If you're very attached to your unlimited data plan, Verizon's Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo knows better. Speaking at an investor conference Shammo has claimed that "unlimited is just a word"—and one that you don't understand at that. More »
Since it was announced that Aaron Sorkin was to write a Steve Jobs biopic, many breathed a sigh of relief—not least because it draws focus away from Ashton Kutcher's attempts at a movie. Now, speaking at an All Things D conference, Sorkin sounds like he's taking the job very seriously. More »
The world is now reacting to the very sad news of Steve Jobs' death. We are collecting the thoughts and condolences of people like Bill Gates, Larry Page, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and President Barack Obama himself. More »
Not only did Barack Obama tell people at his Facebook town hall lecture that he wants science to be cool, he also said he wants "people to feel about the next big energy breakthrough and the next big Internet breakthrough the same way they felt about the moonwalk." Can we do that, folks? Can we...
Janet Napolitano—US Secretary of Homeland Security—has a word of advice for all of you who want to take an airplane but who don't want to have your genitals groped by a TSA agent: It's my way or the highway. More »
When your CEO thinks popping the Netflix disc in the Wii is more difficult than driving to a store to physically rent a disc (and then returning said disc), that might be a sign that your company isn't exactly forward-thinking. More »
Netflix - Wii - Nintendo - Arts and...
Time has a terrific profile of Steve Jobs and the iPad this week, in large part because they put it in the hands of ubercomedian/ubergeek Stephen Fry. It's a portrait of a man whose life and work are intrinsically intertwined. More »
Social media researcher and general internet guru Danah Boyd gave the keynote address at SXSWi earlier today, focusing on matters of privacy. On paper, Google Buzz was a perfect social network. So why did it freak everyone out so much? More »
With all the intrigue around China hacking Google and Google hacking back, it's easy to overlook the real-world consequences of what further escalation might lead to. Specifically: Chinese researchers and scientists could see the plug pulled on their work process.
A full 84% of Chinese...
Jonathan Schwartz manned the CEO helm at Sun Microsystems for almost four years. But now that the company's been sold to Oracle, he's tweeting off into the sunset. Hey, at least he counted his haiku syllables right.
I think it's only fair, since Jonathan left us with a poem, that we return the...
So says Mark Cuban, opining about the potential for children's entertainment and media consumption with the iPad. The man owns a basketball team and was on Dancing with the Stars, people. Technology savant as far as I'm concerned.
Editor's Note: In all honesty I'm actually pretty excited about...
It's enough to make some quake with faith and speak in tongues. Overheard second, third, or several hands, Steve Jobs is quoted (well, maybe paraphrased) speaking of the tablet, "This will be the most important thing I've ever done." [TechCrunch]
Current NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden, speaking a few weeks ago at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, explained how our nation's space program is at a crossroads and pledged to continue manned missions into space.
A combination of the federal budget...
The above is just one of many Google Phone tweets that made the rounds yesterday. Unless this is some giant Twitter prank, looks like Google is handing these things out to employees. And they're talking. Updated:
Update: We're hearing from our sources that it's the HTC Passion. We're not sure...
Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, the company's top lawyer. I can't tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside.
Even as part of a big company, and as a consumer, and as a guy who loves...
Ron Johnson, Apple VP of retail, had this to say in response to Microsoft's move into the world of retail stores during Apple's Manhattan store opening today.