Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications — a… Read more »
Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads,… Read more »
While many of the top Internet companies faced a volatile ad market in the fourth quarter of last year, Facebook saw its share of the overal… Read more »
Chalk one up for Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and Android: the International Trade Commission has determined that it doesn’t violate any of the pate… Read more »
Art sellers are challenging a California law that forces them to collect a five percent royalty fee every time a piece of art is resold. The… Read more »
So apparently there’s going to be an iPad 3. Who knew? I had figured they would quit while they were ahead. Apple’s new iPad will have a bee… Read more »
In a late Friday press release, the Congressman leading the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) said he would remove a key part of t… Read more »
Cord-cutting technology was out in force at CES this week, and main rival Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) just announced a “company relaunch” that… Read more »
As the uproar over New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane’s “truth vigilante” question continues, it’s worth noting that North Korea’s… Read more »
After a week dedicated to the fetishism of consumer electronics, it seems fitting to remind ourselves that those products are built under co… Read more »
Bowing to the reality of modern technology, Canada today said it is changing a 1938 law that forbids broadcasting election results before po… Read more »
An English student who set up a website comprising links to illegally-hosted TV shows and movies must be extradited to the U.S. to face char… Read more »
BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got… Read more »
USA Today is reporting a post-holiday e-book “surge,” with 32 of the top 50 titles on its most recent list selling more copies in digital fo… Read more »
» Hulu Plus claims more than 1.5 million subscribers, commits $500 million to content in 2012 (paidContent)
» From CE… Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has “apologised unreservedly” after its Kenyan outfit poached customers from a rival business directory by systematicall… Read more »
The UK’s highest-circulating newspaper may not yet be going ahead with web fees but it has introduced a subscription smartphone app, priced… Read more »
Twitter looks like it is ramping up its staffing and operations in the UK: today it was announced that the company will be making a new hire… Read more »
Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) has sold off its loss-making New York operation – home to magazines including Guitar World, Revolver and Gui… Read more »
We know that consumers in China love Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) products, and that Apple is famous for the lines that form outside its stores in adv… Read more »
Our acclaimed one-day event, paidContent 2012, returns to The TimesCenter in New York City on March 1. Now in its third year, paidContent 20… Read more »
So what goes through the mind of the former Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO who championed the Newton handheld as he navigates the smartphone-and-tab… Read more »
It’s a wonder they pulled this off. An obscure agency and a number of its former officials are about to get rich by selling new internet nam… Read more »
Hulu Plus has “materially exceeded” expectations, passing 1.5 million paying subscribers and heading closer to the point where the premium v… Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today took one more step towards getting its device partners and developers in line when it comes to using its Android o… Read more »
A range of on-demand viewing options — and some new platforms to watch that content on — has traditional television watching on the run, r… Read more »
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) didn’t do a whole lot with a precious hour of airtime at CES 2012 on Thursday, reminding us all that video delivered ov… Read more »
Depressing new research by Forrester indicates that book publishers are becoming increasingly disheartened about the state of the industry:… Read more »
Selling dollar bills for 99 cents apiece is a tough business, and you can’t make it up on volume, so what steps Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) (AMZN) t… Read more »
More than two-thirds of the Android phones sold on the U.S. market are now contributing to Microsoft’s bottom line. The company signed yet a… Read more »
I had the pleasure of sitting down this week with Bill Patry, one of the country’s top copyright scholars and a leading thinker on digital r… Read more »
Demotix, the user journalism and photography upload service that is part-owned by Corbis, is adding an incremental new revenue stream. Read more »
Since Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) opened up the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library to self-published authors willing to sell their e-books exclusively o… Read more »
» Women Still an Afterthought to Most Tech Marketers (AdAge)
» Fab.com: mobile shoppers buy twice as often as web vis… Read more »
While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn… Read more »
Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK’s competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But s… Read more »
Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devic… Read more »
Is 2012 the year of the Smart TV? Manufacturers would have us believe that. Read more »
Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windo… Read more »
Scandinavian news publisher Schibsted is set to buy Aspiro, a white label digital music streaming service for 340 million Swedish krona ($49… Read more »
