In its Q3 2013 earnings, AT&T announced that smartphones have continued to take over its postpaid network in a major way. Three quarters of its postpaid customers are now using smartphones — up from just 66 percent this quarter last year — and the company expects that this number will...
Smartphone domination
Apple just briefly touched on the retail performance of the new iPhone 5S and 5C during its iPad event yesterday, and what little data it offered was old: the company once again touted the 9 million units sold during the first weekend before moving on to App Store stats and, shortly thereafter,...
Today Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced the Innovation Act of 2013, legislation with broad bipartisan support that experts say could solve many of the problems with frivolous patent lawsuits.
The proposed law would require the loser in a patent lawsuit to pay the winner's legal fees, stop the plaintiff from demanding documents from the defendant until the court has interpreted...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally proposed new rules for equity-based crowdfunding, a way of raising money that is similar to Kickstarter but allows companies to offer stock instead of T-shirts and backstage passes.
The proposed rules are still months away from being approved. However, the SEC's recommendations were modest and unsurprising, which should settle industry fears that the agency would make regulations too onerous. The SEC's presentation was light on details about enforcement, however, which may concern some state and local regulators that are worried about fraud.
Wisdom of the crowds
eBay wants to make its marketplace a cleaner, neater, and more personal place to shop, and it's doing that today by launching a series of social features built around curation. The new features primarily allow users to build Pinterest-style boards of products — all attached to specific eBay...
Amazon has offered free shipping to US customers for over a decade now on all eligible orders above $25, but that's changing today as the online retailer bumps up its minimum order requirement to $35. Amazon notes that this is the first time it's...
Food substitute Soylent has secured $1.5 million in investment. The nutrient-dense semi-goo has been backed by investors including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, who previously invested $80 million in Twitter and helped sell...
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