 New York Times | When to Believe the Buzz New York Times When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion last month, it raised a lot of eyebrows â€" and questions about which buzzed-about young start-ups might be on track for similar success. There is certainly no shortage of companies to choose from. Mobile Could Be What Makes Private Social Networks Succeed How Instagram Took America by Storm [INFOGRAPHIC] The Speaking Eagle: New Pinning, Posting Sites Gaining Attention |
 The Associated Press | AT&T Expands in Home Security in Search for Growth Beyond Phones BusinessWeek By Scott Moritz on May 07, 2012 AT&T Inc. (T) (T), looking for growth outside its slowing phone business, plans to start selling home-security services in a move aimed at challenging market leader ADT. The service lets users watch camera footage of ... AT&T sets up new group to sell home security and automation, challenging ... AT&T's next business: Securing your home AT&T barges into home security and automation |
The Associated Press | AT&T's next business: Securing your home CNET The company has formed a new group that offers security monitoring services and the ability to remotely control your house using your phone. by Roger Cheng May 6, 2012 9:01 PM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng A mockup of AT&T's home security and automation app. AT&T sets up new group to sell home security and automation, challenging ... AT&T making big investment in home monitoring AT&T enters home automation market |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Camera megapixels: Why more isn't always better (Smartphones Unlocked) CNET It's time to forget megapixels as the measure of smartphone camera performance and pick a new yardstick. by Jessica Dolcourt May 6, 2012 7:00 PM PDT Follow @jdolcourt Just days ago, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S III, the global, quad-core, ... Samsung Galaxy S III: Everything You Need to Know Samsung Galaxy S III: Pros And Cons Samsung Galaxy S III vs. HTC One X: Specs Compared |
 ZoKnowsGaming | The HTC One X camera and ImageSense are actually very impressive PhoneDog I'm a sucker for a smartphone with a nice camera. It isn't an absolute necessity â€" I did own the Galaxy Nexus for four months, after all â€" because I generally carry an iPhone as a secondary, and it gets the job done quite well. AT&T's HTC One X Is Now Available … Buying It Or Waiting On The Samsung Galaxy ... AT&T's HTC One X goes on sale today HTC Releases One X Kernel Source Code â€" AT&T Variant Conspicuously Absent |
 USA TODAY | Reasons to Buy Facebook, After Hype Fades Wall Street Journal By ROLFE WINKLER In the stock market, overhyped generally means overbought. And so it will likely be with Facebook when the social network stages its IPO next week. Retail investors' first crack at Facebook stock will come after it starts trading, ... Facebook road show could be a tough sell Small Investors May Get to Own a Bit of Facebook Facebook Posts Video for Potential Investors Ahead of Road Show |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Switched On: Competing by hook or by Nook Engadget By Ross Rubin posted May 6th 2012 6:28PM Microsoft has a long history of supporting bitter rivals -- even those that have long publicly disparaged the company, offering funds to Nokia, Corel and, most famously, Apple. It also has a long history of ... Microsoft and Barnes & Noble: An e-book marriage Microsoft's dumpster-diver partner strategy is rubbish Dylan's Desk: It would take a miracle for the Nook to win now |
 BetaNews | Google Galaxy Nexus first-impressions review BetaNews By Joe Wilcox I will say straight up that out-of-box experience on AT&T is nowhere as good as Verizon. Network is huge factor. Audio quality is crisp and clear on Verizon compared to occasional hissy-fits on AT&T. Data speed isn't comparable, ... Apple vs. Samsung: Who's the king of the smartphones? Samsung Galaxy S III: Everything You Need to Know Samsung Galaxy S III: Pros And Cons |
 Fortune | $99 Xbox: Microsoft's killer move Fortune By JP Mangalindan, Writer May 4, 2012: 2:46 PM ET Microsoft won't confirm if it will indeed sell its Xbox for $99 plus a subscription fee. If it did, it could upend the race to dominate the living room. FORTUNE -- Since the Magnavox Odyssey sold for ... Rumor: New Microsoft Xbox Console Being Manufactured in Texas Rumor:Xbox Next ready for manufacturing Production Of Xbox 720 May Have Already Begun |
 CNET UK | Facebook Adds Locations, Read Receipts to Messenger App PC Magazine By David Murphy Facebook has updated its mobile Messenger application to give users a bit more information about who's actually reading their messages versus who's ignoring them completely. Oh, and message recipients can now see a general gist of where ... Facebook Messenger: New privacy SNAFU Facebook Messenger Gets More Transparent Facebook Messenger now shows who's read your messages |
 Wireless and Mobile News | AT&T's HTC One X goes on sale today CNET The Android-based smartphone hits the market with a $199 price tag, a bright 4.7-inch screen, 4G LTE data speeds, and a powerful camera. by Jonathan E. Skillings May 6, 2012 10:01 AM PDT Follow @jeskillings The HTC One X's 8MP camera settings are very ... HTC One X now available from AT&T for $199.99 HTC says “restrictions†prevent AT&T One X from joining in their bootloader ... HTC One X Smartphone May Help Android Supporter Regain Its Footing |
