March 2012
71 Stories
Google to allow people to change their weather on April 1
Another sighting of Google's yearly April Fool's Day jokes is live. If you search for "weather" you will have the...
Conan O’Brien ousts Pete Cashmore at Mashable for $3500
Talk show host Conan O'Brien posted a viral video and accompanied it with a blog post on Mashable declaring that...
Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less
For over a century, people have tried to cope with understanding Einstein's special theory of relativity and his famous equation,...
The best of Google’s 8-bit April Fool’s Day maps
Google has become one of the biggest pranksters every year for April Fool's Day. Over the years they've put out...
Several not-so-random facts about how IT perceives the cloud
Connectivity and the possibility of not having access to data is a risk with cloud computing, as is speed based...
Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell
France made waves in the P2P industry by implementing a controversial graduated response program in 2010 that was designed to...
Should Facebook buy Bing?
It's all about timing. Bing's inability to take market share from Google in the search industry and Facebook's focus on...
Google’s driverless car comes with (satirical) consequences
With California having major financial woes, the Google Driverless Car may be enough to tank the entire state since ID...
Is internet infrastructure improving quickly enough to meet demands?
While browsing tech posts on Google Plus (yes, I'm the guy who's still using G+) I came across an advertorial...
Facebook Assemble! How social media promotes the movie industry
Lately the social media buzz in the film industry has surrounded Marvel’s new summer tent pole release The Avengers. The...
A breakdown of Google’s top advertisers
Google is often viewed by the general population as a company with its hands into everything tech. They believe that...
38 years ago Arthur C. Clarke nailed his prediction about the 21st century
We often look back at the great minds of the past in wonder as their predictions of what the future...
RIM isn’t restructuring. It’s dying.
There was an exchange between James T. Kirk and Spock regarding a proposed bailout of the beleaguered Klingon Empire. Kirk:...
Tech needs more women
Most of the gender boundaries in America have been broken down in recent decades as women are now doing more...
Smartphones enabling dumbing down
Recently, it feels as though new cell phones can do everything for you. Email, scheduling, GPS capabilities, games, messaging, and...
Does Twitter censor your Tweets?
Twitter is one of the hottest internet tools on the planet. At the current time, however, it is also one...
Worst IT security breaches debriefed
When the enemy is a moving target it's often only possible to look at the past to try to predict...
When athlete Tweets become a public relations headache
Should a professional sports team’s code of conduct extend to their players during the off season? While players have been...
Google’s self-driving car user #0000000001
Steve Mahan is just like everyone else with a car. He likes to hop in the driver's seat on a...
Just another indication that the Obama team “gets” social: Pinterest
If there's one thing that can be said about Barack Obama and his chances of winning re-election, it's that he's...
The iPad battery “problem” isn’t really a problem at all according to Apple
Every Apple device will fall under major scrutiny by both fans and foes simply because of its intense popularity. Just...
TIL 81% of online daters lie about their height, weight, or age
Finding love online has been big business since there was such a thing as "online". The internet has empowered people...
What do Android phones and condoms have in common?
Names. If you tell someone you're running to the store to pick up a "Touch", a "Wildfire", or a "Vitality",...
The Google crackdown on SEO has begun
At SXSW, Matt Cutts discussed many topics in his panel with Danny Sullivan. The most interesting portion was the answer...
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