Archive for September, 2011

A single voice matches the sentiment of a nation regarding mobile data plans

Sep 22 by JD Rucker | add comment

The trends are heading in different directions. As devices become more mobile-data capable and applications push towards a mobile internet, service providers are shrinking, throttling, and increasing the prices of data plans. In  three minutes, AT&T and Verizon user UrgoClips encapsulates more »

If you want a definitive iPhone news leak, go to Al Gore

Sep 21 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

The rumormill is always hard at work for (or against) Apple, particularly when it comes to imminent iPhone releases. Journalists turned to the most reliable leak on the Apple board, former Vice President Al Gore, to confirm some of what many have already speculated. There will be multiple iPhones more »

Is HP double-dipping on an imminent Whitman announcement?

Sep 21 by Connor Livingston | add comment

Meg Whitman’s name has always done well in business. Despite not becoming governor of California, her career with eBay and other tech firms (including being on the board at Hewlett-Packard) has nearly always been accompanied by success. In short, she’s tech-firm gold. It’s no surprise that more »

Twitter cashes in on the 2012 election

Sep 21 by David Lux | add comment

Twitter is already a popular destination for political discourse, but the social network wants to beef up its involvement in politics as the 2012 election nears. This week, Twitter will begin selling political advertising in an effort to keep revenues up. “We’ve had five years to watch and more »

Digg CEO Matt Williams Discusses the Future After Newsrooms Launch

Sep 21 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

When they launched Digg Newsrooms Beta yesterday, much of the buzz within the community was both positive and hopeful. There was skepticism to be sure as Digg made disastrous moves on their last major launch last year with v4, but the overall sentiment was strong. Shortly after the launch, Digg CEO Matt Williams appeared more »

Fire is cool in theory

Sep 20 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Humans take fire for granted. The reality behind the science of fire is actually pretty interesting. Whether looking at the chemistry behind it, the quantum mechanics that drive it, or the simple but amazing concept of lighting a candle in space, fire can be a very stimulating subject. That’s more »

Full disclosure is becoming a normal thing in social GPS tracking and check ins

Sep 20 by Connor Livingston | add comment

While the privacy war wages on one end of the spectrum with people, companies, and even governments going after Facebook, Twitter, and Google about how they handle the information that people give (or do not give) them, the other end of the spectrum is using their mobile devices to announce anything more »

Mafia Wars 2 shows Zynga and social gaming aren't just a passing fancy

Sep 20 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

There is a lot of passion surrounding social games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. People either love them or hate them. There is no gray area. Zynga is banking on as many people as possible loving it as they prepare to release Mafia Wars 2. According to Zynga, it’s the “most bad-ass game to date.” Here’s more »

The most idiotic aspect (among many) of the Netflix to Qwikster switch

Sep 19 by JD Rucker | add comment

The negativity towards Netflix started a couple of months ago when they raised the prices on their services by separating them out, doing so in a way that most consider rude and careless, but that’s not the most idiotic aspect of what they’re doing. They are taking the largest revenue stream they more »

DC Universe Online goes free to play

Sep 19 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

In case you ever wanted to be a hero or a villain in the comic book world but didn’t want to pay for it, the massively multi-player online game DC Universe Online by Sony Online Entertainment is going to be free to play starting in October. The increase in social games mixes with the impending release of Star Wars: The Old Republic are likely the causes for the more »

Visualizing Reddit: The community as it stands around the world

Sep 19 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

People who are not part of the Reddit community are likely unaware that it is the launching point for a good portion of the content that eventually makes its rounds to everyone. Blogs and users of other social media sites like Digg, Tumblr, and Buzzfeed grab content that goes viral on Reddit and re-purpose more »

Dancing, gambling, and underwear give deeper insights into humans

Sep 19 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

Looking at individuals and breaking down their traits, how one inclination affects another habit, and why we choose to do the things we do is often challenging. Causation is difficult to isolate in the individual because there are simply too many factors amongst the things we can see and no about, more »

HP employees given chance to buy last batch of TouchPads

Sep 18 by Rocco Penn | 2 comments

The end of a very short era at HP is around the corner as they announced internally that the employee purchase program surrounding the HP TouchPad opens up at 9:00 am Pacific on September 28th, giving them the opportunity to buy the 16GB version for $99.99 and the 32GB version for $149.99 while supplies more »

MadPad helps make music... even at the hardware store

Sep 18 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

With about a million iPad apps and a billion iPhone apps available, finding good ones isn’t hard. Finding ones that stand out from the crowd often is. If you like making music but don’t necessarily have “skills” with instruments, MadPad is an iPhone or iPad app that can help. No skill required – just bring your more »