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Clash of the titans: Google+ vs. Facebook

Clash of the titans: Google+ vs. Facebook

Since the upstart of Google Plus, it has been increasing its popularity at a very fast rate. Shockingly enough, at...

Instagram: The timeline of a rock star product

Instagram: The timeline of a rock star product

As startup success stories go, few can compare to Instagram. When they were purchased by Facebook earlier this week, there...

Google+ vs Facebook, by the numbers

Google+ vs Facebook, by the numbers

When it comes to social networking and search, the two big internet activities are dominated by the 800 lb gorilla...

The Listserve: A lottery where one person a day can talk to the world

The Listserve: A lottery where one person a day can talk to the world

Some ideas were born to work. The Listserve may be one of them What would you say if you were...

The amazing manipulating power of the “accidental” leak

The amazing manipulating power of the “accidental” leak

Every professional field has a set of hot buttons that allows those in it to be manipulated. For politicians, it's...

Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs

Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs

The cloud doesn't scare me. The future will be more secure the sooner bigger companies adopt standards on cloud computing...

Adobe sends Creative Suite to the cloud

Adobe sends Creative Suite to the cloud

Adobe is gearing up to release Creative Cloud, their online edition of the Creative Suite. The San Jose-based company claims...

Instagram’s 17 month journey from nil to bill(ion)

Instagram’s 17 month journey from nil to bill(ion)

There are already questions surrounding Facebook's purchase of Instagram for $1 billion yesterday. Was it a talent purchase (of 13...

Silicon success hits Instagram as Facebook shells out $1 billion to buy it

Silicon success hits Instagram as Facebook shells out $1 billion to buy it

It's a sign of the times. Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook has purchased photo app Instagram for $1 billion. The...

The marketing zombies will take over Pinterest soon. They already are.

The marketing zombies will take over Pinterest soon. They already are.

In 2007, there was an emerging social media site that had a modest but growing userbase. It was designed to...

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

It's hard to let a good thing die. Most people who do not have navigation in their vehicle or a...

The college experience enhanced (or hampered) by social media

The college experience enhanced (or hampered) by social media

  When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he wanted to make a closed network for the elite at Harvard. Over time,...

Google’s Project Glass will be more annoying than bluetooth (until it’s accepted and mass-delivered)

Google’s Project Glass will be more annoying than bluetooth (until it’s accepted and mass-delivered)

Sometime in the near future you may see people walking around with eyeglasses on that only have a small lens...

In the internet ruining our brains?

In the internet ruining our brains?

The majority of people would say that the internet has enhanced our lives. It has given us access to more...

As many as 1.5 million credit cards at risk through Global Payments hack

As many as 1.5 million credit cards at risk through Global Payments hack

Late last week payment processor Global Payments revealed that MasterCard and Visa cardholders were at risk through a security flaw...

When will iBooks become the norm in schools?

When will iBooks become the norm in schools?

There has been a push to replace books in the educational arena for some time now. This push hasn't been...

Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less

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,...

Several not-so-random facts about how IT perceives the cloud

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

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?

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...