Rather than leave AT&T in the cold -- as was previously rumored -- sources tell Fox News that Apple will let both Verizon and AT&T carry its impending tablet device. Unfortunately, when Apple unveils its tablet on Wednesday, there are no guarantees it will get into logistical details like cost or carrier partners. "It sounds odd for Apple to have a major press event without a final carrier deal, but then again, Apple held an event for the iPhone 3GS before MMS messaging and tethering were officially supported by AT&T," Fox News notes. That said, Fox's sources insist …

Think online consumers are beginning to settle down, get comfortable with their preferred content resources, and search less? Think again. Internet users over the age of 15 conducted over 29 million searches per minute last year, according to comScore. Overall, the global search market grew 46% in 2009. Worldwide, Google accounted for 66% of all searches conducted in 2009 by Internet users over 15. Microsoft's search properties, i.e., Bing, was responsible for just about 3% of the total market, while the software giant saw the greatest gain -- 70% -- among the top 5 search properties. In total, …

News and content ranking site Digg is planning some "drastic" changes, according to its young founder Kevin Rose. "But they're much-needed drastic changes," he tells The Telegraph. "People are going to be shocked at some of the directions we're taking ... You have to be comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas." For starters, the placement of the navigation bar and Digg button will change, while a greater emphasis will be placed on photos. The re-imagined site will also focus much more on real-time information, and recommended content, with a greater emphasis on …

Will YouTube's efforts to move further into the realm of streaming movies doom the future of Netflix? No way, insists SiliconBeat. "We've heard that too many times over the company's history ... And each time, the company has nimbly defeated new and established competitors, while growing like gangbusters in a horrid economy." YouTube will need a major overhaul to offer the Web features of Netflix, like movie queues, finding features, and ranking. Netflix customers presently pay by the month. But, what about the entrance of the Apple tablet. At least according to SiliconBeat, the iTunes model can't hold …

Is the fact that Twitter was offline for 90 minutes on Wednesday morning further proof that new digital technologies can't be trusted when it comes to life-or-death matters like search and rescue efforts, or one's basic security? Not at all, says Anil Dash, director of independent nonprofit Expert Labs. Rather, the glitch demonstrates that we need to reconsider our reliance on so few digital gatekeepers. "There's no reason that organizations or individuals who want to use the Web to relay critical information have to rely on Twitter or Facebook or Google or any other giant of the technology …

Once again, as you've probably heard, Google beat the street with $6.67 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter of what can safely be described as a difficult year for American enterprise. So, the search giant appears to have a pretty solid business model. We knew that. But, does the news hold deeper meaning? Yes, according to Fast Company, which writes: "With economists and the tired-out general public desperately sniffing the air for the scent of economic recovery, results from a giant like Google are extremely significant." Making an perhaps obvious …

Opening up a whole new world for developers, and the marketers who love them, Amazon has gone and "unlocked" the Kindle. Amazon says it has already released a so-called Kindle Development Kit to select partners, including Electronic Arts, and plans to make it more widely available next month. The company said consumers can expect to find "active content" -- including free apps, single payment apps, and monthly subscription apps -- on the Kindle store later this year. Another company that has already received the Kindle development kit is Handmark, which brings Zagat restaurant guides to mobile devices. Handmark is creating …

Nokia just released new mapping and navigation software, which some predict will prove highly disruptive to similar services offered by Google and Apple. Or at least, that's the hope of Nokia, which was an early leader in mobile maps and navigation space, but has since lost ground to rival efforts. "It's Nokia's big chance to become the GPS device maker of choice in countries where standalone navigation devices are still hard to find," writes GigaOm. Tero Ojanperä, Nokia's EVP of services, adds: "We think that the mobile phone-based navigation market is about to take off in a big way." To …

With its official unveiling less than a week away, some are wondering how well Apple's tablet device will actually sell. Well, according to a survey of over 3,000 consumers by ChangeWave Research, 4% say they're "very likely" to buy, while 14% are "somewhat" likely. For what it's worth, ChangeWave's analysts say the results are very similar to a 2005 survey about Apple's switch to an Intel chip. "Apple's switch to the Intel chip widely broadened the Mac's appeal to consumers and proved to be one of the great moves in Apple history," they insist. Not all of the findings boded …

A December survey by mobile ad network AdMob indicates that Apple could be gaining globally on archrival Nokia -- at least with regard to web and application use. As it stands, Apple is the dominant force in North America, Western Europe, Latin America and Oceania, while Nokia -- the world's largest phone maker -- still leads in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Based on how many ads are served on which handsets and operating systems in each region, AdMob finds that Apple successfully chipped away at Nokia's territory over the course of 2009. Indeed, about 15% less ads were served …