Three things, they say, are certain in life: death, taxes, and Facebook redesigns. The social network, notorious for tinkering with its home page, has just introduced changes to the Facebook news feed with an emphasis on “top stories” instead of recent posts.
Facebook users who don’t regularly visit the site will only see these top …
If you’ve ever been tempted to start reading comic books via digital distribution, this may have seemed like the perfect month to do so; in addition to DC Comics relaunching its superhero line with simultaneous print and digital releases throughout September, Marvel Comics has also relaunched its “Ultimate” line this month, including a …
It’s often easy to forget that behind the other side of the computer screen sits a real person with thoughts and feelings. According to a recent Associated Press-MTV poll, most young people between the ages of 14 and 24 think it’s okay to use slurs and derogatory terms as long as it’s done online.
Some slurs like “slut” and …
It’s hard to believe that Instagram launched only about a year ago. In a mere three months it accumulated its first million users, and now supports over eight million pocket photographers.
Its success is in no small part due to its easy-to-understand value proposition: instantaneous photo sharing with a creative mix of filters. As …
Google+ is finally open to the public, no invitation required. Not that it was difficult to snag an invite anyway, but now we’ll get a chance to see what the service is fully capable of as more users tiptoe in and begin poking around.
In addition to 91 other improvements that G+ has added over the past 90 days, Google took to its blog …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Refurbished MacBook Air: $699 at Apple
Apple’s blowing out its 2010 MacBook Air ultraportable line, with prices starting at $699 for the 11.6-inch version. Though these are refurbished models, each carries a one-year Apple warranty. If you’re looking for a more touch-friendly …
Do you “like” Facebook? Pretty soon, you may have the chance to also mark things “read,” “listened,” “watched” and “want” on Facebook as well. According to a TechCrunch source, Facebook may be unrolling these new features at its “f8” developer conference later this week.
As the conference gets closer, everyone is …
It’s finally arrived as expected. In a tweet and a blog post that went live just a few minutes ago, Google announced that their new Wallet system is finally available for the masses (and by masses we mean owners of the Sprint Nexus S 4G).
The app will be rolled out via an over-the-air update and will allow users to tap and pay at over
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Whether by grand design or coincidence, Twitter seems to be going through some interesting changes recently, saying goodbye to some important figures from its past and making us wonder just what kind of updates we should be expecting, in 140 characters or less.
Last week, the company lost its Chief Scientist, as Abdur Chowdhury …
The best-known name in the business of renting DVDs by mail is, of course, Netflix–a brand that’s been with us since 1998, and which is as synonymous with its category as any American company ever has been.
But now it’s reserving the name “Netflix” for its streaming business and redubbing the snail-mail portion as …
According to a document circulating to partners, Google Wallet is likely to be announced at some point today.
Google Wallet is an app that gives smartphone owners the ability to “make your phone your wallet”—at least if you own Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, the only NFC-enabled Android phone available for the service’s limited launch here in …
So young, so promising. It was in its prime, and stood to reap the rewards of all of Facebook’s flaws—and in a weird twist, made Facebook copy Google+ for some of its newest “changes.”
But the fact of the matter is, public posts on Google+ have decreased 41 percent since the social networking service launched a few months ago. …