake” in Twitter more…
I was recently questioned by a colleague who was surprised to learn after all the talk about mobile apps and smartphones, that Google doesn’t have a library of apps. By that, I mean Google lacks native apps for platforms like iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and yes, Android. more…
Samsung are demanding the source code for iPhone 4S firmware as well as Apple’s agreements with all major Aussie telco’s as it looks to ban iPhone 4S here.The demand came today as Samsung faced yet another legal showdown with foe Apple, who claim the South Koreans infringed iPhone and iPad patents, more…
Did you know that the U.S. now has more wireless customer connections than people? There are currently estimated to be 327.6 million active wireless customer connections in the U.S. The nation’s population is estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be roughly 312 million. more…
The mixed-bag earnings season continues. Apple reported third-quarter earnings of $7.05 a share, on revenue of $28.3 billion.
Analysts, on average, expected Apple to earn $7.22 a share on revenue of $29.5 billion. more…
EMarketer has released analysis of mobile ad spending that predicts decreased investment in message-based ads and dramatically increased investment in banner, search, rich media, and video ads on the mobile platform. more…
After what many would call a brilliant career, Apple’s Steve Jobs said late last night that he would step down as CEO. Though he will stay on as Chairman and still hold sway over the company, much of Apple’s day-to-day operations will fall to his successor Tim Cook. In his resignation letter, Jobs said that Apple has its best days ahead. While that may be true, now seems like as good a time as any to give credit where credit due. more…
The social media giant is expected to present something really, really big this week… but what?
Since Google+ launched over the summer, Facebook has been adding oodles of new features and tweaks. (Have you looked at your newsfeed today?) But it’s widely expected that Facebook will make a “massive,” game-changing announcement on more…
Jobs may still be hard to come by, but career networker Beyond.com has just released a list of hot new job titles.
The Beyond.com Career Trend Analysis Report, which gathers information from across thousands of top-tier industry and local career sites, found that five job titles have shown a noticeable and steady uptick in job postings, spanning primarily across two industries: more…
(Reuters) – More than 700,000 people use the Financial Times’ Web-based mobile application to access news and other content, making it more popular than the version sold in Apple’s App Store.
The business newspaper, which is part of British more…
Apple is seeking to ban sales of some Samsung Electronics gadgets in Japan, accusing its rival of violating patents relating to the iPhone and iPad, the latest salvo in a series of patent battles between the two companies.
Apple has filed a suit with the Tokyo District Court more…
Facebook’s iOS app just got a monster update, including the following:
- Made it easier to share with who you want
- Added the ability to tag friends and places in posts
- Added the ability to share external links from a web view more…