U.K.-based Datasift is now selling “historical” tweets to advertisers willing to shell out at least $1,000. In this case, “historical” refers to tweets sent out by users as far back as two years ago, which, to be fair, did all …
Chances are you saw someone in your social network sharing the Wall Street Journal‘s recent story on the average time spent on different social media sites. Unfortunately for Google, that social network was probably …
What to do when the strict system of Internet censorship around you briefly breaks down? For a number of Chinese citizens, the answer was to take their grievances directly to the most powerful man in the world.
A quick visit …
Google has something to boast about at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, it used the event to announce that its Android Market had accrued an impressive 150,000 apps. Today, the company announced that the …
We’ve all been there: Standing forlorn in a bedroom, staring at the unused screws sitting next to a half-finished IKEA bed, parts mixed up with the ones for an unbuilt MALM three-drawer chest.
Don’t worry, IKEA feels your …
President Obama isn’t the only one taking online privacy seriously. According to a new poll from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, social network users were far more likely to take steps to protect their privacy in 2011 …
If there’s anything remarkable about President Obama’s new “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights,” it’s that it hasn’t raised much of a ruckus in Silicon Valley. Internet giants such as Google and others aren’t raising hell; in fact, …
Google Street View’s reach already extends from the streets of Johannesburg to halls of the Palace of Versailles. Now the company is taking its cameras underwater to map Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
No, the idea isn’t to …
Tired of your smartphone running out of juice while you’re out on the town? In the future, you might be able to charge it by plugging it into your jacket or pants — well, if they happen to be made of Power Felt.
The new …
There are many times when it is inappropriate to tweet. At dinner, for one. In the middle of a movie. And, in most cases, open heart surgery.
Dr. Paresh Patel, however, had a good reason to tweet during a 57-year-old patient’s …
Flickr is getting a much needed makeover. Markus Spiering, the company’s senior product manager, told Betabeat that users should expect the new look by February 28.
In the age of Instagram and Google+, Flickr, which is owned …
Could Tyrannosaurus rex run down its prey or did the eight-ton “tyrant lizard” shuffle its feet on the ground like an elephant? How did large dinosaurs lay eggs? Could they kneel down or did they simply drop off their offspring …