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Aiming to get a greater share of iPhone buyers, Best Buy is planning another promotion, this time guaranteeing at least $100 credit with the trade-in of any working smartphone. That makes the base-model iPhone 5c free with any trade-in, and the 16 gigabyte iPhone 5s available for $99 (though customers may still owe sales tax Continue Reading →

Startups are usually small businesses that take huge risks in identifying an unseen opportunity and being the first to take on that market. While being first comes with its first mover advantages, it also has its first mover disadvantages. The Yahoo Problem: Lapped By the Competition Perhaps the quintessential example of being a first mover Continue Reading →

Amazon has announced a new program that will allow customers to login with their Amazon accounts to make purchases on third-party websites. “Login and Pay with Amazon”, which was revealed at Money2020, uses the OAuth 2.0 protocol and will work across tablet, mobile and desktop. With more than 215 million customer accounts, Amazon boasts a Continue Reading →

Amazon launched a new program on Tuesday specifically aimed at developers who optimize their apps and games for its Appstore and Fire OS. Called Appstore Developer Select, the initiative gives developers marketing and economic benefits to improve app discovery and increase sales. Developers receive credits equaling 25 percent off their first $2,000 in AWS services Continue Reading →

Microsoft said on Tuesday it is paying a well-known hacking expert more than $100,000 for finding security holes in its software, one of the largest such bounties awarded to date by a high-tech company. The software maker also released a much anticipated update to Internet Explorer, which it said fixes a bug that made users Continue Reading →

Turntable.fm has been struggling to stay afloat, and it’s now looking to live, streaming performances to help it get back on track. Turntable Live is the company’s new service, and it officially debuted on Tuesday night at 7PM ET with a performance by the folky pop outfit Beat Radio. While you might see hints of Continue Reading →

Remember when your cellphone bill was $30–$40 a month? If you do, you probably weren’t using a smartphone. It’s no surprise that our phone bills have increasingly become more expensive over the past decade. Today, you can’t really own a smartphone unless you’re willing to shell out at least $70 a month. And even then, Continue Reading →

Samsung has taken the wrapper off its rumored smartphone with a curved OLED display. The Galaxy Round, which will launch on SK Telecom in South Korea, has a 5.7-inch 1080p screen the same size as seen on the company’s Galaxy Note 3, but there’s a difference — it curves on the vertical axis in a Continue Reading →

Apple has a couple more new products to announce before the year is out, and it plans to unveil them in a few weeks time. People familiar with Apple’s plans tell AllThingsD that the company will hold its next invitation-only event on Tuesday, October 22. The focal point of the gathering will be the latest Continue Reading →

Panasonic will pull out of the plasma television panel business by the end of the financial year to March 2014, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, marking a key milestone in the long-term decline of Japan’s TV industry. Panasonic had been widely expected to back out of the unprofitable business, but the exit comes Continue Reading →