Roku Streaming Stick set to compete with Apple TV

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AllThingsD: Today, the company is unveiling plans for its Roku Streaming Stick, a flash-drive-sized dongle that plugs into the back of television sets to enable the same streaming capabilities as a Roku box. Roku is leapfrogging Apple by offering a … Continued

Atari pressures Apple, iOS game developer copycats

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Gamesindustry.biz: Atari has reportedly been applying legal pressure to developers which it believes are infringing on its intellectual property rights, despite the developers affected claiming that attempts had been made on their part to reach an agreement. Black Powder Games, … Continued

RIM preparing board change

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The Vancouver Sun: Under intense pressure from a group of shareholders, Research In Motion Ltd. is preparing to unveil a corporate shakeup at the beleaguered BlackBerry maker that could see co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie relinquish their titles as … Continued

Android ‘clopen’ as opposed to open

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Marketing Land: Imagine if when Windows 7 came out, it was only offered on only one particular Dell computer. It was also uncertain when or if other computers, including those made by Dell, would ever be able to upgrade to … Continued

Samsung reuses Apple actor in Galaxy Tab ad

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Electronista: Samsung has drawn criticism Monday after viewers realized that it was reusing a child actress from an iPhone 4S ad for a Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE spot. Samsung can’t even think up its own ads. Pathetic.

How not to win friends and influence people

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Public relations is an indispensable tool for a company to help shape public opinion about its products, services and identity. So stories like this are shocking. And if you think that Ocean Marketing CEO Paul Christoforo was just having a … Continued

Apple co-founder Ron Wayne muses on his place in history

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Brian Heater for Engadget: Thirty-five years ago, Ronald G. Wayne helped co-found the Apple Computer Company with two men 20 years his junior, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak — names that have since become synonymous with the personal computer revolution … Continued

PS Vita sales off to brisk start in Japan

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M.H. Williams for IndustryGamers: Famitsu (translated via Andriasang) is reporting that Sony’s new system sold 321,407 units in two days. Those numbers come from Enterbrain, covering December 17 and 18. The PS Vita – Sony’s new portable gaming system – … Continued

Skype sponsors free Wi-Fi for holiday travelers

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Frederic Lardinois for SiliconFilter: From December 21st thru December 27th, Skype (and, by extension, Microsoft), will offer free access to third-party WiFi hotspots through its Skype WiFi program in over 50 airports all across the U.S. You sign in using … Continued

Schmidt says Google tablet coming within six months

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Chris Davies for SlashGear: Google will begin promoting what could be the first official Nexus tablet within the next six months, according to chairman Eric Schmidt, the latest stage in the “brutal competition” between it and Apple. “In the next … Continued

Fusion Garage goes AWOL

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Nilay Patel for The Verge: It appears that the wild story of Fusion Garage has come to a sadly ignominious close: the manufacturer of the failed JooJoo and Grid10 tablets has all but disappeared, leaving behind only a database error … Continued

Monkeybin apologizes for app marketing foul-up

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Credit where it’s due: the CEO of iOS game developer Monkeybin Studios has publicly apologized for a marketing foul-up that left a foul taste in some reviewer’s mouths. The company recently released a side-scrolling shooter called Jumpship Thrust Control 2. … Continued

Zynga IPO generates $1B

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Rachel Weber for Gamesindustry.biz: Zynga has raised $1 billion in its much anticipated IPO today, after offering its 100 million shares at $10 each. Zynga is the casual game developer behind Facebook hits like Farmville and Cityville. The company has … Continued

Why RIM needs to fire its co-CEOs

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Tom Krazit for paidContent.org: As they tried once again Thursday evening to urge financial analysts to look ahead to a brighter future while once again delaying the release of a crucial product, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis failed to give … Continued

SportsPicker Mobile helps sports junkies make picks

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OHK Labs has announced the release of SportsPicker Mobile for iOS. The software is available for free download from the App Store. SportsPicker takes a page from fantasy sports leagues and online sports betting systems, giving your interest in sports … Continued

Tech reporters on their craft

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Hunter Walk has rounded up some comments from prominent technology journalists about what they think about the state of tech journalism today. Apple comes up a couple of times. for example: Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch: “… if you compare the traffic … Continued

24 percent of EU citizens have never used the Internet

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Claire Davenport for the Globe and Mail: Almost a quarter of the European Union’s 500 million people have never used the Internet and there is a widening division between the web-savvy north of Europe and the poorer south and east, … Continued

Microsoft offers SkyDrive cloud storage for iOS

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In addition to an Xbox Live application and its Kinectimals game, Microsoft also recently began offering another software app for iOS – SkyDrive for iOS. The free app provides access to Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud-based storage system. SkyDrive requires you to … Continued

Apple founding docs sell for $1.6M

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John C Abell for Wired: The papers in question comprise the contract which formed Apple Computer Company on April 12, 1976, and are signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the Pete Best of the computer revolution who … Continued

FCC to ban loud TV ads

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Consumer Reports: The Federal Communications Commission will pass regulations today to limit the volume levels of TV commercials and penalize broadcasters that bombard consumers with loud ads between televised shows and programs. We live in a fairly small house with … Continued

Microsoft’s Kinectimals game comes to iOS

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Kinectimals was a launch title for Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, involving playful virtual pets you could interact with. Now it’s come to iOS, and it’s available for $2.99. Released as a universal app that runs natively … Continued

Feral to publish Tropico 3 for Mac on Jan. 26

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Feral Interactive announced Tuesday plans to publish the Macintosh version of Tropico 3: Gold Edition on Thursday, January 26, 2012. The game will be available for $34.99 and will be available for download from various sites including the Mac App … Continued

Jawbone offers Up customers a refund

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Mat Smith for Engadget: While Jawbone attempts to fix the handful of substantial issues plaguing its new Up fitness band, it’s now announced that it will begin giving free refunds to dissatisfied customers — and you can even keep hold … Continued

Justice asks judge to postpone AT&T/T-Mobile case

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Brent Kendall for the Wall Street Journal: In a setback for AT&T Inc., a Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Friday the agency wants to postpone its antitrust case seeking to block the acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The request, … Continued

Why QR codes aren’t catching on

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Amy Gahran for CNN: Archrival, a research group that focuses on youth marketing, surveyed 500 students at 24 colleges and universities across the United States. They found that although about 80% of students owned a smartphone and had previously seen … Continued