New research from Chetan Sharma Consulting shows that U.S. mobile operators experienced their first-ever decline in overall overall text messaging traffic and revenues, with third quarter data revenues of $19.9 billion. SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole attributes this initial decrease to an increase in messaging taking place with data plans, shifting away from the SMS ...

Skype’s privacy credentials have been under close scrutiny since July when the chat service refused to comment on whether it could eavesdrop on conversations. Now Skype is facing another privacy-related backlash—after allegedly handing over user data to a private security firm without a warrant. Could this mounting distrust lead to Skype’s downfall? SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John ...

Apple is already working on its next iPhone and is Blackberry finally trying to resurrect themselves? According to DigiTimes, Apple is expected to start “trial” production of its next iPhone, the iPhone 5S, in December. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto said historically speaking, the revisions and updates for the iPhone 5s will probably be mild. ...

Obama’s tech agenda is back in the spotlight. How will it be revitalized in his second term? Politico’s Tony Romm today asserted that President Obama’s second term is a mandate for what he called “Tech 2.0,” or a doubling down on the previous four years’ tech policy. SiliconANGLE Founding Editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins believes that ...

Priceline is acquiring the travel research site Kayak for $1.8 billion. Kayak has only been around since 2004. SiliconANGLE Founder John Furrier credits Kayak as being a start-up that has weathered the storm. He said, “What they really demonstrated was entrepreneurial greatness around staying alive, focusing on the product, hiring great engineering, and delivering great ...

DDN has joined the ranks of companies releasing new hardware this week. Today they announced the SFA7700 hybrid flash array. David Floyer, CTO and Co-Founder of Wikibon, described a model hybrid array as being one where the flash is the primary recipient of the data itself; it goes through the flash module first and then ...

Yesterday Hitachi announced “Hitachi accelerated flash storage” as an extension to its VSP storage array. The Hitachi flash module discussed on NewsDesk yesterday is an SSD they can sell to other vendors. Three months ago, Hitachi revealed its flash strategy saying that like EMC, it will put NAND flash products in servers, storage and appliances ...

Could your next iPhone have a “Made in the U.S.A.” label on it?  The Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn is exploring plans to build plants in the U.S., with possible locations in Los Angeles or Detroit. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto explained, “They’re conducting evaluations right now, so it’s pretty early stages at this point.” Given ...

Although Netflix posted good revenue numbers in its third quarter, they were disappointed by its subscriber numbers. Even with the lower than hoped for subscriber numbers, reports show that Netflix is way ahead of its competitors in the streaming video game, beating out YouTube, BitTorrent and iTunes. Amazon and Hulu barely made it on the ...

Obama was not the only winner on Election Night. Twitter was celebrating with more than thirty-one million election-related tweets on Tuesday night, making Election Night “the most tweeted about event in U.S. political history,” said Twitter spokeswoman Rachael Horwitz. According to SiliconANGLE News Desk Editor Kristen Nicole, the real-time capabilities of Twitter is what makes ...