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Skype filed a registration for Initial Public Offering (IPO) today, filing a form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The number of shares and price range are yet to be determined, but Skype is looking to raise $100 million in the IPO according to the paperwork. According to their press release:
Goldman, Sachs [...]

We have already talked about the iPhone potentially coming to Verizon, but it looks like these rumors are getting some teeth. Bloomberg reported the Apple phone would be launched on Verizon’s network next year. Now, we have more concrete evidence that this may be the case. According to TechCrunch, Apple has shown their hand by [...]

Google Denies Net Neutrality Deal
About 2 days ago, the NYT broke a story about Google and Verizon making a back-room deal which would have a serious effect on the network neutrality debate. It was reported that Google, who had come out in favor of the FCC’s direction regarding net neutrality, would turn a blind eye [...]

Alternet reports that a group of influential Digg users have been caught using their powers for evil. The group consists primarily of conservatives and their goal has been to bury any stories they consider “too liberal” to promote their own conservative ideals. The group has been active for more than a year, operating multiple accounts, [...]

Google has agreed to buy Slide for $182 million in a deal that will be announced Friday. According to TechCrunch, this is only one piece of the puzzle in Google making moves to create a “serious social gaming and apps strategy to counter Facebook.”
Slide is one of the pioneers of social gaming on sites like Facebook [...]

The NYT article regarding conversations between Google and Verizon is mistaken. It fundamentally misunderstands our purpose. As we said in our earlier FCC filing, our goal is an Internet policy framework that ensures openness and accountability, andincorporates specific FCC authority, while maintaining investment and innovation. To suggest this is a business arrangement between our companies is entirely incorrect. Google and Verizon, two of [...]

Google Wave was definitely a crowd pleaser at its launch last year. The hype was absolutely ridiculous. Speculation about whether it was going to kill email, Facebook, Twitter, or cure cancer abounded. Invites were a hot commodity as Wave remained private and you were the man if you had any. Now, according to the Official [...]

Vonage has just lowered the barrier to free VOiP calls from your mobile device. By simply downloading an app to your Android or iOS device (which includes iPhone and iPod Touch with iPad support on the way), you can have a voice conversation with any of your Facebook friends, worldwide.
The Vonage Mobile application for Facebook [...]

Taking a page from Apple’s playbook, Research In Motion held a media event to promote their new Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone, which will run on AT&T’s network. The phone features: Multi-touch screen (480×360)
Slide-out keyboard
5 megapixel camera
8GB internal memory
4GB Flash
4GB MicroSD
Optical trackpad The Torch will be coming to you via AT&T, Best Buy, Walmart, and RadioShack on August [...]

According to a recent Neilsen study, Android sales are rising past the iPhone; 27 percent of U.S. smartphone sales are attributed to Google’s Android, with 23 percent going to Apple’s iPhone. While these numbers show only U.S. sales, Canalys estimates that Android smart phone sales grew 886 percent worldwide during the second quarter of this [...]

New York Times Co. said in a statement today that they will offer a method to help other publishers deliver content to digital platforms such as Apple’s iPad and iPhone devices. Individual publishers and media that take advantage of the technology will continue to control and own their advertising and subscriptions while New York Times [...]

The mobile market is constantly exploding. Advances in mobile device technology, and high-speed data connectivity (4G, WiMAX, etc.) are taking your cell phone well beyond a simple device for making calls and texting. This also means that mobile devices are encroaching on other areas. For instance, do you need a fancy GPS device in your [...]

The Slate Group, owned by The Washington Post, is shutting down The Big Money. Launched two years ago and sponsored by American Express and Infiniti, this spin-off was supposed to be a business media site that leveraged Slate’s existing brand and the financial crisis. According to Slate Group editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg and publisher John Alderman, [...]

According to Wired, a Twitter account by the name of @samsungukmobile has reached out to frustrated iPhone 4 owners. Samsung is apparently handing out free Galaxy S smartphones to people who have tweeted about their mishaps with the iPhone. They simply ask for your contact details and set you up for the Galaxy S handset [...]

New technology developed by Ford and Nuance bring MyFord Touch driver connect technology to Ford vehicles. It is now easier to control your vehicle using only your voice. They have increased the number of first-level commands from 100 to 10,000. This makes it easier to control your vehicle using fewer steps and more natural language.
Nuance [...]