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Yahoo’s Next CEO Must Be Magical

Yahoo’s Next CEO Must Be Magical

The debacles continue to mount at Yahoo. After ousting Scott Thompson from CEO, the search begins for the next CEO...

Iran pushes for national internet by cutting off foreign email providers for financial communication

Iran pushes for national internet by cutting off foreign email providers for financial communication

Iran continues its push to keep foreign interests out of its internet by barring banks, insurance companies, and telecom providers...

Yahoo CEO ousted

Yahoo CEO ousted

To most, it was a matter of when. The "if" possibilities were sealed when word broke that former Yahoo CEO...

Significance of Facebook’s ‘like’ button and its value for brands and pages

Significance of Facebook’s ‘like’ button and its value for brands and pages

Welcome to the digital era, where we have bid farewell to old marketing tools. Now brands successfully promote themselves by...

The state of the internet

The state of the internet

Not much needs to be said, here. We're all on the internet. There are definitely people who are not, but...

Hold on Facebook purchase of Instagram will benefit Twitter, Google

Hold on Facebook purchase of Instagram will benefit Twitter, Google

Don't be fooled by reports that Google and Twitter have become "ensnared" in the Federal Trade Commission's investigation of Facebook's...

Will smartfoods send notifications to our smartphones soon?

Will smartfoods send notifications to our smartphones soon?

Have you ever been out and about and wondered, "do we have milk?" It's a question that gets asked in...

Second time is (hopefully) a charm with HP putting Windows 8 on new tablet line

Second time is (hopefully) a charm with HP putting Windows 8 on new tablet line

HP has not had much luck in their early attempts at penetrating the tablet market after launching and subsequently canning...

Slashdot may be for sale soon

Slashdot may be for sale soon

One of the grandfathers of social news may be on the selling block as Geeknet announced today that they were...

Understanding the differences in High-Def formats

Understanding the differences in High-Def formats

High definition videos have been a hot topic for years. With plasma televisions and HD video recorders filling our houses...

Would a 7-inch iPad kill the Kindle Fire

Would a 7-inch iPad kill the Kindle Fire

It was supposed to be the iPad killer and in many ways it was. Well, it didn't kill the iPad,...

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

This is what social media was designed to do in the first place. Heck, it's what the internet promised to...

Demand for Facebook IPO is “weaker than forecast”. Are you worried, yet?

Demand for Facebook IPO is “weaker than forecast”. Are you worried, yet?

The biggest IPO in tech history is appearing to be smaller than people thought according to a recent report from...

As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?

As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?

While Google takes on the role of trailblazer in Nevada, there are questions that surround the technology behind their driverless...

Google’s Project Glass could change our views

Google’s Project Glass could change our views

Every time there is a new smart phone put on the market, millions of people flock to the release in...

Would Facebook have a better IPO if Zuckerberg announced a search for his replacement?

Would Facebook have a better IPO if Zuckerberg announced a search for his replacement?

Play time is over. It's time to get down to business. That's the semi-embraced mantra at Facebook, depending on who...

Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel

Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel

The future is now. At least, that is what we will be saying when the driverless automobile takes to the...

Remote tablets: Revolutionizing your world

Remote tablets: Revolutionizing your world

The advent of the tablet has already changed our perspective on what can be accomplished with a personal computer. Within...

Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

I recently read an article on Mashable about Blueseed, a ship funded by Pay-Pal billionaire Peter Thiel, which will house...

Will Google+ Business Pages Replace Google Places?

Will Google+ Business Pages Replace Google Places?

There has been light speculation for a long time about whether Google+ Business Pages will eventually replace Google Places altogether....