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Blogs, MacBooks and GSM phones

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 16, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on starting a blog, sleeping MacBooks and GSM phones.

Verizon iPhone Lines Inversely Proportional to Verizon iPhone Rumors

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

After the nearly interminable buildup to the iPhone’s launch on Verizon–the years of anticipation, rumors and speculation–you’d think eager buyers would be camping out in front of their local Apple Store and that Verizon stores would literally be overrun with frustrated AT&T iPhone users looking for relief. But evidently that’s not the case.

Inside Facebook's Big Move to Menlo Park

Liz Gannes in Social on February 8, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

Facebook is holding a press conference later today to announce it will move to a campus in Menlo Park, Calif., that the company expects to become its long-term home.

Verizon Upholds Tradition of Bumpy iPhone Launch

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 3, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

AT&T must be snickering into its cornflakes this morning. Verizon began taking pre-orders for the forthcoming CDMA iPhone this morning and is suffering some of the same issues for which AT&T has been taken to task in the past (though not nearly as severe).

Verizon Beats AT&T in Voice Calls for iPhones

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 2, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Some major benefits of the new Verizon iPhone service include crisp, clear calls with relatively few drops. But AT&T offers faster data downloads.

A Very Short Letter From a Friend in Cairo

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 1, 2011 at 5:27 pm PT

After a few days of trying, and despite the restrictions on communication to and from Egypt, today I heard back from a friend who’s in the thick of events unfolding there.

Why Is Google Spending $10 Million on Fflick? Perhaps to Predict Box Office Success.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 4:36 pm PT

Fflick tells you what movies your Twitter friends like and dislike. Google may be dropping $10 million on the service for something far more valuable than that.

A $2 Billion Beat for Apple?

John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2011 at 10:28 am PT

Apple will post results for its first fiscal quarter after the closing bell today, and like most of its financial reports in recent memory, they are expected to be quite strong. Wall Street analysts, on average, expect Apple to post earnings of $5.38 per share, up from $3.67 per share in the same period last year. Revenue is expected to be up 55 percent at $24.3 billion.

Apple Shares Down Nearly Eight Percent in Frankfurt on News of Jobs's Medical Leave

John Paczkowski in News on January 17, 2011 at 7:10 am PT

The knee-jerk reaction to news of Steve Jobs’s medical leave of absence from Apple was as expected, though somewhat muted by the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the States. U.S. markets are closed today, so Apple’s share price here remains at $348.48, its Friday close. But it’s already taking a beating abroad. As I write this, Apple’s stock is down nearly 8 percent in Frankfurt trading.

PC Sales Weakened in Q4–Everyone Blame the iPad

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 12, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

PC sales were weaker than expected in the fourth quarter. Might it have a little something do with the iPad? Yes.