Apple faces big challenges in emerging markets like China and Brazil – two very different countries with very different markets.
YouTube adds live event streaming to iOS app
YouTube’s iOS app now supports live event streaming.
Lightroom 5 beta now available
Adobe has released a beta version of Lightroom 5, its photo editing and cataloging software.
Boston Marathon
Explosions at the end of the Boston Marathon have created casualties and caused fatalities – our thoughts are with the runners, friends, families and spectators affected by the event.
EA to close SimCity Social, The Sims Social, Pet Society
EA is shutting down three more Playfish-developed Facebook games, citing a dropoff in player participation.
Why Google Fiber matters
Why Google Fiber is important – and it’s not for the reason you might think.
Don’t be a padhole
Hate seeing people take photos with iPads? So does this guy.
‘Spaceship’
Analyst Horace Dediu offers an interesting perspective on why Apple’s new “Spaceship” campus is round.
Dish makes bid for Sprint
Dish Network is making a $25.5 billion to buy Sprint before Japanese corporation Softbank can close an acquisition deal.
How to understand Bitcoins
Bitcoins are in the news. What are they, and why should you care?
‘The PC industry is digging its own grave’
Roger Kay offers a biting criticism of Microsoft and Intel.
WordPress botnet attack underway
A huge brute force effort is underway to break into WordPress sites; change your password.
T-Mobile reports ‘gangbusters’ first day iPhone 5 sales
T-Mobile is reporting robust first-day iPhone 5 sales.
Ship My Pants
KMart’s new ad encourages people to ship their pants. And other stuff.
Customers queue up at T-Mobile stores for iPhone 5
The iPhone 5 went on sale at T-Mobile today, and even generated some lines – surprising, perhaps, for a phone that’s already more than half a year old.
‘Project Unity’ system combines 15 game consoles in one box, sans emulation
“Project Unity” is a one off game system that combines 15 game consoles capable of playing 18 formats in a single box, not using emulation.
Ebooks now account for almost a quarter of US publisher sales
Ebooks accounted for nearly one quarter of the total sales of U.S. trade books in 2012, reports the Association of American Publishers.
Verizon offers $35 prepaid plan for ‘dumbphone’ users
Verizon’s offering a $35 per month prepaid plan for users who don’t want a smartphone.
Atlanta tops America’s Nerdiest City poll
Atlanta wins Movoto’s poll as the nerdiest city in the U.S.
Apple settles iPhone/iPod warranty lawsuit
Apple is paying out about $53 million to settle a class action suit that prevented some iPhone and iPod touch owners from getting warranty service on their devices if a sensor tape showed water damage.
UK gov’t looks at in-app purchases aimed at kids
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has put in-app purchases in games in its crosshairs.
‘Dungeon Hunter 4 and the trouble with the free-to-play fun tax’
Nate Ralph at TechHive says Gameloft’s new Dungeon Hunter 4 game is marred by an overly obnoxious free to play mechanism that continuously begs you for money.
‘Analyst: BlackBerry Z10 returns outnumber sales’
An analyst reports that sales of BlackBerry’s Z10 smartphone have actually been eclipsed by returns.
Apple, Motorola Mobility dispute ‘not a proper use of this court’
The U.S. judge presiding over Apple and Motorola Mobility’s disputes over patented technology is sick and tired of both company’s shenanigans.
Depeche Mode – The Dark Progression
You can watch Depeche Mode: The Dark Progression, an unauthorized documentary about the legendary synthpop band, in its entirety on YouTube.
Ambrosia Software – still going despite layoffs
Ambrosia Software CEO Andrew Welch acknowledges he’s laid off staff, but says the company is continuing to sell and support its software.
MS director out after injudicious ‘always on’ console comments
Adam Orth, the Microsoft creative director at the center of a gamer’s firestorm on Twitter last week, is now looking for other work.
Microsoft plans 7-inch tablet
Microsoft plans a seven-inch tablet to complement its current line of Surface devices
Verizon CEO says half their traffic is video
Verizon Wireless says that half its traffic is video.
IDC: Global PC shipments show worst drop since records began
PCs saw the worst sales drop ever for the first calendar quarter of 2013, according to research firm IDC.