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TMI: Why sharing too much on social media is worse than we even thought

TMI: Why sharing too much on social media is worse than we even thought

It's a trap. Yes, here comes a conspiracy theory. Get your tinfoil hats on, quickly. Social media sites such as...

The social media litmus test for hiring

The social media litmus test for hiring

Social media is often a paradox. For many, it's the convergence of our private lives with public access and scrutiny....

Microsoft gets aggressive in cloud CRM market against Oracle, Salesforce

Microsoft gets aggressive in cloud CRM market against Oracle, Salesforce

Microsoft really wants more cloud Customer Relationship Management (CRM) clients and now they're willing to pay for them. Medium-sized companies...

Walmart creates its own social media startup

Walmart creates its own social media startup

Evernote, LinkedIn, Mint….Walmart? The retail giant is now among Mountain View’s leading startup companies following its purchase of Kosmix, the...

Google vs Apple: Who’s winning the tech industry land grab?

Google vs Apple: Who’s winning the tech industry land grab?

In the news, people are well aware of the iOS vs Android war. Both operating systems and the companies behind...

The toughest tech shoes to ever be filled

The toughest tech shoes to ever be filled

Never has a single man had a greater impact on a tech company than Steve Jobs. Many would say that...

Using technology for magic tricks

Using technology for magic tricks

Every day, new uses are thought up surrounding current technologies. The gadgets and gizmos that populate western culture have begun...

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

With several hundred signals that are read and processed by their search algorithm, we've always known that Google puts a...

Facebook ends Deals after 4 months

Facebook ends Deals after 4 months

That didn't take long. After testing the waters that Groupon and LivingSocial dominate, Facebook has pulled the plug on Deals....

An ode to Steve Jobs, visualized

An ode to Steve Jobs, visualized

Artist. Rebel. Taste maker. Trend setter. The outspoken leader of the largest technology firm in the world stepped down this...

Razer Blade gaming laptop launches, but the real story is the buzz behind it

Razer Blade gaming laptop launches, but the real story is the buzz behind it

It was a scumbag move, but in the end the sheep will still buy it. And so will I. When...

How to make a strong password

How to make a strong password

  They are the keys we use to get to some of the most important parts of our online lives....

NASA visualization of a black hole devouring a star

NASA visualization of a black hole devouring a star

In late March 2011, NASA's Swift satellite alerted astronomers to intense and unusual high-energy flares from a new source in...

3/4 of US states do not have solar incentives

3/4 of US states do not have solar incentives

When it comes to renewable energy, solar is often considered the easiest to acquire. The sun is a source of...

Sony introduces world’s first recordable binoculars

Sony introduces world’s first recordable binoculars

Although the $1,400 price tag for Sony’s all-new high-end binoculars is a bit steep, the DEV-3 and DEV-5 are anything...

What Steve Jobs really brought to Apple

What Steve Jobs really brought to Apple

As the man most responsible for the success of the largest tech company in the world steps down for medical...

I know the Steve Jobs story is big, but @techmeme – seriously?

I know the Steve Jobs story is big, but @techmeme – seriously?

This is huge news. It has been huge news for a while ever since we found out that the co-founder...

Mind-Blowing fact: there were over 900 million mentions of the Copa America Tournament on Twitter

Mind-Blowing fact: there were over 900 million mentions of the Copa America Tournament on Twitter

If the statistic is true (and there's no reason to believe otherwise - heck, it's on the internet!), then there...

The social evolution of gaming

The social evolution of gaming

Gaming was once ripe with solitude and individualism. Sure, there were multiplayer games, but that required people to be playing...

Billabong V1 wetsuit: safer surfing for brahs everywhere

Billabong V1 wetsuit: safer surfing for brahs everywhere

As sports go, surfing is one that has always had the stigma of being both relatively safe and potentially deadly....