Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza strung together this great 30-second video of just about every one of Apple’s hardware and software designs over the years. It’s perfect for Apple fans and people with short attention sp—oh man, …
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Groupon Shares Tumble 15% After Fourth Quarter Loss
Online discount service Groupon continues to grow at a rapid clip, but the company is still losing money, posting a $42.7 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. Groupon shares fell over 15% in after-hours trading Wednesday …
What You Need to Know About Pinterest
Though Facebook’s SEC filings are dominating headlines, social neophyte Pinterest is gaining traction and plenty of buzz as the newest social media darling.
The two-year old company was dubbed TechCrunch’s Best New Startup …
Google Reportedly Building Cloud Storage Service to Rival Dropbox
It appears that Google’s long-rumored cloud storage service, Google Drive, might finally be ready to hit the market. The Wall Street Journal, who cites “people familiar with the matter,” says the service will work somewhat like …
Russian Carrier Holds Contest to See Who Can Download the Most 3G Data
Angry that your carrier put a cap on your data? Maybe you should move to beautiful Russia, where the data flows like caviar and carriers actually encourage people to hog more bandwidth.
That’s what Russian carrier MegaFon did. …
A Website That Could Curb Your Urge to Buy
To the uninitiated, Pinterest.com is kind of a peculiar website. It’s one social network, one part digital scrapbook and one part browser bookmark bar. What’s more, this “virtual pinboard,” as the site describes itself, might be
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Web Traffic Dips 20% During Super Bowl, yet 2.1 Million Watch Online
Fun with numbers: For the first time ever, the Super Bowl was legally streamed online here in the U.S. and, according to NBC, over 2.1 million people fired up their web browsers to watch it. Overall web traffic, however, …
Geezers Going Like Maniacs: Mobility Scooter Speeds Reach 70 MPH
Calvin, the title character of the very-excellent Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, once remarked to his tiger friend Hobbes, “You can bet when I’m a geezer like Dad, I’ll be going like a maniac.”
“Ever notice how the older …
Nice to Meet You ‘Chrome for Android’, Our Condolences About Flash
Companies make the silliest product launch videos, supposing the world’s an unhappier place without them: “This is Chrome…it’s the faster, simpler way to use the web on your computer,” declares Google’s latest. “But what if …
Apple to Developers: App Store Placement Scams May Get You Expelled
Be honest, developers: Have you ever thought about finagling your Apple App Store rankings? Hiring someone who promises to get your app into the top 10 or 20 view spots for a “fee”?
The temptation’s (almost) understandable: …