Tech Biz

Bad news for Hootsuite, Tweetbot, Ecofon and a host of other third-party Twitter clients: your services are about to get a lot less free advertising. The social media giant, already accused of making life harder for such services, has quietly made another change: when browsing Twitter.com, you will no longer be able to see how Continue Reading →

Rumor has it that the Korean chaebol will be launching its very own Android-based compact camera. Supposedly named the Galaxy S camera, this new shooter seems to compete in the same space as Nikon’s recently announced Coolpix S800c, which promises the ease of sharing videos and stills over a Wi-Fi network. Running on Android 4.0 Continue Reading →

Here’s something innovative that Apple can’t accuse Samsung of copying from the iPhone: transparent displays. Samsung on Monday announced that it will be bringing its new NL22B transparent display to the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, which kicks off on August 31st and lasts through September 5th. Samsung says that the display, which will Continue Reading →

Apple has now identified eight of Samsung’s devices that it wants to have banned from sale in the US following its patent victory last week. But while the jury in Apple’s court case against Samsung said Samsung had willfully infringed in most cases, Apple has apparently focused its attention on devices that are mostly unavailable Continue Reading →

It was just two days ago that a Google product manager let slip that Google was working with Hisense on a low-cost Google TV box. At the time, we didn’t know much — not even a product name — but Google did intimate this mystery item would sell for under $100. Now, Hisense is stepping Continue Reading →

We hope your heart wasn’t set on snagging a Kindle Touch before heading off to school this fall. Both the WiFi and 3G versions of the reader are no longer available as new devices from Amazon’s US pages — if you want one at all in the country, you’ll have to swing past a retail Continue Reading →

The stock Nexus 7 peaks at a 1.3GHz clock speed when it’s at full burn. That’s certainly good enough for the $199 price tag, but eager adopters have just hit a new record in trying to wring out even more of a bang for the buck. Courtesy of a custom Elite kernel from XDA-Developers’ Clemsyn, Continue Reading →

Amazon’s news as of late has been focused on its media partnerships (and future device launches), but Monday  the company has an impressive statistic to share regarding the usage of its Prime shipping service, which is now more popular than its free Super Saver Shipping option, seven years after it launched. In those seven years, Continue Reading →

Tech juggernaut Hewlett-Packard this morning announced that Snapfish, a Web-based photo sharing and printing service it acquired back in 2005, has debuted a new Web app called SocialPics. Basically, it automatically curates your Facebook Timeline – covering any photos, comments and status updates within a specific timeframe – and lets you print out the cream Continue Reading →

Eons after it appeared in the US, Amazon’s Cloud Drive is at last available in the UK. Brits can manage the service from within their Amazon account online, or get the free standalone Mac or PC app for desktop dragging and dropping. It slipped in with nary a peep from Amazon, sporting the same US Continue Reading →