Archive for October, 2011

How social media has evolved the role of the ad executive

Oct 5 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Social media has had a tremendous effect on many aspects of life and work over the last couple of years. Marketing and advertising have been particularly affected due to the attention that social media demands. Just as radio changed advertising, more »

Boeing's Dreamliner sparks new era of commercial aviation

Oct 4 by David Lux | add comment

Boeing delivered its first batch of all-new 787 Dreamliners this month, ushering in a new generation of commercial aircraft. The Dreamliner is more efficient and offers more passenger comfort than its predecessors, and it’s being dubbed as the “first more »

Links on Facebook to be screened for viruses

Oct 4 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

Phishers and hackers have found that social media is a great place to plant links to malicious websites as unsuspecting people click through and get infected or give their information. Now, Facebook is changing that by checking every outbound more »

6 basic online college courses you can listen to as podcasts

Oct 3 by Greg Voakes | 1 comment

Sometimes the hardest part of getting a degree isn’t the final exam or the big midterm project. It’s getting started. Hell, sometimes it’s just trying to decide if you want to go back to school. If, however, you’re one of the millions more »

Rhapsody to acquire Napster

Oct 3 by Connor Livingston | add comment

Sean Parker has been in the news a few times lately. In this case, his roots at Napster are his only involvement and he isn’t getting much more than a mention as the controversial file-sharing site that helped start the revolution is being acquired from more »

Amazon may have sold 95,000 Kindle Fires in one day

Oct 3 by David Lux | 1 comment

Based on one research firm’s estimates, online retailer Amazon may have sold 95,000 units of its all-new Kindle Fire tablet in the first day the device was available for pre-order. “eDataSource’s panel of 800,000 [email] inboxes allows us to gain insight more »

Tech jobs in high demand as the talent wars heat up

Oct 2 by Greg Voakes | 1 comment

The down economy is keeping many people across America and the world unemployed. One area that is not seeing the same challenges is the high-end tech industry. Companies like Apple are hiring and they’re willing to pay big bucks for those who more »

Star Wars "Imperial March" (as performed by 2 floppy disk drives)

Oct 2 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Few songs are more sinister or invoke a deeper geek reaction than Imperial March, the musical interpretation of the domination of the Empire in Star Wars. Thanks to YouTube user sh4dowww90, we now have the song to enjoy in a format most have never heard: floppy more »

Airbnb faces new controversy, this time over financing

Oct 1 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

Just when we thought the controversies about Airbnb had softened and reports of crack pipes and damages had become old news, the website that connects travelers with local spaces to rent has reemerged into the news, this time thanks to a leaked venture more »

The only cat video worth watching today: Schrödinger's Cat

Oct 1 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

When people think of “cat videos” on the internet, most assume that it will be some sort of funny or silly feline doing something funny or silly. Occasionally, they hiss. Usually, they simply fall. In this case, they explode (50% of the time). more »

Amazon Silk is just another invasion of privacy

Oct 1 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

Amazon is getting a lot of attention based upon the Amazon Fire tablet, but now that buzz around the initial launch announcement has subsided a bit, it’s time to take a look at real differentiator: Silk. When Amazon first introduced Silk, they didn’t wait beyond the 2nd sentence of the more »