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Over the weekend, the servers of Gawker Media were hacked. Account data, including usernames and passwords of blog commenters, have been stolen. If you have an account on a Gawker blog and use the same password anywhere else, it’s imperative that you change those passwords immediately. Read More »

 
 

MobileTechRoundup 225

Join James, Matt and Kevin live for this week’s audio podcast where they’ll cover this week’s mobile technology news and share experiences with the latest software, hardware and web services. If you missed the live show, you can grab an MP3 audio recording of the show. Read More »

A sneak peak at the online Android Market

With the release of Chrome OS Web Store this week, I started thinking: Where is that online browser-based Android Market Google promised? In May, Google VP Vic Gundotra took the stage at Google I/O and gave a “sneak peak” of Android Market accessible through a browser. … Read More »

Are the twisted tentacles of the so-called Kochtopus — the network of political funding from Koch Industries — moving away from support of climate change denial? That’s what a release claiming to be from the massive private company is claiming this morning. Read More »

Google made it possible to edit and create Google Docs documents with your iPad on Nov. 17, but the editor it introduced lacked many features. Late Dec. 9, the company introduced the ability to switch to the full version of the editor to access those features. Read More »

In response to complaints about MobileMe, the latest terse Steve-mail asserts Apple’s cloud services “will get a lot better in 2011.” That’s good, because it’s hard to imagine the industry-trailing MobileMe taking a downward turn from where it is in 2010. Read More »

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File sharing and downloading from sites like Rapidshare and services like Usenet is shifting towards video and e-books, with MP3s quickly going out of fashion. That’s the gist of new data from a media search engine, which also shows that free MP3s are still widely available. Read More »

As the U.S. government and a series of corporations such as Visa, MasterCard and PayPal keep up the pressure on WikiLeaks, a rough alliance of hackers and supporters have taken it upon themselves to wage an ongoing cyber-war in defense of the document-leaking organization. Read More »

European wireless carriers are resurrecting a failed wireline move and trying to extract more money from the likes of Google, Apple and other web and mobile companies. The operators say the costs of building out their networks to handle growth in traffic is outpacing data revenues. … Read More »

More Must Reads

Cloud Computing has been growing in influence and the potential of the market is only coming into focus. A handy infographic from Cloud Hyper Market shows how far we have come. A breakdown of the market and trends, by the numbers. Read More »

Does every 3G data device need it’s own data plan? U.S. carriers would likely say yes, but Rogers, a Canadian operator, says maybe not. Thanks to secondary devices, such as tablets, the provider has introduced a bill sharing option: one data plan for multiple devices. Read More »

We interviewed some of our Net:Work speakers and attendees to give us their thoughts on some of the topics being covered at Net:Work from collaboration and social technology to what work will look like in 10 years. Read more. Read More »

I’ve been using a smartphone for around four years now, and I have a confession to make: I’m fairly sure that during that time, my cellphone usage has, if anything, become far less productive. But with apps, email and Internet access, how could that possibly be? Read More »

Skype is on an engineering hiring binge. From mobile developers to web gurus, the Internet telephony company wants them all, especially in Silicon Valley, as it tries to expand its agenda from being a mere desktop client to the dial tone of the 21st century. Read More »

Rebecca Jacoby, chief information officer at Cisco, says if it wasn’t for new collaboration tools such as video telepresence, blogs and wikis, the networking-equipment maker would never have been able to grow as large or move quickly into as many new markets as it has. Read More »

Google’s acquisition of Widevine isn’t just about DRM. It’s about helping to make nice with Hollywood, widening distribution of YouTube content on connected devices, getting Google TV embedded with more CE manufacturers and making mobile video on Android devices a lot less painful to watch. Read More »

Bebo, the once high-flying social network is getting ready to be sold – again! This would be the third time the company started by Michael Birch and Xochi Birch is getting buyer attention. Who’s interested? Large media companies, for starters, who are interested in the social … Read More »

Join James, Matt and Kevin live for this week’s audio podcast where they’ll cover this week’s mobile technology news and share experiences with the latest software, hardware and web services. If you missed the live show, you can grab an MP3 audio recording. Read More »

WikiLeaks has been kicked off Amazon’s cloud-hosting platform and had its domain-name service cancelled by a second company — all of which raises the question: Does the world need a stateless, independent data haven to protect the kind of freedom of information that WikiLeaks represents? Read More »

