The voyeurs of social media would have you believe that people want to connect with other people on an instinctive level, that humans are purely social animals. And who can prove them wrong? Mark Zuckerberg and his peer wunderkind have built the framework to our digital connections and we’re lured in again and again. We fill them with …
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Google to Drop the ‘Picasa’ and ‘Blogger’ Product Names
Picasa and Blogger, as you know them, are biting the dust.
Google is retiring the two services – well, they’re not retiring them so much as renaming them. Yup, say hello to “Google Photos” and “Google Blogs.” Mashable has reported that several other Google services may also get the renaming axe, but YouTube will be immune …
Secret Service Investigates Fake ‘Obama Dead’ Fox News Tweets
It’s all fun and games — at least until the Secret Service get involved.
A series of tweets from the Fox News politics Twitter account announced some “breaking news” very early in the morning of July 4th: President Barack Obama had been assassinated, with Vice-President Joe Biden set to take his place immediately.
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How to Disguise Facebook as a Common Spreadsheet
You work, right? And are you on the Facebook? Seems everyone’s on the Facebook. That thing’s probably going to “make it” in the tech world.
Your superiors may not appreciate you spending company time on Facebook, preferring instead that you buckle down and churn through those spreadsheets. But what if you’ve already churned through …
The Most Followed Person on Google+ Is Mark Zuckerberg
Well, this is awkward. It appears that by a substantial margin, Mark Zuckerberg is currently the most followed person on the new social network on the block, Google+.
According to the Google+ Statistics Counter, the Zuckerberg account has nearly 10,000 more followers than Google’s co-founder Larry Page, with 29,543 and 19,878, …
Google Realtime Search Goes Offline, Might Get Google+
Happy Fourth of July! Google pulled the plug on its realtime search while you were barbecuing some ribs and slamming a few beers out on the patio. Now welcome back to the real world.
So while most of America was wrapped up in its three-day weekend, Google disabled its Realtime Search feature. Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally), …
There Are Now 200 Million Tweets Being Sent Per Day
It’s hard to imagine that when Twitter first launched in 2006 it’d become the monstrous cloud of information it is today.
To say the service fundamentally changed the world by changing the way we communicate isn’t even an overstatement — it’s really become a fulcrum for culture in more ways that one.
I mean, at its worst it helps …
How to Make Google+ Look More Like Facebook
Guys, remember that old social network everyone used to use? No, no — not MySpace. What are we, savages? I know it’s been for-e-ver, but Facebook! Duh. For the uninitiated to Google+ (which as a writer is still really weird to type out), we’ve been giving the new kid on the block its due praise, despite a few bugs here and …
Take a Gander at Gmail’s New Makeover
Google’s gone America’s Next Top Model and given Gmail a new makeover. The only difference? There will be no stick-thin girls crying about their new hair bob.
Gmail won’t be the only Google service getting a redesign: it’s also slated to hit Google Calendar as well. It is all part of a “Google-wide effort” to focus all of …
Why Is the FTC Investigating Twitter’s Business Practices?
The Federal Trade Commission has begun investigating Twitter’s business practices, specifically its acquisition of third party developers, Business Insider reports today. Details are sketchy at this point, but it seems like the case to be made is that Twitter is seeking to monopolize the platform it created and already owns.
Yes, …
Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Announce ‘Something Awesome’ Next Week
Facebook’s been mum in light of Google+ grabbing all the headlines this week. Apparently, it’s just biding its time.
On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a group of reporters visiting his company’s Seattle office that the social network will “launch something awesome” at some point next week.
The 27-year old billionaire …
California to Collect Sales Tax on Web Purchases, Amazon Miffed
California will become the latest state to collect sales tax for online purchases made from out-of-state retailers. The law goes into effect tomorrow and coincides with a 1% reduction in the state’s basic sales tax rate as a result of the end-date of a two-year-old temporary tax increase.
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