Android continues to rule the roost in the smartphone segment, in terms of sheer numbers at least, but Apple’s iPhone 4S launch bucked the overall trend in Q4 2011 with huge demand almost outweighing new Android sales. The figures, collected by Nielsen, suggest over 46-percent of US smartphone owners used an Android device in the final quarter of 2011, compared ...

The chief executive of Verizon Communications has canceled his appearance for a keynote panel at the 2012 Consumer Electronics show, the telecom company said on Tuesday. Verizon said that a schedule change is preventing CEO Lowell McAdam from attending the high-profile technology conference in Las Vegas. Verizon Wireless spokesman Peter Thonis did not give any ...

Inside Secure has signed an agreement with Intel to provide the company with Inside’s NFC products and technologies. Intel will have access to Inside’s software, firmware and core hardware technology for development of future Intel products. Additionally, Inside will provide Intel’s Mobile Wireless Group w­ith access to NFC services based on its MicroRead, SecuRead and ...

Yes, the Facebook phone is apparently real, and its name is Buffy but is a Facebook phone really wanted? According to the guys over at AllThingsD, not that many are interested in having a Facebook phone, according to a recent survey of their readers.  The survey took in some 1500 readers’ opinion and asked the ...

Black Friday gets all of the attention for kicking off a holiday season-long shopping spree, but analysts say this year’s Cyber Monday activity will likely break records. A shop.org survey reveals nearly 76 million Americans plan to take a break from work Monday to do some online shopping. Last year, Cyber Monday generated a record ...

Investor Warren Buffett says his company bought about $10.7 billion of IBM stock this year, giving him a stake of more than 5 percent stake in the technology company. Buffett revealed the new investment during an interview on CNBC Monday. Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will file a full quarterly update on its U.S.stock portfolio ...

Lot18, a New York-based, invitation-only site that started off selling wine online just a year ago, has raised $30 million in a third round of capital. The most recent round was led by Accel Partners. Existing investors New Enterprise Associates and FirstMark Capital also participated. “That’s pretty huge for us,” Lot18′s founder Philip James said ...

Cloudera, a leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, is gearing up for its third annual Hadoop World conference. The sold out event brings together some of the most influential voices in data management and business intelligence along with more than 1400 attendees, and the two-day event is the largest gathering of ...

Mobile gaming firm Rovio said on Wednesday that its hit game Angry Birds had reached a record 500 million downloads in less than two years since its launch. Unlike most mobile-game crazes, Angry Birds – in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds’ eggs – has stayed at the top ...

One of the most popular ways for publishers to monetize their content — aside from basic banner and AdSense ads — is through affiliate programs.  These are often transparent to users: you’ll click a link to an online store, and if you buy something, the publisher gets a percentage of the purchase price (each program ...