Android 4.0 ICS on the Droid Razr Maxx makes a good thing better.(Credit: Brian Bennett/CNET)It took a while but Motorola has finally bestowed the gift of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upon its legendary Droid Razr Maxx. Sure it …
Who is making ARM-based Windows tablets?
Perhaps it goes without saying, but we Microsoft watchers still know very little about the plans of Microsoft hardware partners around Windows 8.Sure, for a couple of years there have been demos of early hardware (mostly x86-based…
Google+ for tablets is the mobile app Facebook should have designed
Google+ is better than Facebook — at mobile.Google released a tablet version of its mobile application for the Google+ social network at its Google I/O developer conference. And even though Vic Gundotra’s Google+ presentation w…
How to bring more capital to entrepreneurs through small-business loans
Even with the recent passage of the JOBS act, there’s still a lot of debate in Washington D.C. on how best to spend taxpayers’ money to create jobs. Committee Chair Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced a bill earlier this year…
Big Data in the offline world: How data from brick-and-mortar stores trumps online analytics
The hottest megatrend in enterprise computing today is Big Data – the use of massive computational ability to solve problems that were previously unfathomable. According to August Capital partner David Hornik, “Big Data is not …
Allied Electronics Is Now Accepting Orders For The Bite-Sized Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a tasty little Linux computing device but it’s so far been rather hard to buy. I’ve wanted to order one since it officially started to ship in April. However, due to the limited quantities, retailers sold out…
How to (sort of) shock people like Emperor Palpatine
Sand responds wildly to the high voltage charge emanating from the fingers of someone using the homemade static-electricity generator.(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)The dark side of the Force offers many benefits…
How to (sort of) shock people like Emperor Palpatine
Sand responds wildly to the high voltage charge emanating from the fingers of someone using the homemade static-electricity generator.(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)The dark side of the Force offers many benefits…
U.S. spy satellite heads into orbit after spectacular launch
A powerful Delta 4 rocket blasts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite.(Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance)A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket,…
LinkedIn bows to Twitter over tweet traffic direction
LinkedIn users will no longer be able to publish tweets to their profiles on the service.LinkedIn said that the change follows a decision by Twitter to get stricter about APIs, effectively ending a practice that had existed the la…
LinkedIn bows to Twitter over tweet traffic direction
LinkedIn users will no longer be able to publish tweets to their profiles on the service.LinkedIn said that the change follows a decision by Twitter to get stricter about APIs, effectively ending a practice that had existed the la…
ZURB Launches Foundation 3 To Take On Twitter’s Bootstrap Framework
Twitter’s Bootstrap gives developers and easy to use grid-based and responsive framework for quickly designing prototypes and basic web pages, as well as production-ready interactive sites. With Foundation, product design company …
Ren Ng Steps Down As Lytro CEO, Will Take Over As Executive Chairman; Charles Chi Named Interim CEO
Lytro Founder Ren Ng has announced that he’s stepping down as CEO and will be transitioning into the company’s Executive Chairman effective immediately. Charles Chi, the current Executive Chairman, has been named interim CEO unt…
Grou.ps Launches LoveBucks, A New Subscription-Based Monetization Platform For Online Publishers
Making money in the online content business isn’t always easy, especially for publishers and blogger who don’t have huge audiences. Besides advertising, there aren’t too many options for online publishers and even though it lo…
Grou.ps Launches LoveBucks, A New Subscription-Based Monetization Platform For Online Publishers
Making money in the online content business isn’t always easy, especially for publishers and blogger who don’t have huge audiences. Besides advertising, there aren’t too many options for online publishers and even though it lo…
Zinio shares digital magazine usage data ahead of rumored sale (infographic)
It’s no secret that digital magazines are gaining a foothold among consumers, but unlike the traditional print editions there are many ways people can consume them.However, thanks to some new consumer data released today digital…
Zinio shares digital magazine usage data ahead of rumored sale (infographic)
It’s no secret that digital magazines are gaining a foothold among consumers, but unlike the traditional print editions there are many ways people can consume them.However, thanks to some new consumer data released today digital…
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.This week, Sega shut down several studios world-wide, Zyn…