Renee Oricchio


New App to Build Apps for Android

I think Google just hit one over the back fence that will especially benefit small businesses. Starting today, Google Labs is offering Read story

The iPad Ripple Effect on Other Tech Toys

Resolve Market Research has put out the results of a new and fairly exhaustive survey of iPad users' feedback before and after life without their new...  Read story

New Droid Looks Like a Blackberry

Things that make you go "hmm": Motorola put up a picture of its new...  Read story

iPhone 4: Officially a Hot Mess

About that new iPhone, I smell gas! For starters, Apple is officially saying "uncle" for now regarding the Read story

Apple App Store Hacked

The first signs of trouble happened over the holiday weekend when two app developers noticed their apps...  Read story

Amazon Offers Huge Royalties to Kindle Authors

Thinking about self-publishing a book? Stop thinking and just do it! Amazon has a new business model that may give you half a chance at actually making so...  Read story

No Kidding, Apple Looking for Antenna Engineers

This can't be a coincidence. Apple currently has three postings on their job site for antenna engineers. The postings went up on June 23rd. June 23rd? Hmm...  Read story

The Long National Nightmare Ends in January

Nope, I'm not talking about the Great Recession and it's jobless recovery. Nope, not talking about the two land wars in the Middle East (Southwest Asia, t...  Read story

Three Terabytes in a Box

Congratulations, Seagate! The titan of data storage has done it again; this time in its debut of the first ever Read story

Say No to Conflict Minerals

Ever wonder what makes a cell phone vibrate? The short answer is a mineral called Tungsten. How about storing up electricity in a mobile device? Answer: a...  Read story

iPhone 4 Day One Play by Play

It's selling out everywhere. No surprises there. People are standing in lines wrapped around buildings like it's Jaws playing at the theaters in 1974 (or ...  Read story

5 Reasons You Need Google.Voice

As of this week, Google Voice is now available for everyone. What a long and strange journey it has been for this one. Google Voice was not born in Google...  Read story

A Geeky Summer Reading Challenge

Happy first day of summer! There's something about long, lazy hot afternoons that beg for a little downtime with a good book. And yes, I know, when it com...  Read story

Second Shipment Date For iPhone Sold Out Too

Uh, remember yesterday when I told you the next available shipment date for the new iPhone 4 would be July 2nd? Well, scratch that. Yesterday, it ...  Read story

iPhone 4 Sells Out On First Day Of Pre Orders

That didn't take long. It's the first day customers can pre order the new iPhone 4 (actually available on June 24th) and already its sold out until July.<...  Read story

Free WiFi Coming To Starbucks

It's about time. Starbucks and AT&T have announced that they will start offering free WiFi in cafes starting July 1st. It was already free if ...  Read story

For TypePad Bloggers "Like" Button Pays

It was just a little over a month ago that TypePad started offering its bloggers the opportunity to embed Facebook's "Like" button within their sites. ...  Read story

Google's 24, I Mean 14 Hour Experiment

If you used Google yesterday, you probably couldn't help but notice that Bing-like background picture instead of its signature austere white. It was ...  Read story

Google's New Bing, I Mean Bling

Google has a new feature t oday. You can't miss it, although it's about as "so wh...  Read story

Is the iPad a Netbook Killer?

Short answer: no!   Long answer... read on. Apple stock watch...  Read story

The Deets On The New iPhone

Rumor time is over. Steve Jobs unveiled the new iPhone 4G today at WWDC 2010. Here are the highlights: 1. It launches June 24th. Pricing starts at...  Read story

AT&T's New Data Pricing Plans

AT&T has been hinting at overhauling its unlimited data plans to tiered pricing for months. Well, no more hints; it's the new deal now. I actually thi...  Read story

Another Month, Another Million iPads

The iPad just celebrated its 60th birthday (60 days, that is). Actually, App...  Read story

How to Self-Publish Books for iPad

The inevitable has finally happened. Apple now has...  Read story

Dell Needs A Winning Streak

The Dell "Don't Call Me A Cellphone" Streak is officially on its way - via the United Kingdom first. Round Rock, Texas-based Read story

Facebook's New Pledge On Privacy

It took awhile, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is finally using water instead of kerosene to put down the firestorm over recent changes in privacy setti...  Read story

The Pricing Mistake That Cost 6PM.com $1.6M

Pair of shoes? That'll be $49.99. UGG boots ? Yup, $49.99 for that too. You like that <...  Read story

Mark Zuckerberg Rethinks Privacy

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is talking. Specifically he's talking to Robert Scoble, the Liz Smith of the tech world (I mean that as a compliment, M...  Read story

Will Texas Textbook Decision Spur On E-Readers?

Just removed from the 8th grade social studies curriculum in Texas: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr., Let...  Read story

Why HP Really Bought Palm

In a word: printers.  When Hewlett-Packard announced a few weeks ago that it was buying Palm, every tech writer in the world, including yours tr...  Read story

Mark Zuckerberg's Privacy Settings

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, offers this quote on his Facebook page right under his profile picture: "I'm trying to make the world...  Read story

Why Mac Sales Are Up

The latest Mac sales figures are out and, lo and behold, they are up a dramatic 39% for the month of April this year compared to last year. The question i...  Read story

How to Perform A Facebook-ectomy

This says it all about public reaction to Facebook's new privacy settings. One of Google's top trending searches this week is "How do I delete my Facebook...  Read story

Why Blackberry Won't Bury The iPad

Short answer: Because Google's going to beat them to it. (Oh calm down, Apple Faithful! I couldn't resist yanking your chain again Read story

Twitter Business Center to Launch

Twitter is beta testing what is tentatively being called "Twitter Business Center". No word on when it may actually launch publicly. But, this is somethin...  Read story

How Google Will Bury The iPad

The CEO of Verizon, Lowell McAdam, is making no secret of it. They are officially in cahoots with Google developing what they hope will be the iPad killer...  Read story

Android Beats Out iPhone

According to The NPD Group, Android has knocked off the iPhone from its number two spot in U.S. smartphone sales. It's good moment for...  Read story

New Google Looks Like Yahoo!

And both look like Bing. It's official, search engines (in terms of look and feel, that is) are about as diverse as Coke and Pepsi. Google Read story

Constant Contact Gets In Touch

Oh my! Who knew Constant Contact would stir up such emotions? Yesterday I wrote a ...  Read story

Constant Contact Out Of Touch

Who uses Constant Contact anymore? Someone does. Would you believe they actually still have about 350,000 accounts. What a sad statement for a company tha...  Read story