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Social gifting is on the rise

Social gifting is on the rise

Thinking about giving a gift this year? Watch out – it should come as no surprise that while the amount...

ARGUS is DARPA’s ultimate 1.8-gigapixel eye in the sky

ARGUS is DARPA’s ultimate 1.8-gigapixel eye in the sky

Imagine a camera, drone, and integrated video storage system that can shoot detailed images of a 15-square mile area that...

Rash of iPhone thefts have earned the culprits a name: the Apple Pickers Gang

Rash of iPhone thefts have earned the culprits a name: the Apple Pickers Gang

They may not have the high-end panache of the Wet Bandits from Home Alone, but after forty attacks on pedestrians...

Techi week in review

Techi week in review

This week was loaded with big mobile news from regulars such as Apple to an old school mobile giant, that...

If you’re firing 190 employees, make sure they don’t have access to the company Twitter account

If you’re firing 190 employees, make sure they don’t have access to the company Twitter account

Firing employees can be hard. There are emotions at play and emotions can lead to bad decisions. They can also...

Facebook hits the real world with innovative gift cards

Facebook hits the real world with innovative gift cards

Facebook is about to get real and make their push into the physical wallets that they've always coveted. It's not...

Introducing Macintosh. For the LEGO lovers among us.

Introducing Macintosh. For the LEGO lovers among us.

In 1984, Apple changed the world. They introduced Macintosh computers with a commercial directed by Ridley Scott that is arguably...

2013 Honda Accord to add Siri to list of distractions

2013 Honda Accord to add Siri to list of distractions

Remember the days when drivers did nothing but drive. Sure, they could talk, maybe listen to the radio, have a...

Is Vine’s 6 second format a major miscalculation?

Is Vine’s 6 second format a major miscalculation?

Twitter built its empire around brevity. There were others in the microblogging field, most notably Jaiku and Pownce, that offered...

Here’s what you should know about Facebook Graph Search

Here’s what you should know about Facebook Graph Search

Graph Search is Facebook's newest pillar. Every user's experience will be different because every user has a different network to...

Apple’s remarkable run

Apple’s remarkable run

Apple is winning and winning big—not only in the U.S., but throughout the world. The company is building one of...

IBM delivers new software and cloud services to accelerate social business

IBM delivers new software and cloud services to accelerate social business

Today IBM announced several new software and cloud-based services to advance the transformation of organizations into social businesses. From marketing...

What is Big Data and Why It’s Bigger Than You Realize

What is Big Data and Why It’s Bigger Than You Realize

Big Data refers to datasets on an extremely large scale filled with complexities that make it impossible to process and...

Synthetic DNA used as data storage shouldn’t terrify earth’s current inhabitants yet

Synthetic DNA used as data storage shouldn’t terrify earth’s current inhabitants yet

It may be too early to start firing up your DNA thumb drive, but that's not out of the question...

Microsoft kills a good trend of self-deprecating ads with “Child of the 90s” video

Microsoft kills a good trend of self-deprecating ads with “Child of the 90s” video

Microsoft had a good thing going. They created a pair of videos aimed at diffusing some of the hate towards...

Pope calls for flock to hit social media

Pope calls for flock to hit social media

Social networks like Twitter and Facebook have a new advocate and he's asking his billions of worldly followers to go...

Did the Audi bike concept designer realize he used the Mercedes logo for the wheels?

Did the Audi bike concept designer realize he used the Mercedes logo for the wheels?

Last year, Audi started showing off its e-bike concept, a high-tech 50 MPH electric bike with carbon fiber and built...

Which is better, Siri or Google Voice Search?

Which is better, Siri or Google Voice Search?

The Apple versus Google battle has been waging since well before anyone even knew there was a rift between the...

How a hypersonic ‘SpaceLiner’ would change intercontinental travel forever

How a hypersonic ‘SpaceLiner’ would change intercontinental travel forever

Today, the fastest standard flight from Paris to Sydney requires one quick stop and takes about 22 hours. The SpaceLiner...

5 types of Facebook content that make local businesses stand out

5 types of Facebook content that make local businesses stand out

In an environment with a billion users, millions of business pages, and just about every company in every industry trying...