Mobile Tech Manor is my home office where all sorts of gadgetry is always arriving. In this column, I look back at the week in the Manor and recount the happenings and lessons learned. I love sharing my weeks with you, so welcome to the Manor. Read More »

The iPhone and mobile shopping apps play a big role in holiday shopping, it turns out. How big? Mobile advertising network Moblix gives a good idea with its monthly infographic for December. The most impressive number? iPhone shopping app usage growth when compared to last year. Read More »

Skype is aggressively adding to its mobile engineering team, hiring 20-30 new iOS and Android developers. The move could mean Skype video chat is coming to mobile devices soon, as the company attempts to catch up to competing services like Tango and Apple’s FaceTime. Read More »

As next-generation wireless data networks roll out in the U.S., get ready to face more choices: Do you want speed, coverage, low price or unlimited use? Since we can’t have it all, here’s a rundown on which “4G” service is best for different reasons and uses. Read More »

The story of Wikileaks hosting its Cablegate data on Amazon EC2 strikes me on so many levels. As a journalist, American citizen, and soon-to-be J.D., I’ve thought about freedom of speech, and I’m flabbergasted that Wikileaks hosted the site with a U.S. provider on U.S. soil. Read More »

Gowalla, a developer of a location-based social networking app, has adopted a bold strategy: embrace its archenemies and use them to extend reach. In a new version of its app, Gowalla is making it easy to follow friends check-ins to locations on Foursquare and Facebook Places. Read More »

The conventional wisdom is that Comcast is evil, therefore, Level 3 must be the innocent victim of Comcast’s capricious greed. In reality, this is a complex situation without clear-cut heroes or villains — in the network game, this is business as usual. Read More »

The FTC has released a draft report that says online advertisers and publishers have been too slow to adopt appropriate privacy rules, and recommends a “do not track” mechanism built into web browsers. But the agency admits new laws would be required for such a move. Read More »

There are few companies that evoke such strong emotions as Comcast, and the company’s most recent spat with Level 3 hasn’t really helped its image either. So why does everyone hate Comcast? A look back at a number of strategic missteps that shaped the company’s image. Read More »

Microsoft is selling an average of 100,000 Kinect accessories per day, making it the hottest holiday seller this year. So why is Kinect capturing our imagination, and money, when Sony and Nintendo both have competing motion controls for their own systems? Let me show you! Read More »

Net:Work, our conference about the future of work, is happening in San Francisco next week, and I’ve got a ticket to give away to one lucky reader. Simply leave a comment below telling us what your favorite collaboration tool is and why. Read More »

The holiday season has officially started, and with it the need to find good presents. How about giving your loved ones a gift that will save them tons of money down the road by enabling them to cut the cord and cancel their pay TV contract? Read More »

Netflix really was just out to save some money when it decided to switch a sizable portion of its CDN business from Akamai to Level 3 in November. Instead, it started something that may turn out to be the Internet’s equivalent to an international armed incident. Read More »

The fight that erupted today between Level 3 and Comcast involves an esoteric agreement and equally esoteric policy arguments, but at its core this fight is about money. Yet what has begun as commercial dispute may change how the web works and who pays for it. Read More »

If you are your family’s resident geek, you get a lot of tech-related questions. Embrace it, and learn to love it. Here are a selection of questions of holidays past, present, and future you either have already or will encounter. Read More »

Rapid innovation in the consumer and mobile space has led the way for many technologies — from mobile devices to self-serve cloud-based software and services — that are now considered indispensable by many of today’s information workers. Join GigaOM Pro for a free webinar that examines … Read More »

Gartner cut its estimates on PC shipments saying tablets are increasingly serving as substitutes for PCs. Gartner said worldwide shipments were on pace for 352.4 million units this year, up 14.3 percent over last year but down from projected growth of 17.9 percent two months ago. Read More »

After closely controlling burn rate through the first two phases of a startup’s life cycle, the third phase is the time CEOs are waiting for — though they may not yet be ready for it. VC David Skok explains how CEOs can spend to grab market … Read More »

Different phases of a startup’s lifecycle require different approaches to spending. VC David Skok explains how startup CEOs need to manage their burn rate as they fine-tune their sales process and their sales team to prepare themselves for the next stage. Read More »

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