30 5 / 2012

Facebook stock drop fallout: Zuckerberg off top 40 richest list | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KbmtoS on May 29, 2012 at 11:30PM

Well, that didn’t take long.

30 5 / 2012

Google’s self-driving car faces competition from Europe | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/JTWThZ on May 30, 2012 at 12:15AM

Google isn’t the only one with a self-driving car up its sleeve.

29 5 / 2012

Menlo Park set to approve Facebook campus expansion plan | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KtbyoM on May 29, 2012 at 07:20PM

The city council in Menlo Park, Calif., is set to approve a deal that will let Facebook employ thousands more people at its headquarters there.

29 5 / 2012

Apple iTV: iPhone-maker feeds the high-definition hype | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/LE6mhT on May 29, 2012 at 06:13PM

Apple Inc. is so secretive about its unreleased phones, tablets, computers and — potentially — TVs, that you could almost say that the phrase “notoriously secretive” has become an unofficial Apple slogan.

29 5 / 2012

BlackBerry maker RIM hires outside firms to review its business | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KFuZJQ on May 29, 2012 at 06:00PM

Research in Motion, the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has hired two investment firms to help review its business and finances, and warned that it expected an operating loss for its current quarter.

29 5 / 2012

Google announces new Chromebook, Chromebox computers | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KFuXl1 on May 29, 2012 at 04:58PM

Google has announced the latest versions of its buck-the-trend Chromebook line of computers.

29 5 / 2012

Historic Apple items go on auction | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/LE6mhO on May 29, 2012 at 04:26PM

Apple products are always in demand, but right now three items from its past are particularly hot.

29 5 / 2012

Photos of alleged new iPhone surface, along with new 3-D maps app | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KTUDqJ on May 29, 2012 at 01:43PM

Purported images of the sixth-generation iPhone have leaked onto the Web and show a slightly redesigned phone with numerous small changes.

29 5 / 2012

Apple confirms WWDC keynote address for June 11 | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KrkQ4N on May 29, 2012 at 01:10PM

Apple has confirmed the keynote speech for its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference will take place on June 11 at 10 a.m. PDT.

29 5 / 2012

GameStop welcomes app gaming, begins selling Android tablets | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KTUG5Z on May 29, 2012 at 12:31PM

In a reflection of the changing gaming landscape, retail video game store GameStop has begun selling Android tablets at 1,600 of its locations.

29 5 / 2012

Facebook eyes Face.com for acquisition | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KTUFPA on May 29, 2012 at 09:49AM

Facebook might be interested in emphasizing the “face” portion of its name in its next acquisition.

29 5 / 2012

Facebook’s Saverin: ‘No hard feelings’ toward Mark Zuckerberg | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/KrkSJT on May 29, 2012 at 11:01AM

Facebook’s foreign co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, finally addressed publicly the rift between himself and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, saying there were “no hard feelings” between the two.

28 5 / 2012

A Facebook smartphone in 2013? | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/JpSMuo on May 28, 2012 at 02:42PM

Can a Facebook smartphone solve Facebook’s mobile problem?

26 5 / 2012

Groupon tests new service, enters mobile payment battlefield | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/JEQgGC on May 26, 2012 at 05:24PM

Groupon has begun testing a mobile credit card reader, encroaching on a domain innovated by Square that PayPal has also recently entered.

26 5 / 2012

Insta-growth: Facebook purchase, Android app up Instagram uniques | LA Times

Reposted from http://lat.ms/Kb9u4R on May 26, 2012 at 03:38PM

A month after two of its two most important moments — its jump to Android and its acquisition by Facebook — Instagram has already reaped some of the rewards, seeing its number of unique visitors grow by 78%.