Larry Magid: Obama's Order May End Spectrum Crunch For Cellphone Users
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Friday that frees up wireless spectrum that the government is not using for private sector use.
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President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Friday that frees up wireless spectrum that the government is not using for private sector use.
The security solutions provider is cutting roughly 8 percent of its global work force in two phases, with about 1,000 positions going first, this month, and another 700 people receiving pink slips in July, AllThingsD reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources.
Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said at a news conference Friday that they are sponsoring a pair of technology summits over the next year.
Three brothers from Fremont have been charged with operating an illegal website that showed bootleg versions of popular TV shows and movies.
Apple unveiled a new MacBook Air at its World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier this week. Our tech analyst has tried it out and loves the long-lasting battery.
Law enforcement officials nationwide, including San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen.
A top Apple Inc. executive described as Steve Jobs' right-hand man took the witness stand at a Manhattan price-fixing trial and denied scheming with major book publishers to drive up the cost of electronic books.
Tradition is meeting innovation at the San Mateo County Fair this year as it evolves with the times and has added a tech and digital arts section.
In what is believed to be a baseball first when it comes to ceremonial first pitches, 13-year-old Nick LeGrande made the toss before the Yankees-Athletics game on Wednesday night from his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, by using a telerobotic pitching machine.
Google said Wednesday that it has discovered and stopped a series of attempts to hack the accounts of tens of thousands of Iranian users in what the company believes is an attempt to influence the country's upcoming election.
Comcast Corp., which provides service to many Bay Area homes and is the nation's largest cable TV provider, is rolling out a new TV platform that does away with the hard drive and saves your TV shows online.
"It's basically a universal way of saying, 'this is a topic'," observed KCBS technology analyst Larry Magid. "I think it's a good way of expanding beyond friends talking with friends. It's now public conversation. I think Facebook realizes that they have to go through somewhat of a transformation."
Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. are jumping after CEO Meg Whitman reiterated that revenue could grow next fiscal year.
Crisis planning in San Francisco took a new step on Tuesday with the announcement of a partnership between city government and the growing "sharing economy".
Google has purchased online mapping service Waze for in a deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while gaining technology that could improve the accuracy and usefulness of its own popular navigation system.
