Coinbase Merchant serves as point-of-sale app for Android devices

Coinbase has released Coinbase Merchant, a point-of-sale app for accepting payments in Bitcoin. The app functions like a traditional POS app (like Square, for example) except it works for the … Continue reading

Sony decides to hold onto battery unit

Sony is a company that has several different units under the corporate umbrella. One of those business units is the company’s battery unit. Sony had been preparing to sell of … Continue reading

France to extend “culture tax” to Google as Italy delays “Google tax”

France is preparing to extend its “culture tax” to Facebook, YouTube, DailyMotion and other Internet giants. The culture tax is currently levied on French cinemas, TV broadcasters, Internet service providers … Continue reading

‘Author Rank’ Separating Small Business Bloggers vs Small Business Ghost Writers

While the blogosphere spawned thousands upon thousands of writers who in
many instances lacked the opportunity to write for legacy publishers,
ironically the major criticism levied against them came from those
traditionalists. Traditionalists who critiqued bloggers as less worthy
of acclaim because they were not vetted by the established press.
Traditionalists, the likes of noted playwright Aaron Sorkin who agreed
with Sarah Palin when their combined condescension labeled them, "pajama people."

Chromebooks see incredibly kind 2013

Chromebook sales have made a stratospheric climb in 2013. Last year, U.S. sales for notebooks running the Chrome OS made up just 0.2% of the computer and tablet market. This … Continue reading

Target: never mind, they’ve got the PINs

It would appear that the debacle Target is facing this holiday season is turning over as we speak. Though they’d previously suggested that findings showed no PIN data to have … Continue reading

Rockstar consortium reportedly in talks to sell portion of Nortel patents

Following the long Nortel Networks patents saga from yester-year, Rockstar Consortium, which outbid other big players to grab the portfolio, sued Google, Samsung and others over alleged infringements. That hasn’t … Continue reading

Twitter stock breaks records over 3 days due to mobile ad prospects

Twitter’s stock price rose to record levels three times in as many days. It closed today at $69.96, rising 8.4% over yesterday. In turn, the price closed 7.5% higher yesterday … Continue reading

Disney adds Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey to board of directors

There’s nothing quite like adding a major hand in the current technology scene to your board of directors – and this week, Disney’s done just that. Jack Dorsey, cofounder of … Continue reading

Tribune acquires Gracenote from Sony for one big smart media data stream

Two major sources for technology that organizes and mades sense of your media have, this week, combined into a single entity. What’s happening here is a transaction between Tribune Company … Continue reading