Didn’t get your invite to Westminster Abbey for the Royal wedding? Don’t fret, you can still follow along on YouTube!
Yes, the marriage of Will and Kate will be streamed live on the net via the Royal Family’s official YouTube channel (that’s right, the Royal Family has an official YouTube channel–who knew?).
In the unlikely event …
According a report in the Wall Street Journal, Twitter is in “advanced talks” that would lead to the purchasing of the popular client TweetDeck for $50 million, according to people “familiar with the matter.”
At the time of the report, a Twitter spokesperson declined to comment, and TweetDeck’s chief executive was …
If you think you have an “idea worth spreading,” then listen up–you could well be the next TED star!
No, I don’t mean “listen up Bill Gates” or “Al Gore,” but you, as in “reading this post” you. The TED organization – dedicated to global conferences – has launched its first-ever open audition for a spot in its TED2012 conference …
Military officials in the British Ministry of Defense released a highly sensitive document about nuclear submarine security with key sections redacted simply by changing the background color from white to black.
The document was given an official release following a Freedom of Information request by anti-nuclear campaigners. Under …
It’s time to say farewell to Flock, the social browser that promised so much but never really caught on.
Promised so much? Like what? When Flock first appeared back in 2005, it said it would revolutionize the way people use social networks. It came with social features baked-in, making it much easier to browse sites like Flickr and …
If you’re grumbling your way through a mountain of tax forms at the last minute today (or if you forgot today was tax day—hurry!), you may be wondering where all your hard-earned money is going.
Google wondered the same thing, and sought to answer that question with what it calls the Data Viz Challenge. Per a company blog post:
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Nikon D90, prepare to step down for a new king. Apple’s iPhone 4 is about to reign supreme for most popular camera on Flickr.
Two years ago, the iPhone overtook Canon’s EOS Digital Rebel XTi. What’s the difference here? Flickr counted all versions of the iPhone for that tally, but now it’s just the iPhone 4 riding its way all …
Google has finally decided to put Google Video out of its misery. What’s that I hear? Silence? Yep, that the sound of people caring.
Starting April 29, the site will not host any more videos, making many nonexistent users forlorn about its demise. An email was sent out to active users to download their videos and re-upload them to …
Earlier today, three of the Web’s largest poker sites — PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker — were seized by the FBI after the U.S. Attorney for New York opened an indictment charging the site’s founders for bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling.
The websites for FullTiltPoker.net and AbsolutePoker.com have …
Got beef with Amazon? Apparently, so do big-time record labels.
The online retailer was due for a meeting today in New York with music label executives about its controversial cloud music storage service.
The digital locker Cloud Drive was launched in March and allows anyone to upload and back up their music to Amazon’s servers. …
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For this week’s TIME.com Technologizer column, I took a look at personalized-magazine apps–Flipboard, Taptu, and Zite (all for the iPad) and Genieo (for Windows PCs and Macs). Each one is a bit different in its technology and emphasis, but the core notion is similar: They grab stories from all over the Web that are likely to interest …
Who wants to pay $200 a month for the fastest residential Internet money can buy? Fearless Comcast customers, that’s who. “Fearless” in the sense that they’d have to be utterly unafraid to throw hundreds of dollars in monthly access fees after speeds they’ll only see in ideal client-server scenarios.
But if you’re feeling intrepid …
