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One more feather in the Google+ cap: Themes

One more feather in the Google+ cap: Themes

It's not that big of a deal, really. It's just a Chrome extension that someone made to add some spice...

If your web pages are slow, Google will rewrite them for you

If your web pages are slow, Google will rewrite them for you

Google has been on a rampage over the last few years promoting the cause of increasing internet speed. They are...

Knowledge management, the evolution

Knowledge management, the evolution

There is a well-known transition of thought that has been singularly clear since the beginning of human existence: Data becomes...

YouSendIt launches new services to take on Dropbox

YouSendIt launches new services to take on Dropbox

In the world of cloud storage and file sharing, few companies are growing faster than Dropbox. Since January 2010, the...

Facebook readies an official iPad app

Facebook readies an official iPad app

After downplaying the importance of having an iPad app, images of Facebook’s upcoming iPad app have finally been exposed via...

Open source wars: WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla

Open source wars: WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla

Every IT person, developer, and programmer has an opinion when it comes to the various open source content management systems...

The Google+ honeymoon is over

The Google+ honeymoon is over

It was fun while it lasted. Something new and shiny popped into our social media lives in the last month...

The skinny on Silicon Valley salaries

The skinny on Silicon Valley salaries

Many who have graduated from college and headed towards to the promised land of Silicon Valley in the last few...

Google+ hits 20 million users in just in 3 weeks

Google+ hits 20 million users in just in 3 weeks

The launch of Google+, Google’s new social network, has gone off without a hitch. After only three weeks, Google+ has...

The Google takeover started today in Google Places despite focus on Google Plus

The Google takeover started today in Google Places despite focus on Google Plus

The tech world has been buzzing for a month about Google Plus, the social network that is challenging Facebook for...

How social media fits in with business communications

How social media fits in with business communications

Social media has become a huge part of many business strategies, particularly in marketing. It has not, however, been adopted...

What are bitcoins and how do they avoid taxes?

What are bitcoins and how do they avoid taxes?

There has been a lot of press surrounding bitcoins lately. They are viewed as a fun way to invest and...

Zillow shares soar in latest Internet IPO

Zillow shares soar in latest Internet IPO

Shares of online real estate service Zillow more than doubled in their initial public offering on Wednesday, following the same...

What is the future of the desktop computer?

What is the future of the desktop computer?

For years, the desktop computer has been but a shell of its former dominant self. The world went mobile, and...

3D Printer makes working tools with moving parts

3D Printer makes working tools with moving parts

We're not quite to the point where we can push a button and say, "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." Then again,...

Is Apple University the solution to the eventual departure of Steve Jobs?

Is Apple University the solution to the eventual departure of Steve Jobs?

There may never be a better time for Steve Jobs to step away from Apple. Then again, there may never...

Apple is officially unstoppable, earnings show. Steve can safely go if he’d like.

Apple is officially unstoppable, earnings show. Steve can safely go if he’d like.

It's hard to beat Wall Street predictions repeatedly, but Apple continues to be underestimated by experts despite showing no signs...

Neil deGrasse Tyson pleads for the future of NASA

Neil deGrasse Tyson pleads for the future of NASA

"The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be...

How Facebook facial recognition works

How Facebook facial recognition works

There has been a recent uproar about Facebook's "Tag Suggestions" feature that takes people's faces, attempts to recognize them, and...

Google’s headcount headed towards 30,000

Google’s headcount headed towards 30,000

There was a ton of information revealed during Google's Q2 Earnings report earlier this week despite CEO Larry Page trying...