Farewell, Yahoo Apps, We Hardly Knew Ye: Deals, News Plus Eight Others Gone

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:20 AM PDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 10:20 AM PDT

Looks like new CEO Scott Thompson is wasting little time starting to get Yahoo’s house in order: just a few weeks into the new CEO’s tenure,… Read more at paidContent »

Why Kayak prefers mobile

By Erica Ogg

Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:00 AM PDT Jan. 30, 2012 - 5:00 AM PDT

One of the world’s most popular travel websites has decided mobile is better. On Monday, Kayak will reveal an updated design for its eight-year-old site. The interesting part? Kayak is now taking design cues from its recently updated iPad and iPhone apps, not vice versa. Read more »

Former Palm CEO Rubinstein Leaving HP After Demise Of WebOS

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 27, 2012 - 4:38 PM PDT Jan. 27, 2012 - 4:38 PM PDT

Jon Rubinstein, the former Palm CEO who revived the company under WebOS but was never able to produce a breakthrough product after HP paid $… Read more at paidContent »

Can A Streaming Audiobooks Service Work?

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 27, 2012 - 12:50 PM PDT Jan. 27, 2012 - 12:50 PM PDT

Audiobooks.com, a cloud-based streaming audio service for iOS and Android, launches this week as a would-be competitor to the Amazon (NSDQ:… Read more at paidContent »

Samsung: Smartphones Up 30 Percent But You Have To Guess How Many We Sold

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 27, 2012 - 1:07 AM PDT Jan. 27, 2012 - 1:07 AM PDT

Samsung may be king of the Android smartphone world, but it’s playing hard to get. The company declined to release smartphone sales figures… Read more at paidContent »

Distimo: When It’s Time For A Mobile App Sale, Choose Your Price Wisely

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 26, 2012 - 7:46 PM PDT Jan. 26, 2012 - 7:46 PM PDT

Money In The Air - dollar bills - money flying

In an insanely crowded mobile apps marketplace, pricing is one of the ways to stand out from the competition: for better or worse. Distimo s… Read more at paidContent »

Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 26, 2012 - 4:15 PM PDT Jan. 26, 2012 - 4:15 PM PDT

With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A re… Read more at paidContent »

HP Releases First Piece Of WebOS Under Open-Source License

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 25, 2012 - 9:15 PM PDT Jan. 25, 2012 - 9:15 PM PDT

HP (NYSE: HPQ) has formally set WebOS on its open-source path, releasing a key piece of the operating system technology under an open-source… Read more at paidContent »

Why Apple Just Pulled Off The Company’s First True Post-PC Quarter

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 25, 2012 - 6:05 PM PDT Jan. 25, 2012 - 6:05 PM PDT

photo: Tom Krazit

We should no longer be confused about the notion of the “post-PC era:” Apple’s shocking iOS device sales numbers for its first fiscal quarte… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: Still Apple’s World: 37 Million iPhones, 15 Million iPads

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 24, 2012 - 8:32 PM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 8:32 PM PDT

photo: Getty Images / Oli Scarff

One quarter after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) mildly surprised everyone with a rare earnings miss, it’s clear Tuesday that the company’s amazing run… Read more at paidContent »

Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 24, 2012 - 5:01 PM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 5:01 PM PDT

Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read more at paidContent »

Meredith To Acquire Allrecipes.com From Reader’s Digest For $175 Million

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 24, 2012 - 1:31 PM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 1:31 PM PDT

Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corporation, the publisher of women’s magazines like Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies’ Home Journal, is the new owner… Read more at paidContent »

David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies

By Staci D. Kramer

Jan. 24, 2012 - 12:45 PM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 12:45 PM PDT

In a surprise move, The Weather Channel Companies is swapping out CEOs. David Kenny is replacing Mike Kelly as CEO effective immediately; th… Read more at paidContent »

Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 24, 2012 - 10:33 AM PDT Jan. 24, 2012 - 10:33 AM PDT

Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more at paidContent »

Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 23, 2012 - 8:32 PM PDT Jan. 23, 2012 - 8:32 PM PDT

While most children, like their parents, still encounter Sesame Street primarily on their TV, the 43-year-old nonprofit brand now attracts 1… Read more at paidContent »

Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 23, 2012 - 4:58 PM PDT Jan. 23, 2012 - 4:58 PM PDT

If you took the statements of new Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins this morning at face value, you might walk away thinkin… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 23, 2012 - 2:44 PM PDT Jan. 23, 2012 - 2:44 PM PDT

Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more at paidContent »

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 23, 2012 - 10:18 AM PDT Jan. 23, 2012 - 10:18 AM PDT

Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more at paidContent »

How The Magazine Industry Can Save Itself (Hint: Not iPad Apps)

By Gregory Galant, Sawhorse Media

Jan. 22, 2012 - 6:30 PM PDT Jan. 22, 2012 - 6:30 PM PDT

The top priority for most magazine executives today seems to be building iPad apps. Yet the user experience of a print magazine is unmatchab… Read more at paidContent »

How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 21, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT Jan. 21, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT

Losing your phone is never fun. But losing your wallet is much worse, and that’s one argument where those trying to roll the mobile-payments… Read more at paidContent »

Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 20, 2012 - 12:53 PM PDT Jan. 20, 2012 - 12:53 PM PDT

This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them l… Read more at paidContent »

Microsoft On Target In Fourth Quarter But Windows Sales Still Sliding

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 19, 2012 - 11:10 PM PDT Jan. 19, 2012 - 11:10 PM PDT

Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: Google Miss Sends Stock Down 9 Percent On Cost-Per-Click Questions

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 19, 2012 - 8:11 PM PDT Jan. 19, 2012 - 8:11 PM PDT

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) missed analyst expectations for earnings per share during the fourth quarter, sending its stock plunging in after-hours… Read more at paidContent »

