A sister publication sets the week of Jan. 17 for the tablet-only newspaper's debut
Murdoch. Credit: World Economic Forum
The most-talked about daily newspaper this year -- indeed, the only newspaper that seems to be generating any buzz -- is The Daily, the semi-secret iPad publication being assembled with an all-star cast of editors on the 26th floor of the News Corp.'s (NWS) Manhattan skyscraper for Australian-born press baron Rupert Murdoch.
When MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 17, 2010 11:06 AM ET
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
RIP, Delicious.
Hot on the heels of layoffs comes news that Yahoo is shutting down eight products, including MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Picks, AltaVista, Yahoo! Bookmarks, Yahoo! Buzz and Delicious. Meanwhile, other products like Fire Eagle and Yahoo People Search will be merged, and Yahoo! Alerts and Yahoo! Calendar will be turned into features which will presumably be MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 17, 2010 8:27 AM ET
Holiday sales and Verizon iPhone rumors force analysts to revisit their Apple estimates
Crowded Apple Store. Photo: bloggingstocks.com
The analysts who track Apple (AAPL) typically revise their estimates -- usually upward -- shortly before the company reports its quarterly earnings. But rumors that Verizon (VZ) might be stockpiling iPhones, and reports that Apple products are selling more briskly than expected this holiday season, have forced many to show their hands a MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 17, 2010 7:50 AM ET
Predictably, Apple's cease-and-desist order turned the $99 action figure into a collectible
Source: iPhone Savior
Unless it was a bogus transaction -- something you can never be sure of on eBay -- one of those Steve Jobs action figures that got so much press last month has sold online for $2,500.
The SJ Action Figure, you may recall, was hand-painted doll that sold for $99 until Apple (AAPL) complained to M.I.C Gadget MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 17, 2010 6:03 AM ET
Concerns over digital privacy, especially of medical records, have never been higher. Yet startup PatientsLikeMe says there's much to be gained from the crowdsourcing of ailments -- and treatments.
Over a decade ago, Ben Heywood's brother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, a fatal neurological disorder. Back then, people didn't post status updates or Tweet about what they had for lunch, let alone share their diagnoses, symptoms and treatments with web-based MORE
Michal Lev-Ram, writer - Dec 17, 2010 5:00 AM ET
The Playstation app doesn't yet play games.
Sony (SNE) today announced that they'd be launching a PlayStation app for Android and iOS. Sony's upcoming Playstation phone has been leaked on numerous occasions but app brings the possibility that Sony will be virtualizing its gaming platforms for today's two biggest mobile platforms (by mindshare) would be an interesting play. Sony says it will be available for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and iPod with MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 16, 2010 5:13 PM ET
Some users are worried the new Tag Suggestions feature further erodes at their privacy. Here's why it won't.
Facebook's new Tag Suggestions feature. Photo: Facebook
Facebook took the next step in revamping its photo services this week with the launch of Tag Suggestions, a facial recognition feature that scans faces in your photos and offers up suggestions of who they are from your list of friends. Currently being tested with MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 16, 2010 3:07 PM ET
A supplier is overheard tipping a hedge fund off to the project that became the iPad
The complaint. Source: Wall St. Journal
On Oct. 1, 2009, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, a Flextronics director named Walter Shimoon had a telephone conversation with an an unnamed "cooperating witness" (CW-2) employed by a hedge fund.
During this conversation, secretly taped by the FBI and now entered into evidence, Shimoon allegedly gave CW-2 MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 16, 2010 2:11 PM ET
Myspace will use the Google Display Network and DoubleClick Ad Exchange going forward.
Google (GOOG) and MySpace (NWS) today announced a continuation of their advertising and search partnership.
In August of 2006, Google and MySpace first joined forces in a $900 million deal that expired this year. News Corp-owned MySpace no longer commands the power it once did, having been overtaken by Facebook long ago, so the deal won't be nearly as sweet MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 16, 2010 11:22 AM ET
The launch of Apple's software platform coincides with the opening of a big electronics expo
Image: Apple Inc.
Here's one way to keep your news from getting lost in the avalanche of press releases that hits the tech press every January at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Break it three weeks early.
That's what Apple (AAPL) did Thursday when it announced that the Mac App Store will open for MORE
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