Industry

Clearwire brings WiMax 4G/3G hardware to Macs

With a new USB modem, Mac users finally can get national coverage on the Clear and Sprint networks

Facebook, stop what you’re doing: Amazon has patent for ‘social network’

Amazon's patent for 'social networking system' reads like a Facebook replica

Facebook slammed again over privacy

10 privacy groups ask CEO Zuckerberg to make more changes

‘Many thousands’ of pre-release Windows Phone 7 handsets prepped for developers

But Microsoft won't yet go into details on how developers should apply or how they'll be evaluated

WordPress 3.0 blogging software released

Twitter tests new ad revenue source with Toy Story 3

Microblogging site brings ads to Promoted Trends, kicking off with Disney-Pixar promotion

Intuit Web sites back online after outage

Company blames power outage for felling Turbo Tax Online, Quicken and QuickBase

ING Direct praises IBM’s Websphere for role in its mobile banking app

The use of Websphere for app integration to mobile devices has been criticized by some analysts, however

Sencha launches HTML5 framework for mobile apps

Swedish operators go against the grain, remove data caps

Cheaper equipment upgrades lower operators cost for mobile broadband