Apple says it will not tolerate manipulation of App Store rankings even if a third-party service is responsible for doing the dirty work. Making it to the top of the charts is tough, considering more than 500,000 apps are available for download… Tweet This Post

We’ve sorted through the nominations and now we’re relying on you to determine the real tech winners from 2011. So, if your smartphone of choice didn’t get all the love you hoped it would, hop on over to the voting page and cast your vote… Tweet This Post

Say you want to rent out the Entourage house for your birthday or Eric Clapton’s old house for your rock-and-roll-themed wedding reception. Eventup, a marketplace for hard-to-get event venues, can make that happen… Tweet This Post

When Google announced that the Chrome browser would become its own operating system and run on netbooks, the thought around the tech community was that eventually Google would have to merge Chrome with Android… Tweet This Post

If you want to slay orcs and elves, there’s plenty of options, but the millions of car racing gamers out there have few places to chase the checkered flag. That’s going to change because today, Ignite Game Technologies closed a $5 million Series C round from private investors bringing it to $17… Tweet This Post

Moda Operandi, the closely watched online retail operation from ex-Gilt exec Aslaug Magnusdottir and Vogue contributing editor Lauren Santo Domingo, is in transition. Once accessible only via application, the year-old site is opening its doors and bolstering its content offerings in an attempt to draw new shoppers in and keep them there… Tweet This Post

So, Google is finally making the move we’ve been expecting for some time now and bringing Chrome to Android. Now, you’ll need a device running Ice Cream Sandwich to get the new mobile browser up and running but, thankfully, we happened to have a Galaxy Nexus on hand… Tweet This Post

Motorola’s fourth-generation Droid smartphone with 4G LTE data speeds will launch on Verizon Wireless on Friday, Feb. 10 for $200 on a 2-year contract, the company announced today. The first Motorola Droid smartphone was one of the first great Android devices when it was released in November 2009… Tweet This Post

Path is a lovely app. It pushes all the right buttons. It’s mobile, it’s tactile, it’s personal, it’s full of people we love and moments that matter to us. It makes us feel good. It’s got all the greatest hits a post-Facebook social app should have… Tweet This Post

Sometimes it’s the quiet ones who end up doing the most damage. I always thought of Larry Downes, the co-author of the mega-selling Unleashing the Killer App, as an unusually gentle and wise soul… Tweet This Post

The Federal Aviation Administration is finally making the leap from radio-based navigation to a modern GPS system. Congress passed Monday a $63 billion bill to fund and extend the FAA’s programs through 2015, reports ABC News… Tweet This Post

McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) Company’s fourth quarter operating earnings beat analysts’ predictions, while the newspaper chain also reported an overall boost from investments in online properties like Cars… Tweet This Post