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| Romain Dillet Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than... read more | |
| Gregory Ferenstein North Korea reportedly tested a nuclear weapon tonight. For perspective, its recently demonstrated long-range missile could potentially deliver a bomb capable... read more | |
| Darrell Etherington A new patent granted to Apple today by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) describes an invention called "microslot antennas," which would integrate cellular and... read more | |
| Sarah Perez BlueStacks, the startup bringing Android applications to PCs and Macs, is today releasing a version of its App Player software optimized for new Surface Pro PCs... read more | |
| Natasha Lomas Amex has extended its Twitter sync feature to enable customers who have synced their Amex account information with Twitter to also pay for certain products by... read more | |
| John Biggs The Playbar (or PLAYBAR, in Sonos' inimitable all-caps style) is a nine-speaker soundbar that can be placed above or below your TV and connects to your in-home... read more | |
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| Jordan Crook You may remember Winston from its private beta launch back in August, but the DreamIt Ventures-backed startup is ready to officially launch its digital... read more | |
| Natasha Lomas Vertu, the formerly-owned-by-Nokia maker of eye-wateringly expensive, leather-clad, gem-encrusted, handmade-in-the-U.K. 'luxury' smartphones, has launched its... read more | |
| Darrell Etherington Last week, Apple was hit with a lawsuit from Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn's hedge fund, in order to contest a proposition which would include a requirement... read more | |