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TwitPic founder Noah Everett launches a Twitter competitor, called Heello, just a day after Twitter's self-hosted picture service officially launches.

Survey by TeleNav, Inc. reveals that iPhone users are more attached to their phones than other smartphone users.

Former CEO and current Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt has some harsh words for competitors who have been suing the company: you're not innovative, you just sue because of our successes. Speaking at the Mobile...

At three weeks old and 10 million users, Google's social network has already accomplished more than its previous attempts. In fact, just today the company's Google+ iOS application was released. And though the project is...

After rumors, wishful thinking, and months of speculation, it is finally official: Spotify will be launching the United States some time soon. The company has put up a landing page on its official website that...

A new report suggests that Apple is gearing up to launch an update to its MacBook Air line to include Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt. An update in the summer would not be out of the...

A new bill proposed Tuesday calls for a major overhaul to a digital privacy law that is now 25 years old. It would allow for more restricted access by requiring government officials receive a probable...

Barnes & Noble, today, sent out invitations to several media outlets to an event taking place next Tuesday, May 24th. The event will be held at the same New York City Barnes & Noble store...

McDonald's recently added 64,000 people to its payroll in the United States, but job prospects in Europe for those so inclined to work in the fast food industry are looking pretty grim right about now....

Google's blogging and online publishing service, Blogger, has been suffering from something that is all too familiar to one of its main rivals, Tumblr: the service has been down since around half past noon PDT...

People who happened to download The Expendables​ via BitTorrent may want to check their mail: they could be one of the 23,000 people, and counting, the US Copyright Group (USCG) plans on suing as...

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today that it will acquire Flisxter, the popular website and application for movies and film discovery. The deal also includes Rotten Tomatoes, which specializes in movie ratings and reviews....

A Twitter user currently residing in Abbottabad, Pakistan detailed the circumstances of the United States' raid and capture of Osama bin Laden yesterday as the actions were transpiring. Sohaib Athar is, as it says on...

It's been a year since Twitter made its first move into having official applications across many platforms for its service. It first acquired Atebits, a company which created the widely popular Tweetie app for iPhone...

Apple's line of hardware have been going under a pretty steady refresh rate in the past couple of months or so. First came an updated line of MacBook Pros; then came the successor to the...

The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) proposed a plan at an event earlier today to create a secure Internet identification system. The plan hopes to eliminate the current status quo—currently multiple passwords and usernames,...

Microsoft has been plagued by update woes with its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. Users have complained that the update they've been waiting for, codenamed NoDo, has been delayed, fragmented, and being able...

Phoenix, Pennsylvania resident Garen Meguerian has filed a class-action lawsuit with the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California against Apple this week on behalf of himself and other parents and/or guardians he...

The white iPhone 4 has been much-reported about, but I bet you've never heard this before: a date for its release. The quite evasive white iPhone 4 will finally make its grand debut by the...

News staff and editors may be leaving other AOL-owned websites, namely the much-reported-about Engadget resignations, but some websites aren't seeing their staff quit—they're essentially all being let go. DownloadSquad and Switched have announced today that...

The long, infamous litigation between Facebook and the Winklevoss twins seems to have screeched to a halt, if a federal appeals court judge has anything to say about it. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with fellow...

Original content is all the rage these days. Recently, Netflix announced it had bought exclusive rights to a David Fincher and Kevin Spacey produced television series, then later stated it had also acquired the rights...

Homeland Security is looking to revamp its current terror alerts system. For one, it plans to change the amount of warning levels to just two (elevated and imminent) and to use discretion when publicizing that...

Twitter has been experiencing ongoing problems with displaying home timelines today and has continuously been disabling features. At first, the company decided to revert back to its old design; then, just a few minutes later,...

Comcast, DirecTV, and Vudu have inked a deal with four major Hollywood studios to offer a premium video-on-demand service that would allow customers to stream titles 60 days after theatrical release. DirecTV will be the...

If you thought English dictionaries adding "D'oh!" — the ever-so-famous catchphrase from pop culture icon Homer Simpson — and "unfriend" in the past was a big deal, or even humorous, you may find yourself LOLing...

A United States appeals court has revived and reinstated a lawsuit against a government policy that allows for the surveillance of civilians' telephone calls and emails. The controversial law, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

After word that AT&T had entered into a definitive agreement to buy T-Mobile USA, the company stated today that all T-Mobile customers that are using 3G phones will need to replace their handsets if the...

AT&T has entered in a definitive cash-and-stock agreement with Deutsche Telekom to acquire T-Mobile USA that will make AT&T the largest wireless provider in the United States. The company announced today that the board of...

Anonymity on the Internet has been the topic of great debates since its inception, but more so in recent years. Just last week, Neowin reported that 4chan founder, Chris Poole, said that Facebook and Mark...

If you decided to donate money to George Hotz (GeoHot) and went through with it in the last couple of years, you may want to take note. A judge has granted Sony the right to...

Rental streaming juggernaut Netflix has finally begun to enter the world of original programming after several years since it began its video on demand service, dubbed "Watch Instantly." Recently, Neowin reported Hollywood was beginning to...

During a keynote speech today at SXSW, 4chan founder Chris Poole (or "moot" as he's known online) addressed two things: for one, he spoke about his currently upcoming new venture, Canvas; and secondly, he called...

Engadget, an arguable leader in the technology blogosphere, has been suffering from resignations quite rapidly in the last three weeks. Paul Miller, an editor for Engadget, was the first one to hand in his letter...

What some will do to be the first person to buy an Apple product is nothing short of amazing. Back in summer of 2010, it was rumored that spots in iPhone 4 lines were going...

A 38 year old hospital administrator from Urmston, Greater Manchester has made legal history as the first man ever in Britain to be jailed for stalking someone by blogging. In fact, the man, Stephen Andreassen,...

Netflix has been more successful than ever in the past year. It's available on perhaps every single medium, from Blu-Ray players to gaming consoles, like Xbox 360 and PS3, to standalone set-top boxes, like Roku...

It seems like everyone is getting a little slice of Angry Birds these days, and that doesn't exclude search engines. Bing has partnered with Angry Birds to hopefully gain some attention from the millions of...

This might just be news to get all atwitter about. The wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds, which has over 75 million downloads and counting, is taking flight and landing on Facebook pretty soon. With...