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New Apple Safari Browser Wins Fans
t may have been buried in the deluge of iPhone and Macbook announcements during the Apple WWDC keynote earlier this week, but when Apple talked Safari 4, people listened. The company is reporting today that the browser has been downloaded more than 11 million times in the three days since launch. Perhaps most interesting is the ...
Palm Pre's Launch a Plus for Tech Industry
It's no iPhone-killer, but the launch this weekend of Palm Inc's “Pre" could well become the brightest event this year for a gloomy industry. Palm Inc's smartphone may not attract lines around the block like past Apple Inc iPhone launches. But its launch will be seen as a badly needed shot of adrenaline for Palm and ...
Palm Launches the Pre Smartphone
The wait is over. The Palm Pre goes on sale this Saturday, June 6th. The Pre is $199.99 with a two-year Sprint contract and a $100 mail-in rebate. Barring shortages, you'll be able to pick one up at a Sprint retail store, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, or online. But will the Pre be the device ...
Google to Enter E-Book Market
Google will begin offering electronic versions of mass-market books by the end of the year, according to a published report. The move would put Google into competition with Amazon as one of the leading vendors of electronic books, a trend Google has flirted with in the past, according to The New York Times. It's not known ...
Amazon: Kindle DX Begins Shipping This Month
The Kindle DX will begin shipping to consumers in less than two weeks, the Internet retailer announced Monday. The exact date? June 10. Amazon launched the DX, a widescreen version of its e-book, in May. It is currently available for pre-order and all orders are prioritized on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to Amazon. The DX ...
Online Travel Agencies Kill Booking Fees, for Now
Fees charged by the four U.S. online travel agencies to book most flights could be a thing of the past as the companies, hungry for market share, try to make their offerings more appealing to the traveling public. Orbitz Worldwide on Monday said it has permanently removed airline ticket booking fees on domestic and international flights. ...
Obama Makes Plans to Protect U.S. Cyberspace
President Obama on Friday designated cyber security as a national security priority, announced plans to select a cyber-security coordinator within the White House, and released a 76-page cyberspace action plan. “[The] cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation," Obama said during a press conference at ...
Time Warner Still Aims to Spin off AOL
Time Warner Inc Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said on Friday that his company is still leaning toward spinning off AOL to shareholders as the preferred method for divesting the struggling Internet unit. Bewkes said forms of separation being considered include a split-off, spin-off or a combination. A spin-off would see Time Warner distribute the stock it ...
Facebook Valued at $10 Billion Via Investment
Facebook sold a 1.96 percent stake for $200 million to a technology investment firm, valuing the largest social networking site at $10 billion, the two companies said on Tuesday. Digital Sky Technologies, based in London and Moscow, bought preferred stock, according to the joint announcement. Digital Sky also plans to buy at least $100 million of ...
Pandora Adds 192-Kbit Audio to New 'One' Service
Internet radio station Pandora on Wednesday introduced a revamped version of its premium service, now dubbed Pandora One. The subscription service will cost $36/year and will include an ad-free listening experience, as well as a desktop application, increased skipping privileges, and higher quality streaming. “Pandora One is completely free of any sort of advertising: no audio ...
