Arguably the best Android phone available has gone to free with a two year contract. Why?
If you head over to Amazon from now until Nov. 22, you can pick up a Droid X phone for free if you sign up for a two year contract. In fact all of Verizon's (VZ) Droids, including the just announced Droid Pro are free. The fact that arguably the best Android phones in the U.S. MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 19, 2010 11:47 AM ET
Facebook and MySpace were neck and neck competitors for years, but with yesterday's announcement, Mark Zuckerberg became the clear victor of this round of social. Here's how Facebook did it.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
In six fast years, Facebook has grown from startup into a billion dollar enterprise. Estimates for Facebook's revenue range from $1.2 billion to $2 billion this year. Jim Friedland, a Cowan & Co. analyst whose 2010 estimate sees MORE
Nov 19, 2010 11:37 AM ET
For its 20th anniversary, the man who invented the World Wide Web sounds a warning
Sir Timothy. Photo: Paul Clarke via Wikipedia
Totalitarian governments. Cable monopolies. Magazine smartphone apps. The walled gardens of giant social networking sites. And Apple's (AAPL) iTunes music store.
These are some of the things Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the World Wide Web in December 1990 -- on one of Steve Jobs' NeXT computers, we might add -- MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 19, 2010 11:18 AM ET
Rumors this morning are pointing to an acquisition of the coupon site by Google.
After failed attempts by Yahoo (YHOO), Groupon appears to be in negotiations to sell itself to Google (GOOG) according to a report this morning by AllThingsD. The deal and price aren't set but numbers north of the "$2-3 billion" that Yahoo offered are being thrown around.
Google isn't new to the neighborhood space. Besides previously making an attempt to buy Yelp (who compete MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 19, 2010 10:02 AM ET
Dave Matthews and 2,000 free Miley Cyrus concert tickets will do the trick
Dave Matthews on Thursday. Image: mdarab1 via YouTube
The air was scented with "bamboo sage." The walls were lined with 100 monitors. The cheering staff was clad in primary colors, ready to break out in dance at a moment's notice.
But it was not the tables full of Dells and Kinects, the community training space, the free Windows diagnostic MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 19, 2010 8:30 AM ET
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"Almost every single app I have is better on the iPhone." -- Steve Wozniak (engadget via ITProPortal)
MySpace and Facebook announced "Mashup with Facebook," a product that lets MySpace users with Facebook accounts port their FB interests and MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Nov 19, 2010 8:08 AM ET
Another channel opens up for smartphones running Google's OS.
Bloomberg reports today that Cox, the nation's third largest cable operator, will roll out a "Quad-play" wireless service option to its customers in limited markets. The wireless service will be provided on a Sprint (S) MVNO network and start as a $39.99 service add on.
Competitors Comcast (CMCSK) and Time Warner (TWX) Cable use Clearwire's so-called 4G network to sell data-only wireless service in select markets.
Cox MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 19, 2010 3:54 AM ET
In a provocative thought experiment, Trefis compares its spinoff value to the rest of industry
Source: Trefis
Assume Apple (AAPL) today is worth $391 billion (nearly 40% more than its current market cap), as the analysts at Trefis estimate it to be.
Assume as well, as they do, that the iPhone represents 53.5% of that value.
Then it follows, according to them, that the iPhone, were Steve Jobs to spin it off as MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 18, 2010 4:25 PM ET
Business users will have access to 10 times the applications they've had previously.
If you are a Google (GOOG) Apps customer or administrator, you will soon have access to all of the products and services that consumer Gmail users have used for years. Google Voice, Reader, Blogger, Picassa and other apps will now be at Apps users' disposal.
Google is flipping Apps for domain users over to new infrastructure (your administrators can MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 18, 2010 4:03 PM ET
MySpace CEO Mike Jones announces profile data sharing and login via Facebook. And yes, there are Like buttons.
On Thursday, Facebook and MySpace announced "Mashup with Facebook," a new partnered product that lets MySpace users with Facebook accounts port their Facebook interests and likes into their MySpace profiles, allowing for personalized MySpace media streams.
"MySpace is very committed to this new direction social entertainment," said MySpace CEO Mike Jones during the announcement. MORE
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