Will the iPad mini with retina display be as hard to find as the gold iPhone?

by Alex Colon Oct 24 2013, 6:32am PDT The iPad mini with retina display might be hard to find when it first ships, as one analyst claims the supply will be “ridiculously tight.” Read More » Taiwan’s FTC fines Samsung $340,000 for smearing HTC by Alex Colon Oct 24 2013, 6:04am PDT Samsung has been fined by Taiwan’s FTC for paying for false online comments against rival HTC. Read More » How New Relic plans to do much, much more with all that app data by Barb Darrow Oct 24 2013, 6:00am PDT A new product code-named Rubicon aims to answer developers' rapid-fire queries about all aspects of their applications' performance in real time, said New Relic CEO Lew Cirne. Read More » Sponsored post: Networks must evolve. See how Brocade makes deployment 5x faster by GigaOM Oct 24 2013, 5:55am PDT Upgrading your network in a high-pressure environment isn’t easy. But finding the fastest way to deploy ethernet fabrics just got easier. Brocade® VCS® fabrics can be deployed five times faster than any other network on the market. See how. Read More » YouTube is reportedly planning a subscription music service (that will include video, natch) by Laura Hazard Owen Oct 24 2013, 5:32am PDT YouTube is reportedly planning to launch its own subscription music streaming service, which would include video, this year. It will enter a very crowded marketplace. Read More » TiVo begins roll-out of out-of-home streaming feature by Lauren Hockenson Oct 24 2013, 5:00am PDT One of the biggest selling points for TiVo’s latest line, the Roamio, was the promise of out-of-home streaming. The company finally announced via press release that the feature will begin its roll-out today via a software update to all TiVo Roamio Pro and Plus owners. Users will […] Read More » New York Times will give newsstand buyers a free 4-week digital trial by Laura Hazard Owen Oct 24 2013, 5:00am PDT Buy a copy of the New York Times from a newsstand or Starbucks on Sunday, November 3, and you'll get a free four-week membership to the newspaper's website and smartphone app. Read More » The flip-flop over beheadings: Facebook finds being a media entity isn’t as easy as it looks by Mathew Ingram Oct 23 2013, 3:05pm PDT Facebook originally allowed users to post videos of beheadings, arguing that it was similar to a TV news network, but now the company has removed them -- making it unclear how strong its commitment to free speech is. Read More » Five things Netflix is going to disrupt next by Janko Roettgers Oct 23 2013, 11:37am PDT First, Netflix brought us binge viewing. Now it wants to shorten the time between TV seasons, stream in 4K and give us access to movies sooner. Read More » U.S. may have bugged German chancellor’s mobile phone by David Meyer Oct 23 2013, 10:32am PDT Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, has confronted U.S. president Barack Obama over the likely tapping of her communications. The White House has said the U.S. "is not monitoring and will not monitor" her communications, but has not denied doing so in the past. Read More » HP will enter 3D printing market by mid-2014 by Signe Brewster Oct 23 2013, 10:24am PDT The company hasn't revealed what kind of product it is working on, but its CEO said affordability and speed are big focuses. Read More » iOS 7.0.3 update fixes miscalibrated sensor and iMessage issues by Alex Colon Oct 23 2013, 9:09am PDT Apple has managed to avoid sensor-gate with its latest update to iOS 7, which fixes calibration issues with the iPhone 5s sensor. More good news: Your iMessages issues should be now be over. Read More » Why we are refreshing the Gigaom logo and brand by Om Malik Oct 23 2013, 5:10am PDT Today we're introducing an updated look for Gigaom that honors the standards of our past as we push ahead into the future. Read More » Automatic’s quantified car device debuts in Apple stores by Kevin Fitchard Oct 23 2013, 5:00am PDT Before today Automatic was selling its vehicle-data-gathering gadget solely on its website. Now it has the opportunity to put its quantified driving technology in front of millions of Apple customers. Read More » Why in-contract price hike controls will likely mean the end of UK handset subsidies by David Meyer Oct 23 2013, 4:29am PDT Carriers subsidize handsets when they're sure that their customers are locked into their contracts. Remove that certainty, and it becomes much less risky to break out the true cost of the handset and have the customer pay it off separately. Read More » Bitcoin goes boom (again): currency cracks $200, gets Coinbase support on Reddit by Jeff John Roberts Oct 22 2013, 4:32pm PDT Why has Bitcoin has soared from its $50 post-crash low in April to over $200? The rise could reflect increased mainstream interest in the currency that has brought a newfound state of stability. (Or it could be yet another bubble). Read More » There’s no 802.11ac in the new iPad Air: What that means for the wireless industry by Kevin Fitchard Oct 22 2013, 1:44pm PDT Apple likes to let new radio technologies mature, so it's hardly a shock that the newest Wi-Fi tech didn't make its way into the iPad. But we'll have to wait longer to see large-scale 802.11ac adoption in mobile. Read More » Hands-on thoughts on the iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display by Kevin C. Tofel Oct 22 2013, 1:19pm PDT After Apple introduced new iPads, I got some hands-on time with the devices. Color me impressed with both: The iPad Mini got a retina display but won't break the bank at $399 while the iPad Air is slimmer and lighter at $499. Read More » Google is testing Google Drive presentation support for Chromecast by Janko Roettgers Oct 22 2013, 12:58pm PDT Chromecast may soon be able to run presentations straight from Google Drive, which is great news for teachers and company meetings. Read More » Startup investor Brad Feld on Obamacare: forget the ‘tech surge,’ shut down and reset by Ki Mae Heussner Oct 22 2013, 12:08pm PDT Foundry Group managing director Brad Feld says that instead of bringing in more tech talent to fix the ailing HealthCare.gov, the government should take the site offline and launch it again with new leadership. Read More »