Lauren Goode in Media on February 15 at 10:09 am PT
A new app called Enlocked promises to make it super easy for the average consumer to send encrypted emails.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 11, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Twitter’s popular ad units could see prices go up by 25 percent or more in the next few months. Also: Here’s how “Promoted Accounts” really work, and how much a new follower will cost you.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 10:53 pm PT
I last wrote about Bubble Motion, provider of the Bubbly mobile messaging service, exactly a year ago. At the time, the company had 150,000 users. Today, it has more than seven million.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT
Ever since GrandCentral became Google Voice, it’s been a lot less fun to use. Maybe that’s one of the reasons behind today’s acquisition by Google of SayNow, which made its name connecting celebrities with fans.
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 Mobile on January 18, 2011 at 3:15 am PT
It’s been said that Steve Jobs is Apple’s greatest asset and its greatest risk. And there’s no better illustration of that dictum than recent history. The last time Jobs went on medical leave in January of 2009, Apple shares tanked, falling some eight percent to $78.50. But in the months that followed, they rose more than 50 percent, despite continued concerns over his health.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 9:35 am PT
AT&T showed off a bunch of new devices on Wednesday, including a Motorola smartphone that can plug into a screen and keyboard and transform into a thin and light laptop-like device. AT&T also plans to accelerate development of a next-generation network.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 24, 2010 at 9:22 am PT
After two days of struggling with an embarrassing pre-holiday system failure, Skype appears to be running again today. The company is offering free service to customers, but hasn’t yet explained what happened.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 7, 2010 at 4:15 pm PT
Headset maker Jawbone thinks it has found another nifty use for its electronic earwear. The company is using
D: Dive Into Mobile to announce Thoughts, an iPhone app that lets road warriors dictate a quick thought that gets delivered as an audio file to whomever they like. The audio file gets sent to a recipients’ Thoughts app, or via email or a text message link.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 3, 2010 at 2:06 pm PT
Google is beefing up its voice services with today’s acquisition of Cambridge, England-based Phonetic Arts. Google’s view is that voice will be critical going forward to making mobile devices with small screens and keyboards more useful.
