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Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

Kara Swisher in News on April 27 at 11:05 am PT

Our long social patent fight is not over.

HTC to Give Up on Quantity and Try Quality

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 26 at 11:12 am PT

HTC currently offers 51 phones. And that’s way too many.

The Times of Its Troubled Life: A 2007 Visit to Kodak (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 19 at 11:54 am PT

Good morning yesterday, you wake up and time has slipped away …

Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

Let’s face it: Everyone in Silicon Valley — one way or another — fashions themselves as the next Steve Jobs.

Motoogle: BOOM! The Mobile Business Just Got Completely Blown Up

Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Things that make you go “Boom!!!”: Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola.

Here’s What Steve Forbes Is Telling His Staff About That Brutal Fortune Article

Peter Kafka in Media on July 28, 2011 at 7:53 am PT

“The intention is to harm our business,” the publisher says. That’s probably a stretch. But it is a good read.

HTC’s One-Button Facebook Phones Headed to ATT

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 8:08 am PT

Although they may not be the Salsa and Cha Cha models shown off on stage in Barcelona, AT&T said it will exclusively have HTC Android-based phones with a similar one-button access to Facebook.

Rackspace Is Not for Sale, but Thanks for Asking

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Rackspace is one of several companies thought to be likely acquisition targets following the buyouts of Terremark and NaviSite. Ask CEO Lanham Napier about it, and he insists the company is not for sale, but he clearly enjoys being asked.

Exclusive: Nokia’s Stephen Elop Talks About How He Made His Big OS Decision

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

HP Oldsmobiles the Palm Brand

John Paczkowski in News on February 10, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Hewlett-Packard bought Palm for its technology and talent, not for its brand. So it’s hardly surprising that the Palm logo and name were nowhere to be found at HP’s big webOS event Wednesday. Not in the signage. Not in the videos or slides included in the onstage presentation and not on any of the new hardware on display. The TouchPad, Veer and Pre3 all sport silver HP logos and “HP” as a prefix, not Palm.