 The Guardian | Casey Stoner holds off Jorge Lorenzo to win Portugal grand prix The Guardian Casey Stoner powered back to the top of the MotoGP standings by a single point after fending off Jorge Lorenzo to win in Portugal for the first time. The Honda rider, who won the Spanish Grand Prix last weekend, dominated Sunday's race at Estoril after ... Casey wins Portuguese MotoGP Stoner wins Portuguese MotoGP MotoGP: Steve Parrish on the title fight and saying goodbye to Estoril |
 News Pakistan | Ditch the iPhone for an Ice Cream Sandwich phone? CNET In this Ask Maggie I help a reader figure out whether to leave Apple for one of the latest Google Android phones. by Marguerite Reardon May 5, 2012 4:00 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones are rolling out and ... AT&T's One X discovered to have 'restricted' bootloader, HTC responds HTC blames AT&T for One X bootloader lock HTC Won't Hook Up One X Owners With Bootloader Unlock |
 ZoKnowsGaming | Why Verizon Doesn't Want You to Buy an iPhone PC Magazine By Sascha Segan A pretty hot story is going around, stoked by CNNMoney, that Verizon Wireless sales reps are steering customers away from Apple's iPhones in favor of 4G LTE-enabled Android devices. I absolutely believe this, Verizon's official denials ... Verizon hard sells LTE Android over iPhone says report How Verizon tried to unsell me an iPhone Verizon Sales Reps May Be Pointing People Away From The iPhone |
 BBC Sport | MotoGP: Casey Stoner sees off Jorge Lorenzo in Estoril BBC Sport By Tom Rostance BBC Sport Casey Stoner again held off Jorge Lorenzo to win in Portugal and take the lead in the MotoGP standings. Defending champion Stoner led for the whole race and, despite Lorenzo closing to within a few bike lengths at the halfway ... Stoner wins and takes points lead Stoner wins Portuguese MotoGP Hard from the beginning, championship still long, Pedrosa |
 Vietnam Investment Review | LG Optimus LTE2 Smartphone Offers 4.7-Inch Display, 2GB of RAM eWeek Following Samsung's super-hyped phone launch with a surprise launch of its own, LG is introducing the Optimus LTE2, the first smartphone to offer 2GB of RAM. LG Electronics stole a little spotlight from Korean-rival Samsung May 4, with the introduction ... iPhone 5 vs LG Optimus LTE2 features: larger display, powerful processors LG announces Optimus LTE2, coming to Korea mid-May with True HD IPS and 2GB RAM Galaxy S III vs LG Optimus LTE 2 |
 Laptop Computer Planet Blog | Origin PC upgrading pre-Ivy Bridge orders with new silicon, asking nothing in ... Engadget By Sean Buckley posted May 6th 2012 6:21AM Sure, you may need to shop around to find a replacement for that 11-inch number Dell pulled off the shelves, but that doesn't mean you need to miss out on a free Ivy Bridge upgrade. Origin PC Upgrades Pending Systems to Ivy Bridge for Free Hot Ivy Bridge Chips, GeForce GTX 690, the True Cost of Printers, and Nook ... Alienware upgrading existing M14x, M17x, and M18x laptop orders to Ivy Bridge ... |
 Computerworld | Will Yahoo CEO's misstep kill company momentum? Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - All the momentum and vision that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has been building for the struggling company may have been thrown off course. Yahoo said late Thursday that its board of directors is looking into a discrepancy ... Yahoo: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain Third Fund CEO: Scott Thompson needs to be fired Hedge Fund Intensifies Attack on Yahoo Amid Storm Over Padded Résumés |
 WFMY News 2 | Report: FBI Wants to Wiretap Facebook, Twitter, Google PC Magazine By Sara Yin The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pushing for a law that would force social networks, email providers, and other peer-to-peer services to become "wiretap-friendly" according to a CNET report. Such legislation would expand an existing ... FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now FBI renews push for ready-made Web wiretaps FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging |
 Mobiletor.com | Facebook Messenger Gets More Transparent PCWorld (blog) By Christina DesMarais, PCWorld May 5, 2012 8:06 AM Facebook Messenger is increasing transparency and at the same time making it harder to ignore someone's text message without the other person knowing. The social network is rolling out some new ... Facebook adds read receipts, improved location data to Messenger apps for iOS ... Facebook updates Messenger app, shows when a friend has read your message Facebook Messenger app for Android and iOS gets more interactive |
 SlashGear | Xbox 720 reportedly begins manufacturing parnership in US SlashGear Austin, Texas-based Flextronics is apparently working on a new Microsoft project, and all signs point to it being the next generation version of the Xbox. According to media reports, the company has assigned an entire new testing team for the ... Exclusive: $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle launching next week with two-year ... $99 Xbox: Microsoft's killer move Motorola wins injunction against Windows 7, Xbox 360 in Germany |
