The iPhone 5 has sold more than 5 million units and now a number of those buyers are having complaints with their new phones, which is unusual for the brand. Heading up the list of top complaints is the spotty maps app that has with this model replaced the Google Maps app. Other complaints include the […]
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Apple triumphs over Samsung, awarded over $1 billion damages
Apple Inc. scored a sweeping legal victory over Samsung on Friday as a U.S. jury found the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded the U.S. company $1.051 billion in damages.
How much does the Acxiom Corp know about you?
Acxiom Corp: Some are saying it’s the The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’ When you think of the surveillance state, what comes to mind is usually government agencies like the FBI, IRS, DEA, NSA, or TSA, . But there’s a company you’ve probably never heard of that “peers deeper into American life,” and […]
Google Steps Up Its Search Engine Game
Google makes one of the world’s leading mobile operating systems. It does e-mail and an office suite and photo sharing and Internet phone service, and does them all well.
Google’s New Android Plan: World Domination
The ballroom on the third floor of San Francisco’s Moscone West convention center doesn’t look like special. But in recent years this nondescript hall has become the epicenter of major news about smartphones, tablets, and other cutting-edge mobile gizmos.
Nerd World: Why Facebook Is the Future
On Aug. 14 a computer hacker named Virgil Griffith unleashed a clever little program onto the Internet that he dubbed WikiScanner.
Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck
Before I started writing this column on why paychecks are likely to keep shrinking even if unemployment starts to inch down, I consulted Google to see if the term Marxism was trending upward. It was and has been ever since the end of December, the conclusion of a year in which workers’ share of the U.S
genM: The Multitasking Generation
It’s 9:30 p.m., and Stephen and Georgina Cox know exactly where their children are. Well, their bodies, at least.
Despite Its Woes, California’s Dream Still Lives
California, you may have heard, is an apocalyptic mess of raging wildfires, soaring unemployment, mass foreclosures and political paralysis. It’s dysfunctional
Google’s Chief Looks Ahead
Google wants new friends. After signing a series of new partners, CEO Eric Schmidt says the Web giant’s spate of recent deals is just a start