When Google Plus was first unveiled, lots of photo geeks applauded the social network for its big 2,048 pixel resolution and ease of use. One of the more damning complaints leveled at Facebook was the way it compressed photos, at least until late last year. It was a long overdue upgrade, but along the way, Facebook earned a poor …
Facebook Tops One Trillion Hits Per Month, Wins Internet
The Internet now belongs to Facebook, apparently.
According to figures released for web traffic in June 2011, Facebook hit one trillion page views that month, with 870 million unique visitors for the same period, giving the site a staggering 46.9% reach among all web surfers.
Jobs Resigns, Apple’s Stock Drops and RIM’s Goes Up?
Gauging the U.S. stock market’s like refereeing a game of psych-out, so caveat reader, but as short-term signals go, it looks like Apple’s misfortunes—say the world’s most illustrious CEO resigning—are not-so-disguised blessings for Research in Motion.
RIM shares surged more than 2% Thursday morning after the Blackberry …
Do We Really Care About Steve Jobs?
I was on my way to dinner last night when I read the news that Steve Jobs was resigning from his position as Apple’s CEO on Twitter. I don’t remember who said it first, exactly, but soon my stream was flooded with reports, rumors and retweets discussing his transition to Executive Chairman. Facebook? Essentially said the same thing.
A …
T-Mobile iPhone 5 Rumored As Well
Fear not, T-Mobileites. Following the Wall Street Journal’s report that Sprint may get the iPhone 5 this October, a new rumor says T-Mobile’s getting the next iPhone as well.
The source of this rumor isn’t the often-solid WSJ, but MacTrast, citing “a contact within T-Mobile.” Reportedly, the T-Mobile iPhone 5 will have 3G speeds–not …
NASA Satellite Shows Hurricane Irene Lashing Bahamas
Want to see what a major hurricane looks like chewing through a nation of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets? NASA’s TRMM satellite has the goods, displaying Hurricane Irene—white tendrils of tropical fury stretching hundreds of miles north and south of the island chain—as it whips over Crooked Island in the Bahamas.
TRMM, …
Steve Wozniak Calls Jobs ‘Best Business Leader of Our Time’
In an interview late Wednesday night, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told Bloomberg News exactly what he thought about Steve Jobs. Known as Woz, Wozniak went on to wax poetic about the now-former Apple CEO, calling him the “best business leader of our time.”
While Woz acknowledged that he’s not personally close to the Apple CEO …
Why Facebook’s New Privacy Features Won’t Bury Google+
Kudos to Facebook for introducing a bunch of new privacy controls. Users may now review tagged photos, easily control who sees each post and change who sees a post after it’s gone live. Facebook has also cleaned up the way privacy options are displayed in several areas of the site.
Although Facebook claims these privacy changes have …
Watch a Young Steve Jobs Introduce the Original Macintosh
He had hair. Hear the music. The crowd’s going positively nuts. This is the moment that Steve Jobs unleashed the Macintosh out into the world, and sealed his fate as one of the most well-known CEOs to date. Larry who?
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Why Steve Jobs’ Resignation as CEO Isn’t the End of the World
It’s hard to imagine Apple without Steve Jobs. But with Apple stronger than it has ever been, this might have been the best time for Tim Cook to step in as its new CEO. The company is in a position where it can probably take the biggest of hits—including losing its star chief executive.
Steve Jobs’ resignation shouldn’t have been a
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Who Is Tim Cook and Can He Truly Replace Steve Jobs?
With news of Steve Jobs’ resignation from Apple, interim CEO Tim Cook now finds himself behind the wheel of the most valuable computer company in the world. Cook’s been deeply entrenched within Apple for well over a decade, so the company is seemingly in good hands.
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But is …
End of an Era: Apple’s Steve Jobs Steps Down, Tim Cook Steps Up
And just like that, Steve Jobs has stepped down from his throne as CEO of Apple and handed the scepter to the current chief operating officer, Tim Cook. You can’t say no one saw it coming. Jobs has been on a medical leave of absence since January 17, 2011 for undisclosed reasons (he had a liver transplant in April 2009 after battling …