AOL CEO looking at quality content for better company future
It’s no big secret that AOL isn’t doing as well as it once did. Once it was the Internet to many people, now some people still keep their AOL email, but the company is struggling. A new CEO, former Google sales executive Tim Armstrong was brought in to help turn… Continue Reading »
Apple replacing Google Maps on iPhone? Wow, how mad are they?
Apple quietly acquired Placebase, a mapping company that allows users to overlay maps with personal data. With the recent fallout between Apple and Google, we’ve got to wonder if Apple is looking to depend less on Google for its mapping, one of the stock apps on the iPhone and iPod… Continue Reading »
New software analyzes whether you are a good employee
New software that is being released through the company Cataphora can analyze whether an employee is a productive worker or not. The way that the software will work is that it analyzes electronic footprints left behind by each employee. This includes monitoring emails sent, calls made, and documents worked on. … Continue Reading »
HP’s laptop for business: the HP ProBook 5310m
HP is calling its newest business machine the “world’s thinnest full-performance notebook.” Why do they use that tag line? It’s the thinnest standard-voltage notebook measured at its thickest point. The ProBook 5310m has an Intel Core 2 Duo SP9300 (2.26 GHz) processor. If you choose, you can get an Intel… Continue Reading »
UPDATED: The Skype is falling? Google runs away from sale, again
*UPDATED BELOW When word broke that eBay was considering selling Skype, Google was the first company to come to mind for many. Google Voice would be a great fit with the VoIP enabled Skype and hopes became high for a nifty solution and good home for the unit, but Google… Continue Reading »
T-Mobile reports slow quarter, fewer new customers
T-Mobile, arguably either the third or fourth place US carrier, looks to be in a bit of trouble at the moment. While AT&T adds more subscribers with each new iPhone, Sprint with the Palm Pre, and Verizon for its network, T-Mobile doesn’t look to be doing quite as well as… Continue Reading »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt leaves Apple’s Board of Directors
In a completely unexpected move, today (August 3, 2009), Google CEO Eric Schmidt has decided to leave the Apple Board of Directors he’s been a part of since April 2009. While Google and Apple have seemed to look at the technology world from almost to completely different viewpoints, it seemed… Continue Reading »
Microsoft records first ever fiscal year sales decline
For the first time in Microsoft’s history, the software company has reported a year-over-year decline in its sales for fiscal year 2009 (FY2009). Sales fell by 3.2% from 2008, which translates to a $1.98 billion difference. Net profits for FY2009 dropped 17% or $3.11 billion. Microsoft is pointing to the… Continue Reading »
T-Mobile phones to hit Radio Shack brick and mortar stores
In the coming months, you will be able to find T-Mobile phones in Radio Shack. Radio Shack has already stocked Alltell, AT&T, Nextel, and Sprint phones. That only leaves Verizon out as the last major player not to be at Radio Shack. Both T-Mobile and Radio Shack are promoting this… Continue Reading »
Yahoo and Microsoft reportedly close to making online search deal
Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly in the final stages of ironing out a deal that will involve the two companies partnering up to provide online searches and web advertisements. The details of the potential deal are sketchy, but it seems as though Microsoft would pay Yahoo billions of dollars to… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.


