Sony to sell Gracenote to Tribune for $170 million
Sony Corp. of America has agreed to sell its Gracenote music metadata business to the Tribune media conglomerate for $170 million. Gracenote maintains a database of music data that’s used by...
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Acer names semiconductor veteran as new CEO
Taiwanese computer maker Acer has named Jason Chen, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. After abolishing its...
Twitter tipster shows off another image for Nokia’s rumored Android device
Perhaps one of the greatest “what could have been” stories in recent times is definitively the question of what Nokia would be like today had they gone with Android over...
Canonical gives developers a preview of a dual-booting Ubuntu and Android future
Choice, friends, is good. Nobody likes being limited to one thing, when instead you could be picking from a plethora, or at least a pair of options. And it looks...
Geeksphone’s OS-agnostic Revolution smartphone to use Intel chips
We're not yet done with 2013 and already handset manufacturers are tempting us with the products that we'll see in 2014. Geeksphone, the outfit behind the Peak+and Keon, has released the spec...
Leader of WoW hacker group is sentenced to two years in prison
Stealing private information has always been considered a crime and this is once again proven as a hacker has been sentenced to two years in a Chinese prison. The person...
Americans spent more than $5 billion upgrading their iPhones in 2013
Americans reportedly spend more than $5 billion upgrading their iPhones, or switching to Apple from a competing brand, each year. Just to put this number in some context, it essentially means...
PS4 helped boost PS Vita Sales for Sony
Sales of the PS Vita actually rose during the PS4’s launch week in the UK. The numbers state that the Vita’s sales rose by 68% during launch week, and rose...
BLU Life Pure features 5-inch 1080p display and 13-megapixel camera
Following its introduction of the Life Pro last month and both the Studio 5.0 II and Advance 4.0 earlier this week, BLU Products has now added another new member to its stable of smartphones....
Hulu Plus tops 5 million subscribers, promises more original content
Hulu will pass the $1 billion mark in revenue for 2013, marking an increase of nearly one-third over its 2012 revenues. This according to a post last week on Hulu's official blog....
RSA denial sidesteps claim it was paid to use compromised encryption by default
Security firm RSA has denied it entered into a contract that it knew would give the NSA a backdoor into its BSAFE security system. Last week,it was claimed that the NSA...
Amazon not stock physical copies of the Beyoncé album
She may have the fastest selling album in iTunes history, but not everyone is happy with Beyoncé’s success, and it’s not just limited to brick-and-mortar stores either. Responding to Beyoncé’s iTunes exclusive,...
Nex Band wants to take charm bracelets to the wearable tech level
Charm bracelets are usually thought of as an accessory worn mainly by women, but it looks like the company Mighty Cast is hoping to dispel that myth with the Nex...
Teleza accessory will give smartphones dual SIM capabilities
Dual SIM phones aren’t exactly common in the US. While there are some, most phones sold are of the single SIM variety, and in most cases are typically locked to...
Toshiba announces dual 5MP camera module capable of stereo 3D-like images
It was a couple of years ago when companies such as HTC and LG attempted to released 3D smartphones. Safe to say that while both phones were somewhat novel in...
Wikipedia adds Draft feature to ease pressure on article writers
Around 80 percent of new contributions to Wikipedia are abandoned before they're submitted. The organization thinks a lot of writers get cold feet because, since its creation, Wikipedia has deliberately...
Electric Vehicles Predicted To Become More Popular In 2040
Electric vehicles are starting to become more common these days, and while they are slowly gaining acceptance, safe to say they aren’t as preferred compared to regular fuel-consuming vehicles. If...
NASA’s WISE asteroid hunter is back in business
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is back in business! It’s been resurrected as NEOWISE, for Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Astronomers have already released the first few images...
How aCommerce aism to fix Southeast Asia’s e-commerce ‘bottleneck’
In order for e-commerce to work, a region needs to not only have the right infrastructure, but a cohesive network that retailers can use to tap into the various markets. Unfortunately...
Apple CEO Tim Cook teases ‘big plans’ for 2014 in memo to employees
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a memo over the weekend to employees reflecting on 2013 and talking about the upcoming year of 2014. With several rumors that Apple could be developing...