Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on April 23 at 6:00 am PT
The wearable device pairs with some Android smartphones to send notifications and snippets of info straight to the watch.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 19, 2011 at 6:09 pm PT
Los Angeles-based start-up Collecta has shuttered its real-time search business, including a destination site, API and publisher widgets. The company follows OneRiot, Ellerdale and other competitors that have hightailed away from indexing status updates from social services, which a couple of years ago had seemed like an enormous opportunity.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 13, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Real-time search engine Topsy today is launching customizable widgets for publishers to display topical tweets.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 15, 2010 at 7:00 am PT
While much of the early marketing around Android touted its power and all the ways you could trick out the devices, Sprint has launched a new effort to more easily tailor Android phones to non-techies. Its latest step: A partnership with MTV.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm PT
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system has a novel and attractive interface, but it lacks key features now common in its rivals’ phones, writes Walt.
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Voices in News on September 3, 2010 at 11:30 am PT
Vestel Group, the largest television manufacturer in Europe, announced today that early next year it would begin
turning out Yahoo Connected TVs, bringing widgets, apps and all manner of Internet entertainment into living rooms across the continent.
Peter Kafka in Media on August 3, 2010 at 8:19 am PT
Thanks for visiting! Hey! Where are you going?
That a common refrain for most Web publishers, who see readers stop by their sites for a very brief looksee, then bounce away, drawn by a new link. A new piece of ad technology is supposed to cure that.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 21, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT
After tests of the T-Mobile Vibrant and the AT&T Captivate, Walt finds they have some attributes the iPhone lacks, like bigger screens and better integration of social networking.
John Paczkowski in News on April 27, 2010 at 4:45 am PT
Google has acquired its first Israeli company, Web and mobile applications outfit LabPixies. Among the first companies to build gadgets for iGoogle, LabPixies ranks as the personalized homespage service’s top developer.
