Cynthia Harvey

Google has enhanced the voice search capabilities on its free iOS app, making them more like Apple’s Siri. The technology relies on Google’s Knowledge Graph technology to provide immediate answers to some types of questions. TUAW’s Mike Wehner reported, “Not content to let Siri be the only big name in voice-assisted search on iOS, the […]

In addition to flooding data centers and taking some websites offline, Hurricane Sandy has also knocked out communications on the East Coast. Mobile communications are particularly hard hit as many cell towers experienced storm damage. TechCrunch’s Jordan Crook reported, “According to the FCC, 25 percent of cell towers in ten states were disrupted or damaged […]

Usually, Google and Asus, which manufactures Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, don’t reveal sales figures. However, Asus CFO David Chang recently spilled the beans. The Wall Street Journal’s Eva Dou quoted Chang as saying, “At the beginning, it was, for instance, 500K units a month, then maybe 600, 700K. This latest month, it was close to […]

An operating system technology company called SurfCast has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft. SurfCast claims the “Live Tiles” in Microsoft’s operating systems infringe on one of its patents. CNET’s Shara Tibken reported, “SurfCast, in a complaint filed yesterday in a U.S. District Court in Maine, said Microsoft infringes one of its four patents — No. […]

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced plans to build server CPUs based on ARM designs. The low-power processors will become available for purchase within two years. PCWorld’s James Niccolai reported, “Advanced Micro Devices has announced it will sell ARM-based server processors in 2014, ending its exclusive commitment to the x86 architecture and adding […]

Superstorm Sandy has left millions of people and businesses on the East Coast without power, including some data centers in New York that host popular websites. Gawker, Buzzfeed, and the Huffington Post all experienced downtime as a result. Tuesday morning, SlashGear’s Craig Lloyd reported, “The Gawker Media network consists of eight websites, such as Gizmodo, […]

Microsoft followed up last week’s launch of Windows 8 with a Monday launch of Windows Phone 8. The updated mobile operating system has new features for both business users and consumers. Bonnie Cha from All Things D wrote, “Windows Phone 8 wants to get all up in your business, but in a good way. Today, […]

On Monday, Apple announced some major changes to the upper echelons of its executive ranks. Scott Forstall, who led iOS efforts, and John Browett, who led the Apple’s retail division, will leave the company. Hardware design guru Jony Ive will now head up interface design, and Eddie Cue will tackle maps and Siri. The Wall […]

For two years, Paul Ceglia has doggedly pursued claims that he is entitled to half ownership of Facebook based on a contract he had with Mark Zuckerberg when the Facebook CEO was a Harvard student. Ceglia’s legal campaign has now ended spectacularly–he has been arrested and faces fraud charges. Kashmir Hill from Forbes reported, “Federal […]

Apple has apparently sold out of the iPad Mini stock that it had allocated for pre-orders. According to the Apple website, it will now take at least two weeks before any orders for the devices are shipped. The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet reported, “Apple finally sold through all of its iPad mini preorder inventory Monday […]