4.5 million iPhone 4Gs in 24 days?

And 24 million by the end of 2010, according to a new report out of Taiwan

Source: www.begeek.fr

DigiTimes, a Taipei-based tech daily with a rich supply of anonymous tipsters among Apple's (AAPL) Pacific Rim suppliers, issued a detailed report Monday about the next generation iPhone that actually quotes a source by name.

This is presumably the same fourth-generation iPhone -- or one much like it -- that was left in a MORE

YouTube at 5: 2 Billion served...per day

YouTube celebrated its fifth birthday with a post showing its meteoric growth, some celebrity musings and news that it still doesn't turn a profit...yet.

It is hard to believe that five years ago, there was no YouTube.  No place to easily upload and embed movies into a webpage, nor a place to look to to find entertaining clips from everywhere in the world.  YouTube, now a fundamental part of the Internet, MORE

Why universities should hate the iPad

by John Patrick Pullen, contributor

If students embrace textbooks on the iPad, college bookstores may lose their shirts.

It may be the season for graduation parties and commencement speeches, but colleges and universities are already prepping for next year, even in the bookstore. Next fall, during opening weekend, students will once again file into university bookstores to purchase course materials, school supplies, and a college sweatshirt or two.

While the university licensed MORE

What backlash? Facebook is growing like mad

Some tech pundits think Facebook is in trouble, but the data tells a different story: growth hasn't slowed a bit.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Facebook has a backlash on its hands. Many news outlets are reporting it, after all. Tech pundit Leo Laporte and Engadget co-founder Peter Rojas killed their profiles. U.S. Senators have sent the company a letter and so have a group of European Union data advisors. MORE

Steve Jobs: "Freedom from porn"

"Traditional PC folks feel their world is slipping away," says Apple's CEO. "It is."

Click to enlarge. Source: Valleywag

Kudos to Valleywag's Ryan Tate for posting in full his bizarre late-night alcohol-induced e-mail debate with Steve Jobs, given -- as he is the first to admit -- how bad some of the things he wrote make him look. (He drops names he shouldn't, he can't seem to spell Cocoa correctly, MORE

Google Maps cars pull some user data

Also, Google notes that they will  start offering an encrypted version of Google Search starting next week.

Google StreetView Car via Google

Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering & Research, posted some bad news for privacy advocates today on  Google's Official Blog.

Those cars (right) that go around collecting images for street view use local Wifi hotspots to help map the world. It turns out that they've also been collecting MORE

10 juicy details from the iPhone affidavit

How the cops cracked the case of the missing fourth-generation prototype, step by step

Click to enlarge. Source: San Mateo Superior Court

Here's what we know now that we didn't know before the court released a San Mateo detective's 10-page sworn statement of facts:

When Gizmodo posted photos and videos of Apple's (AAPL) top-secret iPhone prototype, Steve Jobs got right on the horn to Gizmodo's editor, Brian Lam, and read him the MORE

How to land a job with $6 and Adwords

Alec Brownstein used Google's Adwords to target potential Creative Directors who'd naturally be Googling themselves.

Photo Credit: Mashable

How do you get noticed in the creative world?  You have to get the attention of the Creative Directors who do the hiring at the companies you want to work for.  But how do you target them specifically?  You could stalk them, but that isn't likely going to endear them to you.

Alec Brownstein MORE

Google to close Nexus One store

Google announced that it would soon change the focus of its Nexus One store, moving from selling to showcasing.

Image credit: Flurry Analytics

On its Official Google Blog, Andy Rubin, Vice President of Engineering in charge of Android,  acknowledged that the Nexus One store had seen lackluster sales and notified users that it would soon shift its focus from sales to showcasing new Google phones.  Even with the strong publicity and MORE

10 million Verizon iPhones?

Don't hold your breath. What to make of the latest rumors out of Asia.

The hearts of more than a few Verizon subscribers skipped a beat Thursday with a rumor out of Taiwan that Apple (AAPL) had ordered a huge number of iPhones equipped with CDMA modems -- the cellular technology supported by Verizon's (VZ) network.

AT&T (T) and most overseas carriers use an incompatible technology called GSM that drives Apple's current MORE