Google Earth has apparently spotted large and unidentified structures in China's Gobi Desert. The satellite images have raised questions over what China could be building in the region, which shares borders with Mongolia and is used for military, space and nuclear programs.
Instead of uploading pictures of friends and family, members of a new Argentine social network share photos of soybean fields and press the like button on the latest tractor models.
Apple-made smartphones and Android-based smartphones are the two most widely used smartphones in the world, but one way to really tell them apart is by seeing which is easier to use. That means turning on an iPhone or an Android-powered device and measuring which software system is easier to navigate and figuring it out just by playing around with it for a little while.
On paper, Groupon Inc appears to be a juicy target for short sellers: it loses money, it has changed its accounting twice, and its unproven business model faces competition from Google and Amazon.
Telltale Games, a digital publisher responsible for cross-platform episodic series, has been prepping for the Nov. 15 release of Jurassic Park: The Game, but a complaint on Reddit has the online community crying foul and many promising to pass on the game.
Droid Razr, Motorola's new flagship device, is now on sale, but there is still no word on when it will get the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system update from Google. As the top new smartphone from Motorola, it's sure to get the update, but it might not happen until January.
Kindle Fire, a tablet computer manufactured by online retail giant Amazon.com, and released on Sept. 28, was scheduled to ship on Nov. 15. However, it is now shipping on Nov. 14, a day earlier.
Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet and Microsoft's efforts to get back into the mobile game have impressed developers, a survey released on Monday showed, while BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell further behind.
Cloud computing could be key for Oracle's (NASDAQ:ORCL) future and the company's recent acquisition of RightNow implies it is making the right moves in this space.
Michael T. Mathews of Forbes has detailed the smartphone etiquette on date night, both pre-, during and post-date, to ensure a proper evening. The rules include protocol for Groupon, Foursquare and the inevitable decorum for Facebook friend requests.
Two Best Mobile Software Systems Battle for the Top
Google Inc. has acquired two startup operations -- Katango and Apture -- that should bolster the company's existing Google+ and Google Chrome offerings.
Apple's iTunes Match feature has been delayed since the iOS 5 update came out over a month ago, but Apple is getting close to launching the unique cloud-based service to the public.
iPad 2 and Motorola's Xoom 2 battle it out in a tablet duel of deuces to see who gets to make an iPad 3 or Xoom 3. No, we can't force the winner of this battle to begin preparations for the next version of its established moniker, but it's good to check how the latest 10-inch Android tablet would do against its Apple nemesis.
Properly-shaped posts on Twitter and Facebook have potential to heighten your popularity and grow your brand, but don't treat the two platforms the same way.
The hacked database included users names, hashed and salted passwords, previous game purchases, email addresses, billing addressees and encrypted credit card information.
In 2011, U.S. gamers have spent an estimated $1.2 billion on F2P games, which have taken up to 47 percent of all MMO expenditures. It has grown 24 percent in the last year, now seriously contending with pay-to-play MMOs like World of Warcraft for players' attention. The report says gamers spend about 26 million hours every day playing MMOs in the U.S.
IBM said it will sell a new security software patch to enterprises to ensure mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are secure. The move is part of a new emphasis on computer security.
Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple Inc in a war over Web standards as the company surprised investors with a restructuring plan.
A first-grade teacher in New Jersey who described her students as future criminals on Facebook could be fired under a judge's decision issued this week after parents complained her remarks were offensive.
In the latest development of the intense rivalry between Research In Motion (RIM) and Google's Android-based smartphones, the latter has indicated it will end support for Blackberry's Gmail App, beginning Nov. 22.
Apple has released its first Over-The-Air (OTA) iOS update - the iOS 5.0.1 - to users, starting from Thursday. If you have already upgraded their devices to iOS 5.0.1 and now want to jailbreak, here is some good news. The latest version of Redsn0w, which is 0.9.9b8, can tether jailbreaking the iOS 5.0.1.
