You don’t need to live in or visit New York City to grasp the beauty of the Big Apple. Just watch this stunning time-lapse video that squeezes many of the city’s gems into four minutes.You’ll zip from landmark to landmark and see th…
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Apple wins dismissal of HTC patents borrowed from Google
The U.S. International Trade Commission has granted an Apple motion to dismiss five patents HTC received from Google last year.Administrative Judge Thomas Pender ruled Friday that the Taiwan handset maker can’t use the patents, wh…
State Department offers Amazon up to $16.5M to hand out Kindles
The U.S. State Department looks to partner with Amazon to ship Kindle Touches overseas.(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)The only e-reader fit enough to meet the U.S. State Department’s needs is the Kindle Touch. The iPad and Nook simply wo…
The Best Free eBook From iTunes [COMIC]
Sometimes the funniest tweets lend themselves to illustration — a 140-character comic, if you will. That’s where Twaggies comes in.Twaggies illustrators work ‘round the clock to turn would-be captions into hilarious comic…
Apple Reveals Its Inner Do-Gooder During WWDC Keynote [VIDEO]
In the opening video to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote presentation, the company highlighted how iOS apps are being used to make a difference across the world.Though late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was notorious …
U.S. State Department chooses Amazon’s Kindle over Apple’s iPad
Apple’s iPad may get the headlines and the market share, but Amazon’s Kindle looks like a better choice to at least one federal agency. Today Amazon agreed to a no-bid, $16.5 million contract with the U.S. State Department to p…
Make a DIY Wi-Fi Antenna From a Coffee Can [VIDEO]
Free Wi-Fi and coffee are a perfect pair for productivity. But if you can’t find a seat in the coffee house, make your own Wi-Fi antenna from an empty coffee can (and a little bit of electrical know-how).Keep in mind that this won…
Apple Developers: We Love the Retina MacBook, But Want More From Siri
Apple kicked off its Worldwide Developers Conference with a bang, showing off powerful new features in the iOS and OS X platforms as well as a MacBook Pro with a retina display. Mashable spoke with several developers immediat…
Google reaches agreement with French authors
(Credit: Google)Google and a French authors group have reached an agreement, which means the country will be able to start selling electronic books, the New York Times reported today.The agreement between Google and the Society of…
Apple draws up battle strategy against Google at WWDC
Apple Senior Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall at the company’s annual developers conference today.(Credit: James Martin/CNET)SAN FRANCISCO — They are classic “frienemies,” collaborating when the interest is mutual an…
Apple announces 2012 Design Award winners
(Credit: Apple)What were the prettiest, or otherwise design-centric apps made on Apple’s platforms this year?The results are in.Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference continues through the rest of this week, though the annual App…
New MacBooks, accessories debut at WWDC
MacBook Pro with Retina Display: Hands-onApple’s kickoff press conference for its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference is now history. While the show is arguably a show aimed at the company’s army of iOS and Mac software developer…
Reddit Co-Founder: ‘You Are the Hero the Internet Needs’
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, believes that every web user has the potential to be a guardian of the Internet — a “Batman or Batwoman,” as he put it.”You don’t need to be a billionaire with anger management issues to…
Apple taps TomTom for new iOS Maps app data
Leaked screenshots of Apple’s new Maps app running on TomTom data.(Credit: Engadget)Apple unveiled its new Maps app for iOS today at the World Wide Developers Conference, but it didn’t reveal its new source of data since booting G…
RIAA CEO Cary Sherman walks into tech ‘lions den’
NEW YORK–No one hooted or jeered when Cary Sherman took the stage today at the Personal Democracy Forum 2012 (PDF).That’s worth noting because Sherman is CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade group …