Apple Move Will Spark Flurry Of New Companies, Content In Education Market

By Sarah Rotman Epps, Forrester Research

Jan. 19, 2012 - 4:21 PM PDT Jan. 19, 2012 - 4:21 PM PDT

photo: Shutterstock / olly

At Apple’s event today in New York, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiled iBooks2, a new version of its iBooks software that is tailored to interactiv… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: Zynga Confirms Recent Purchases Of Four Mobile Gaming Companies

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 18, 2012 - 9:27 PM PDT Jan. 18, 2012 - 9:27 PM PDT

Now that it’s a public company, Zynga can start throwing more cash around. The online gaming company has recently acquired four small mobile… Read more at paidContent »

Motorola Starts Android 4.0 Rollout To Xoom, But 3G Owners Must Wait

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 18, 2012 - 8:21 PM PDT Jan. 18, 2012 - 8:21 PM PDT

Android tablet makers have been coy about their plans for Android 4.0, the first version of the software to unify the smartphone and tablet… Read more at paidContent »

Penguin's DK: Goodbye Books, Hello 'Flat' Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 18, 2012 - 1:50 PM PDT Jan. 18, 2012 - 1:50 PM PDT

Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: RIM Said To Court Samsung's Bid After Pushing Others Away

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 17, 2012 - 4:50 PM PDT Jan. 17, 2012 - 4:50 PM PDT

It’s hard to see Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) making it through 2012 without some sort of massive change, but could that really involve a… Read more at paidContent »

Sprint, HTC Hatch Plan To Remove Carrier IQ Software From Handsets

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 17, 2012 - 4:16 PM PDT Jan. 17, 2012 - 4:16 PM PDT

Sprint (NYSE: S) will no longer require the companies who make phones for its network to install Carrier IQ’s software, which prompted an up… Read more at paidContent »

Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 17, 2012 - 1:47 PM PDT Jan. 17, 2012 - 1:47 PM PDT

The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money fr… Read more at paidContent »

Kindle Startup Focuses On Interactive Fiction For Adults

By Laura Hazard Owen

Jan. 17, 2012 - 12:00 PM PDT Jan. 17, 2012 - 12:00 PM PDT

Coliloquy, a Palo Alto-based publisher focusing on interactive fiction for adults, launches its first four serial titles today on Kindle. Th… Read more at paidContent »

Report: Apple's Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 17, 2012 - 10:46 AM PDT Jan. 17, 2012 - 10:46 AM PDT

As Thursday approaches, more details (or rumors) are leaking out about what Apple’s education announcement will entail: opinion appears to b… Read more at paidContent »

The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:18 PM PDT Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:18 PM PDT

We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone… Read more at paidContent »

Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:16 PM PDT Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:16 PM PDT

Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more at paidContent »

Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:16 AM PDT Jan. 16, 2012 - 11:16 AM PDT

Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bi… Read more at paidContent »

CES: Our Coverage In Pictures

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 15, 2012 - 12:00 PM PDT Jan. 15, 2012 - 12:00 PM PDT

This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unpro… Read more at paidContent »

@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 14, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT Jan. 14, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT

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 at paidContent »

For Google's Ice Cream Sandwich, Style Maketh The Platform

By Ingrid Lunden

Jan. 12, 2012 - 8:45 PM PDT Jan. 12, 2012 - 8:45 PM PDT

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 at paidContent »

The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 12, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT Jan. 12, 2012 - 9:00 AM PDT

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 at paidContent »

@ CES: Unprofitable Motorola Says It Has to Be Different To Make Money

By Tom Krazit

Jan. 12, 2012 - 12:31 AM PDT Jan. 12, 2012 - 12:31 AM PDT

Why do Android phone makers keep pumping out slightly different versions of smartphones with custom user interfaces that frustrate developer… Read more at paidContent »

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Farewell, Yahoo Apps, We Hardly Knew Ye: Deals, News Plus Eight Others Gone

Why Kayak prefers mobile

Former Palm CEO Rubinstein Leaving HP After Demise Of WebOS

Can A Streaming Audiobooks Service Work?

Samsung: Smartphones Up 30 Percent But You Have To Guess How Many We Sold

Distimo: When It’s Time For A Mobile App Sale, Choose Your Price Wisely

Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

HP Releases First Piece Of WebOS Under Open-Source License

Why Apple Just Pulled Off The Company’s First True Post-PC Quarter

Updated: Still Apple’s World: 37 Million iPhones, 15 Million iPads

Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa

Meredith To Acquire Allrecipes.com From Reader’s Digest For $175 Million

David Kenny Replacing Mike Kelly As CEO Of The Weather Channel Companies

Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set

Denial Is Not A Turnaround Strategy: Why RIM’s New CEO Needs To Get Real

Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services

How The Magazine Industry Can Save Itself (Hint: Not iPad Apps)

How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast

Microsoft On Target In Fourth Quarter But Windows Sales Still Sliding

Apple Move Will Spark Flurry Of New Companies, Content In Education Market

Updated: Zynga Confirms Recent Purchases Of Four Mobile Gaming Companies

Motorola Starts Android 4.0 Rollout To Xoom, But 3G Owners Must Wait

Penguin's DK: Goodbye Books, Hello 'Flat' Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere

Updated: RIM Said To Court Samsung's Bid After Pushing Others Away

Sprint, HTC Hatch Plan To Remove Carrier IQ Software From Handsets

Kindle Startup Focuses On Interactive Fiction For Adults

Report: Apple's Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth

The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them

Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO

Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?

CES: Our Coverage In Pictures

@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing

For Google's Ice Cream Sandwich, Style Maketh The Platform

The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12

@ CES: Unprofitable Motorola Says It Has to Be Different To Make Money

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