Mike Fossum

Samsung announced today that it’ll be launching TV’s that incorporating OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology, sometime after the 2nd quarter of this year. Samsung’s latest Galaxy Tab 7.7 features the largest OLED-based screen available to consumers so far, with its …

While the vast majority of Apple iPhones are assembled in controversial Foxconn plants in China, much of the glass produced for the screens is made in Harrodsburg, a town of 8,014, roughly 30 miles southwest of Lexington, Kentucky. Glass and …

Interbrand, founded in 1974, and now the world’s largest brand consulting agency, has just revealed that two new brands that rank within its top 100 have adopted the Google + platform. Said brands are Xerox and Nike, and marketing data …

It was recently reported that 54% of Facebook users access the social network via mobile devices, and now as the company readies its IPO, the issue of how its ad business is affected by mobile use was mentioned in its …

Apple Inc. has teamed up with Foxconn, the Chinese supplier of iPhone and iPad devices, to improve the labor conditions in its manufacturing facilities. Both companies are contributing funds, though its not clear if they are splitting the bill 50/50. …

It was recently reported that the jury in Oracle’s case against Google for copyright infringement found that search giant did violate Java copyrights, but likewise were undecided on whether or not the manipulation of the Java APIs in question should …

It was recently reported that The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) system for submitting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has been down as of late, and now ICANN engineers plan to reopen the application platform …

Internet marketing research company comScore released its first quarter, 2012 U.S. internet retail sales estimates today, recording a 17% sales increase over last year, totaling roughly $44.3 billion. The latest numbers mark the tenth instance where quarter-over-quarter sales have risen. …

Extreme surfer Garret McNamara has just grabbed the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed, after riding a 78-foot swell near Nazare, Portugal last November. Here’s a clip of the surfing feat: Experts representing the annual Billabong XXL …

Simple, formerly known as BankSimple, a startup co-founded by former Twitter engineer Alex Payne, has just announced its new app for iPhone. The app is free for Simple account holders. Much like with Pinterest, users can go to Simple’s site …

Out of the 901 million Facebook users, 488 million of those log into the social network using a mobile device. A new infographic, courtesy of the kind folks at socialbakers has revealed some interesting demographic data regarding the word’s largest …

**Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly spelled the company named in this settlement. This has been corrected. We apologize for the error. California-based online affiliate marketing company Adscend Media LLC has agreed to pay roughly $100K in court …

Online retail giant Amazon just announced a new update which allows users to run Microsoft’s database and web programming platform ASP.NET, on its Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). Amazon reveals that users can now use Microsoft tools they are accustomed …

Netflix has just announced a new, multi-year licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The new deal with make available various TV shows and movies to be streamed in Brazil and other parts of Latin America. Netflix launched in …

Adaptly, an NYC startup that manages advertising campaigns on social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and StumbleUpon, has raised a $10.5 million B investment round, led by Valhalla Partners. Adaptly was cofounded by two youngsters fresh out of Northwestern, Nikhil …

As retail giant Amazon further expands into the realm of streaming media and impending original content, a new ForeSee report on customer satisfaction shows that the company has exceeded Netflix. The report surveyed roughly 21,000 repsondents who patron the top …

Naomi Schaefer Riley, an affiliate scholar at the Institute for American Values, was fired late last night from the Chronicle of Higher Education after posting an article entitled The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations. …

Myspace, the dominant social network before Facebook took over, has just settled with the Federal Trade Commission over user privacy issues, much like Facebook had in November. The FTC contended that Myspace was too vague in its explanation of user …

Nineteen-year-old Sahil Lavingia’s online payments company Gumroad has raised $7 million in its first round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, according to the young entrepreneur’s blog. Young people are making bank in Silicon Valley, and interestingly, …

Samsung has announced its Smart App Challenge of 2012, a contest with prizes totalling $4.8 million, in an effort to facilitate the development of new Android applications. This contest also offers broad marketing support for promotion of the best 80 …

A recent survey conducted by MasterCard has shown that consumers demand more efficient and secure checkouts when making purchases. Now MasterCard’s payment platform will better integrate transactions spanning online, mobile and in-store shopping, with the introduction of PayPass Wallet Services. …

According to the PayPal official blog, eBay is set to open a Global Development Center in Bangalore, India, which is projected to bring roughly 1,000 new jobs to the area over the next three years. India, increasingly “touchy” in regards …

It’s common industry knowledge that Facebook acquired photo sharing application Instagram for a quick $1 billion recently, and with the social network’s projected $5 billion IPO pending, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained his reasoning behind the purchase at a …

A porn company called Perfect 10 recently sued microblogging platform Tumblr for copyright infringement almost five years to the day of the social network’s inception. Tumblr, host to over 46 million blogs, is also home to a spectacular amount of …