I’ve often wondered if talking about tech actually makes us smarter.
On the internet, at least, a plethora of technology blogs and websites provide platforms for interesting dialectics to take place (maybe even this one). For example, the other day I was reading about an exchange taking place over the merits of Twitter between current …
Less than one year after Facebook’s big 500 million user milestone, the social network is still piling on more users.
A source close to the company tells TechCrunch that Facebook’s user count has just passed 750 million. Facebook won’t officially confirm the number, probably because it’s waiting for 1 billion users before it makes …
If you plan on driving through Nevada sometime in the next few years, be sure to keep your eye out for other cars missing a key component: their drivers.
Google has been pushing legislation to allow for self-driving cars in the state since earlier this year, and has admitted to testing robotic-driven vehicles on California highways …
The commercialization of Twitter is going to mean advert tweets appearing in users’ timelines, according to the Financial Times.
Given the hoo-ha when the company added the “QuickBar” to timelines viewed via its iOS app, see if you can imagine how much of a stink putting ads in the timeline would cause. One helluva one.
Does being cut off from the outside world give you the heebie jeebies?
It’s summertime, which means it’s time to hit the boarding gates of the nearest terminal and get out of town. And if you’re going somewhere exotic that requires you to dig your passport out (hey, Mexico still counts), you may be wondering what life is like when the …
It was a clash of theatrical proportions (it even had a theatrical analogue) with dizzying amounts of coin at stake, but are you ready for the twist ending? Surprise, it turns out the Winklevoss twins (Cameron and Tyler) along with their business partner Divya Narendra are still nipping at Facebook’s heels.
The twins announced on …
Hacker group LulzSec has struck again, this time targeting Arizona law enforcement by releasing thousands of pages of confidential documents and communications presumably acquired in a security breach. Among those documents are several that show law enforcement’s special interest in the iPhone and other smart phones.
One document, …
Television companies may not have decided upon the ideal way to stream content to the increasingly popular app audience just yet, but they may at least be taking a step closer to coming to some kind of consensus on the subject. Or, at least, not suing each other about it.
Viacom and Time Warner Cable have agreed to put their current …
Last night, Apple removed the controversial “The Third Intifada” app from its App Store, just one week after it first went online. The free app provided news about forthcoming Palestinian protests as well as pinpointing other anti-Israel articles and information on the web. Some of the activities it highlighted demanded violence …
Piracy – in the ship hijacking, non-torrent sense – is on the rise, and real life pirates are getting increasingly sophisticated with their ship-hunting methods.
According to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, there have been 243 pirate attacks worldwide in 2011 thus far. Somalia alone accounts for the vast majority of the reported …
Happy birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog. You are 20 years old today. I trust you enrolled in a good college instead of attempting to simply live off of your many royalties? Look at child stars like Danny Pintauro, Todd Bridges and Macaulay Culkin! I urge you to figuratively tuck yourself into a ball and bowl over any impending life choices …
It may not have seemed like a month that changed everything, but if speculation by Flurry Analytics proves to be correct, this month will be the first in history where Americans spent more time using mobile apps than the full-on internet via web browsers.
“Our analysis shows that, for the first time ever, daily time spent in mobile …
