ARM hopes to ‘conquer the mobile PC market’

Mobile chip specialists ARM hope to make significant moves into the mobile PC market over the next five years, with the company’s president hoping for 50 per cent of the market by 2015.

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With 2 Million Downloads Under Its Belt, Appsfire Raises $3.6 Million Series A

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Rosebud

Im a creature of habit, of habits I create to push myself forward. When Twitter appeared, I knew it was a habit that would grab a hold of not just my generation but many others. In fact, it grabbed a hold of the notion of generations and twisted it into something special: a generation of the now.

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Twitter hands over users’ info in libel case

Twitter has bowed to legal pressure and given-up the details of five of its users, as part of a landmark libel case.

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Infinity Ventures Summit In Sapporo: Demos From 14 Japanese Startups


Earlier this week, I took part in Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS) Spring 2011 in Sapporo [this and many of the following links are in Japanese], a two-day, invitation-only event that takes place twice a year in Japan. IVS attracted over 400 people from the domestic and international web industry this time and is organized by VC firm Infinity Venture Partners (which just raised US$41 million for their IVP Fund II).

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Buying Guide: 5 best replacement iPhone and iPod earphones

Apple called the iPhone “the best iPod we’ve ever made” when it was launched, and while you’ll hear no argument from us, it’s nevertheless ironic that the company that has so completely reinvented the music industry ships headphones with its iPods, iPhones and iPads that are mediocre at best.

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What Makes A Startup Successful? Blackbox Report Aims To Map The Startup Genome

Generally speaking, the odds are stacked heavily against the average startup. The rate of failure among entrepreneurs and startups is startlingly high — it comes with the territory. Otherwise, entrepreneurs wouldn’t be pirates.

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Review Roundup: This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar

This week, we’ve been pouring over one of the latest Honeycomb tablets to hit UK shores - the Acer Iconia Tab A500.

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DryerBro iPhone App Notifies You When Your Laundry’s Done


The folks that brought you It’sthisforthat have created another way to make your life just a little bit easier and funnier. MeetDryerBro, an app that uses an accelerometer to let you know when your laundry’s done.

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Billboard: Lady Gaga Album First Week Sales to Top 1.15 Million

Los Angeles – Fueled by a 99-cent full album download promotion by Amazon.com, first-week sales of Lady Gaga’s new album “Born This Way” are expected to top 1.15 million units, according to Billboard’s projections. After technical glitches delayed downloads of the album from Read More

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