David Needle

Google is giving developers an early look at the next version of the Android platform for mobile devices. The company’s software development kit (SDK) for Version 1.5 is slated for release around the end of this month, but Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is letting devs download a sneak peak that includes new features that will eventually […]

And now for something completely different from the Business Software Alliance. Traditionally, the BSA, a high profile lobbying and anti-piracy enforcement group for the software industry, touts major counterfeit software busts and statistics on the cost of piracy to commercial software vendors. But this week, the Washington, D.C.-based BSA is launching a very different campaign. […]

Google’s experimental Gmail Labs has many free features users can add to the e-mail service. But that doesn’t mean all of them are cutting-edge. “Well, it’s about time,” Google software engineer Kent Tamura wrote in a blog post announcing latest Labs feature: the ability to insert images directly in the body of an e-mail. Most […]

The popularity of sharing links via micro-blogging services like Twitter has created a flurry of competition among Web services that shorten those links with alternative names, known as aliases in Web parlance. TinyURL, launched in 2002, is the granddaddy of these services. The site claims over 200 million Web site URLs have been shortened using […]

Google’s YouTube and Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, said on Thursday they will launch a premium music video Web site as they bid to increase revenue from YouTube’s huge usage. The new advertiser-supported site, featuring professional videos, will be called Vevo and is expected to launch in coming months, the companies said. […]

Tesla founder Elon Musk Photo: David Needle MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – For a guy who designs and drives cars that go zero to 60 miles-per hour in less than four seconds, Elon Musk is a soft-spoken, thoughtful speaker. The CEO of Tesla Motors gave a wide-ranging onstage interview here at the Microsoft Research campus, touching on […]

Web giants Google and Yahoo both targeted the mobile space this week with new communications debuts. Yahoo unveiled Yahoo Messenger for the iPhone, while Google brought out a new mobile version if its Gmail e-mail service designed for the iPhone as well as Android-powered devices such as T-Mobile’s G1. The news come at a time […]

Forget the old view of teachers as anti-technology luddites more comfortable in front of a blackboard than a home page. Teachers get high marks for driving the adoption of a wide variety of [Web 2.0 technologies](/software/article.php/3783466/Better+Social+Networking+From+Intel.htm), according to a recent survey. Specifically, K-12 teachers were most frequently cited for driving the adoption of digital multimedia […]

Web research firm comScore has released its first in-depth look at the most-installed iPhone applications — providing some surprises and some guidance for application developers seeking direction and marketers seeking ways to better reach iPhone users. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) regularly updates its lists of the most popular applications on the iPhone by category, over […]

Few outside Apple can be quite sure what the consumer tech giant is up to, but rumor sites continue to post intriguing speculation, thanks to clues provided by Apple itself. The latest involves new versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch. The Web site AppleiPhoneApps noticed an Apple job listing for a Camera Project Manager. […]