With Aviate, Yahoo wants your home screen
Why the fuss? Try $16 billion of value per square inch of home screen space.
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Beat’s So Lonely: Beats Music on Android
Hands-on the Android version of Beats Music, the new $9.99 streaming music service by Dre. Can it dethrone Spotify and Google All Access?
For Microsoft it’s Vista Deja Vu all over again
Perception is everything. Once consumers get a bad taste in their mouths about a particular brand then the task to restore trust and confidence is…
Google’s Android on top with developers (But not by much…)
Apple still pulls in more revenue daily from apps (5x more than Android), but mindshare appears to be shifting. In 2014 will Android pull even…
Moto G: Unlocked Android Experience for only $179 (Google takes off the gloves)
While the Nexus 5 was already a bargain at $349 (16GB unlocked), the Moto G at $179 (8GB unlocked) is a screaming, ridiculous, mind-blowing smartphone…
It’s Umoove
The game itself is forgettable. As a demo for what's possible with mobile motion control, however, Umoove should easily elicit wowza type reactions.
Now that Google controls our mobile lives, could our homes be next?
Coming in at $3.2 billion, the News Labs mega-acquisition would be Google's second largest, slotting in between Motorola ($12.5 billion in 2011... ouch) and Doubleclick…
Yahoo Gets it Right with News Digest App (Review)
Marissa Meyer demonstrates she knows mobile. It might be a small step, but the News Digest app helps keep the Yahoo brand on our mobile…
Pebble Steel smartwatch kicks off 2014 wearable computing race
The wearable computing market is expected to be $1.5 billion in 2014. With its new $249 smartwatch, Palo Alto-based Pebble leapfrogs the competition.
Former WSJ Team Launches Re/code Tech Blog – Will it succeed?
Re/code will be an interesting story to follow in 2014. While consolidation has been the order of the day for the past few years when…