Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 25, 2011 at 11:41 am PT
Fairchild Semiconductor, a major force in giving Silicon Valley its name, has endured an exile of sorts in Maine since 1997. Now the chip maker has returned to its home turf, with a product line that has changed dramatically.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 8:58 am PT
Speaking at Mobile World Congress, the Google executive says that contrary to critics, devices are actually improving human connections.
His talk is just getting started. Click here for live coverage from Mobilized’s Ina Fried.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 15, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
SearchReviews is launching an application today that provides customer reviews on the go, by aggregating more than 36 million customer reviews from more than 1,000 sites around the Web.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 14, 2011 at 2:04 pm PT
TweetDeck investors are getting some cash, and a lot of equity, in their $30 million sale to UberMedia. So if Bill Gross can build a Zynga to Twitter’s Facebook, they’ll be in great shape. If not…
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.
Walt Mossberg in Mossblog on February 9, 2011 at 9:51 pm PT
Quick thoughts on the new webOS products and HP’s strategy for deploying webOS across its entire product line, from smartphones to tablets to printers and finally to the desktop.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on February 1, 2011 at 2:57 pm PT
Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 25, 2011 at 6:24 pm PT
Adam Sussman has left his job at Electronic Arts as the VP of worldwide publishing for mobile to join Disney, we have confirmed.
BusinessInsider.com first reported his departure, saying he will be rejoining Disney, where he previously worked for six years. He will be Disney’s SVP of publishing for Disney Games. Sussman was responsible for making EA one of the largest game developers in mobile, and was a frequent guest at Apple iPhone events to help unveil new products.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm PT
First look at Google earnings: Net revenue of $6.4 billion and $8.75 a share.
The Street was looking for $6.06 billion and $8.09 a share.
Also, importantly, a shake-up at the top: Larry Page will become CEO, and Eric Schmidt will move to chairman.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Plastic Logic, a start-up known for showing off (but not necessarily shipping) advanced e-book readers, said that it has finalized an investment deal to build a factory in Russia.
