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No Facebook is the new punishment for teens

No Facebook is the new punishment for teens

Teens can get in trouble with their parents in many different ways. They can break curfew, get bad grades, fight...

5 features we’d like to see on Facebook

5 features we’d like to see on Facebook

Millions of people all across the world use Facebook, and it is currently the most popular social networking website in...

Facebook co-founder defriends an entire country

Facebook co-founder defriends an entire country

Social media enthusiasts have been all a-Twitter about Facebook heading into an IPO that could be valued around $1 billion...

GM to stop advertising on Facebook

GM to stop advertising on Facebook

Just ahead of the much-discussed Facebook IPO, General Motors announced that they plan to cease advertising on the social networking...

Call it a comeback: Groupon posts profit, share prices surge

Call it a comeback: Groupon posts profit, share prices surge

Stocks shot up 18% after a report that Groupon had slayed expectations from The Street to post its first quarterly...

Do you own your Tweets?

Do you own your Tweets?

Have you ever bothered to read the terms of service agreement on the back of a video game book?  I...

What’s the marketing potential from Apple’s recent patent for iPhone 3D camera technology?

What’s the marketing potential from Apple’s recent patent for iPhone 3D camera technology?

We have been hearing rumors about the iPhone 5 since long before the 4S was launched. One of the most...

For Harley: The digital photo album

For Harley: The digital photo album

My wife and I are expecting our daughter Harley in July sometime and there isn’t a feeling in the world...

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...