Internet Business News

July 1, 2009

Mozilla's Crowdsourcing Mystique

There's a cool new video player in the Firefox Web browser that Mozilla released on June 30. But the onscreen buttons used to control it are too small for some ...

July 1, 2009

Creating Order from Chaos with Evernote

When he parks his car, author Timothy Ferriss snaps a photo of the nearest cross streets with his camera phone. In business meetings, he'll often take pictures of ...

June 30, 2009

Apple's HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming in Action

When Apple (AAPL) upgraded its iPhone operating system in June, it included some highly prominent and loudly demanded features, like search and copy & paste. But the ...

June 29, 2009

Facebook Names Genentech Veteran as CFO

In April, when Facebook announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Gideon Yu, the social network said it would look for a replacement "with public company ...

June 29, 2009

Motorola's New Smartphones: Sales, Not 'Dazzle'

Motorola (MOT) has yet to unveil its new lineup of phones based on the Android operating system, but already analysts are placing bets on its likely success. While the...

June 28, 2009

How Many Facebook Users Will Go Public?

Marketers trying to horn in on the conversations happening on the Web are paying closer attention to what many consider the ultimate prize: Facebook's user profiles. ...

June 25, 2009

Big Software Plans for Amazon's Kindle?

Giant online retailer Amazon.com may be plotting a broader foray into software for smartphones. The company already offers a handful of mobile applications. One lets ...

June 25, 2009

Are Smarter Gadgets Good for the Planet?

With the explosion of low-cost chips, from Intel's Atom processor to low-power Wi-Fi sensors, just about everything is "getting smart" these days. There are known ...

June 24, 2009

Time Warner, Comcast Plan to Wall Off Online TV

Amid the rush to make programming available for free online, Time Warner and Comcast are fighting back. The companies on June 24 announced a new model that will ...

June 22, 2009

Hewlett Packard Unveils Web-Friendly Printer

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has a new salve for its ailing printer business. Beset by falling demand for hardware and pricey ink, the division that once accounted for most ...

June 18, 2009

RIM: Big Plans for the Second Half

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) is benefiting from buoyant demand for smartphones, but not as much as some investors had hoped. The Canadian company said on...

June 18, 2009

Internet Marketing: Is Regulation Coming?

The impetus to regulate online marketing may be gathering steam. On June 18 a House of Representatives subcommittee held a hearing to take a closer look at how ...

June 17, 2009

Fifty Best Tech Startups

When Christophe Bisciglia worked at Google, the 28-year-old computer scientist quickly became the company's top evangelist for cloud computing, teaching academia and ...

June 17, 2009

As Broadband Expands Rapidly, America's Poor Lag

Recession or no, more Americans are getting online via fast, higher-priced connections, a closely watched study of U.S. Internet use has found. As of April, 63% of ...

June 17, 2009

Washington Weighs Wireless Regulation

The will to regulate the wireless industry may be growing in Washington. On June 17 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation met to consider whether ...

June 17, 2009

Iran's Twitter Revolution? Maybe Not Yet

Media across the globe have been focusing on a "Twitter Revolution" in Iran as hundreds of thousands of street protestors purportedly mobilized their demonstrations ...

June 16, 2009

Van Natta Cuts Jobs at MySpace

News Corp. made it official on June 16 that MySpace's days as a highflier are over, at least for now. Just five weeks after naming former Facebook finance chief Owen ...

June 16, 2009

Opera Unite: A New Way to Share

Opera is stepping up efforts to grab share of the Web browser market. To do that, the tiny Norwegian company released a version of its software that's designed to give...

June 15, 2009

Micropayments: Where Charity and Social Networks Meet

Micropayments for microbloggers—it sounds like a no-brainer. In a community based on real-time content, social causes, and brand awareness, users will want to ...

June 14, 2009

The iPhone's Wary New Rivals

New iPhone products and price changes are never cause for celebration among Apple's rivals in the wireless industry. The latest additions to the iPhone family are no ...

June 14, 2009

Hunch: The Search for Better Search

When Caterina Fake was picking out a new bag for her laptop computer, she didn't turn to friends, browse store aisles, or page through magazines for advice. Instead, ...

June 12, 2009

Isaacson Insists Newspapers Can Still Be Saved

When media lion Walter Isaacson penned a cover story in Time magazine's Feb. 5 issue titled "How to Save Your Newspaper," he fretted that the combination of economic ...

June 12, 2009

Apple-AT&T: Hints of Strain

I would not want to have been an AT&T employee at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. There were at least three moments when comments by Apple (AAPL) executives ...

June 10, 2009

A Bull Market in Social Entrepreneurs

For graduating students at Stanford University, it's all too clear that the economy's in the tank. The venture capital industry, with its epicenter just down the road,...

June 10, 2009

What the Palm Pre Cost to Build

When the Palm Pre first hit store shelves on June 6, it took no time for analysts to take the device apart. Among them was Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal ...