And so it begins.
Let’s jump in the Wayback Machine and set our coordinates for June 11, 2007. Apple had just announced something called the “iPhone” and with it, an “innovative new way to create applications” for the device.
The premise was simple: In lieu of an actual app store, Apple urged developers to “create Web 2.0 …
Pro hacker tip: When you’re planning to hack someone, don’t tell them in advance. More importantly, don’t tell them exactly when you’re planning to rock their universe.
But that’s just what a video purportedly by hacktivist collective Anonymous does, boasting of an upcoming attack on Facebook, and setting the data for November 5, …
What began as peaceful protests for the shooting death of 29-year old Mark Duggan in Tottenham have turned into something far uglier over the course of three days, as rioters and looters have moved beyond Northern London and into other cities.
Yesterday, we reported that BlackBerry Messenger and Twitter had served as primary …
UPDATE (8:48PM EST): Fox News has made a few statements regarding the difficulties of moderating online comments to Yahoo’s The Cutline blog, which you can read here.
Just because a news network claims to be fair and balanced doesn’t mean its Facebook fans have to be. Following the appearance of Blair Scott, the Communications …
Well, here’s one growth industry in the middle of our dire economic straits: According to a new survey of sales revenue provided by more than 2,000 publishers in the U.S., book sales are rising, with e-book revenue growing a surprising 1,274% between 2008 and 2010.
Revenue on e-books reached $878 million in 2010, with sales hitting …
While many are blaming social media for helping looters organize themselves during the riots that have swept across London the past two nights, it turns out social media may be even more useful to recovery efforts.
A spontaneous volunteer clean-up effort of the city is being organized on Twitter under the hashtag #riotcleanup, which …
With Lion’s digital-only release, someone apparently forgot to send Steve Jobs the security memo about single-points-of-failure being a definitively bad thing. Well no longer: Apple just released something called a “Lion Recovery Disk Assistant” utility that’ll let you do…okay, frankly what you already could, but if you’d rather not …
The FBI has released a free iPhone app that can be used if your child goes missing. Called “Child ID,” the app “provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your children so that it’s literally right at hand if you need it,” according to an FBI press release.
The release continues, “You can …
There’s a debate revving up across the pond between several U.K.-based publications and the producers of BBC-owned Top Gear, a show for automotive diehards that’s become something of a phenomenon.
Seen by over 350 million viewers across 170 countries, the hit series follows the adventures of its hosts—Jeremy Clarkson, Richard …
My wife ran the Boston Marathon a few years ago. More impressive than that, I jumped in and ran the last four miles with her. Me! Four miles! I know! More than the actual race day, though, I remember her having to train during one of the crappiest, dumpiest Boston winters in recent memory—to the point that she basically had bronchitis
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It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Lenovo 15.6-inch laptop: $300 at Best Buy
Best Buy has an enticing deal on this 15.6-inch Lenovo laptop at $300. “What’s the catch?! Surely there’s a catch,” you say. No catch, unless you count having to actually go to a physical Best Buy location to get this deal a catch. …
Social networks like Twitter and Facebook were instrumental to organizing protests during the Arab Spring, which eventually led to the overthrow of oppressive regimes and the liberating of entire peoples. Their presence ostensibly set the stage for where the voices of the future will be heard, inundating the services-to-the-masses as …