Amir Efrati and Don Clark in News on April 29 at 8:34 pm PT
A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, a Federal Communications Commission investigation found.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 27 at 10:39 am PT
As it looks to aggressively expand its smartphone app for car services in 2012, Uber is thinking big — Asia big.
Lauren Goode in News on February 21 at 10:20 am PT
Buzzy start-up Uber, which allows users to order a car service through a smartphone app, woos customers in Washington, D.C., after facing opposition from the District’s taxi commissioner.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 3 at 10:10 am PT
For Uber, the start-up behind a smartphone app for requesting car service, raising fares on busy nights is a no-brainer. But for consumers, the premium pricing may put the service just out of reach.
Kara Swisher in News on April 4, 2011 at 7:08 am PT
As BoomTown reported earlier, AOL has confirmed that Tim Stevens (pictured here as Speed Racer) will replace Josh Topolsky as Editor-in-Chief of Engadget.
Stevens has been working at the site since 2007, most recently as its automotive editor and also–until recently–part time.
The appointment comes as eight former staffers at the giant tech news site said they were joining together to create a competing gadget site.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 19, 2011 at 8:10 am PT
The carrier plans to offer a service called DriveSmart Plus that detects when a phone is in a moving car and disables most calling and texting functions.
John Paczkowski in News on January 4, 2011 at 4:02 am PT
Despite Research in Motion’s best efforts to silence them, questions about the battery life of its forthcoming PlayBook tablet have followed the company into the new year. In a sequel to his original research note suggesting the PlayBook’s battery life is “relatively poor” compared to rivals’, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu reiterates that claim, saying he would be “very surprised if PlayBook matches anywhere near the battery life of the iPad.”
Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 12:30 am PT
There are certainly a lot of movie trailers on the Web, but this one made its first appearance on the Facebook fan page of its meaty star.
That would be action star Vin Diesel, who is the star of the “Fast and Furious” car thief series and has–no,
really, including BoomTown–20 million fans on the social networking site.
Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm PT
The
All Things Digital readership has spoken: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was wrong in declaring that the Apple iPad was not mobile.
In fact, 1,671 takers of a survey BoomTown ginned up on the subject using SurveyMonkey disagreed with him 85.1 percent to 14.9 percent.
Kara Swisher in News on November 5, 2010 at 6:01 am PT
Because while those who live in the echo chamber of Silicon Valley are frequently wrong, but never in doubt, a gigantic amount of time is spent being more technical than realistic.
And by “technical,” I mean annoyingly detailed in making a point as to completely obfuscate the essence of anything.
Let me explain.
