Consumer Reports has come out with another harsh criticism of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for the second day in a row, saying it should be their responsibility to fix the reception issues on the iPhone 4, and not the consumers’ job to find a work-around. Yesterday, the publication recommended iPhone 4…

The remaking of the Kindle continues, this time with a new look, price and display for the super-sized Kindle DX. The 9/7” screen size remains the same, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says a new, high contrast e-ink display offers 50 percent more contrast for a lower price. The 22 percent…

Is saving journalism a goal for Steve Jobs? The question came up during the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO’s interview on stage at D8—and the answer was typically Jobsian, stressing his beliefs that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press and in the importance of some news organizations before making…

It may not qualify as irony but it is a lovely coincidence: the same week that The Times and The Sunday Times go behind a paywall, News Corp (NYSE: NWS) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is at a Southern California resort celebrating a franchise that so far doesn’t include subscriptions…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continues to sell iPads at a rapid pace, breaking the two million mark the same weekend the device debuted in the UK, Canada and seven other countries for at least $1 billion in sales. The company is bragging that it took less than 60 days to sell…

OK, Jeff Bezos didn’t exactly say not to hold your breath for a color Kindle but he did explain to shareholders at Amazon’s annual meeting why they shouldn’t count on one any time soon. Or, put his way, why it’s “still a long way out.” According to AP, Bezos didn’t…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), which has had a string of departures from its European mobile group over the past year, is set to announce a major partnership with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Monday, AllThingsD’s Kara reports, citing unidentified sources. Dubbed “Project Nike” (i.e., Greek goddess, not footwear), the deal involves having…

For the second week, one of the most interesting new content apps I’ve seen isn’t actually content—it’s about how to reach the video content you want. Last week, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts showed off Xfinity Remote, a programming guide that can control viewing through certain set-top boxes. At…

Roku’s 500,000-plus customers already have access to Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), MLB.TV, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) VOD and MMA’s Midwest Cage Championship, among other channels. Now the streaming-video player, which has talked of a 2011 IPO, is adding the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which airs on Spike TV and Versus in the U.S.…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) feels it’s not getting credit for how strong sales of Android-powered phones are, so CEO Eric Schmidt is going on the offensive, telling shareholders that the company’s partners are shipping at least 65,000 handsets with the Google open-source operating system every day, according to AFP. Schmidt’s comments…

The iPhone prototype story that has filled the headlines for the past week or so—and hijacked our “State of Gadget Media” event last week—just won’t quit. Now, Gizmodo reports that as of Friday night, California police entered the home of Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen and seized four computers and two…

An official police investigation has been opened to determine whether Gizmodo’s purchase of what could be an iPhone prototype violated any criminal laws. CNet reports that according to officials, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a…

The big device news this week was Gizmodo’s post about the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) engineer who lost a prototype for the next generation iPhone. Naturally, that was the lead topic kicking off paidContent parent ContentNext’s State of Gadget Media conference held at Edelman’s SoHo offices, as MediaMemo‘s Peter Kafka put…

New orders of the iPad 3G won’t ship until May 7 but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) confirmed ahead of today’s earnings that earlier preorders will start shipping April 30, giving it bragging rights on meeting the promise of “late April.” The confirmation comes a few days after Apple admitted it would…

The biggest takeaway from a report published by Millennial Media today is that smartphone users are consuming more content—and therefore more ads—on nearly every smartphone and connected device available in the market. —Android ad requests grew 72 percent in March month over month.—iPad impressions increased 713 percent in the first…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android’s U.S. smartphone market share jumped by an impressive 5.2 points in the three months ended in February to 9 percent. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone share remained relatively flat, comScore finds. If those trends continue (and, that’s a big ‘if’), Google could catch-up to the iPhone by the…

Forget the speculation about how the iPad performed out of the gate. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) just released its own numbers: 300,000-plus sold as of midnight Saturday, including pre-order deliveries and Apple retail sales. That represents a minimum of $150 million in first-day sales, using the lowest-end model, and considerably more…

After the hardware holiday battles, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and book-selling rival Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) are eager to remind users, potential buyers and analysts that they offer platforms in addition to e-readers. And they should be: the multi-tasking more versatile iPad may not appeal to everyone but it’s already…

Special offers on many of the popular smartphones in the fourth quarter drove penetration to nearly a third in the U.S., according to The NPD Group, a wireless market research. The report found that smartphones are now in the hands of about 31 percent of the U.S. population, growing from…