Legacy Archive

Just weeks after snapping up TweetDeck, Twitter has acquired social analytics start-up BackType. The company’s main product, BackTweets, has helped...

Security is always a concern online, but on social networks it's doubly so as we put more and more personal information on Facebook, Twitter, and...

It's a sound that few of us have heard since the last time we saw a modem that looked like the one above. Still, it's a sound that will always be...

There's nothing wrong with reusing old material on new projects. It's done all the time in Hollywood. Heck, the Wilhelm Scream has been used over and over...

We can dream, right? This video of unknown origin (comment if you know, please) presents a not-so-unrealistic view of what the toilet of the future may...

There are two potential winners in South Korea's recent announcement that they would be moving to a completely-digital curriculum model by 2015: students...

It was once hard to imagine a world like either of the ones described in 1984 or Brave New World. There were logistical and technological challenges that...

In this cartoon by the geniuses at Joy of Tech, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg invokes the 1981 ad that Apple ran in the Wall Street Journal "welcoming" IBM...

Every now and then, people nail it. This is one of those cases as Manu Cornet from Bonkersworld breaks down the organization charts of 6 major tech...

Everyone in the tech industry has heard of Silicon Valley, but how many have heard of Silicon Alley? New York is known for business and money, pizza and...

Word on the tubes is that Facebook is about to drop live, in-browser video chat next week. According to Zuck, Facebook will be unveiling an...

Picasa had been retired now and Google Photos is in its place. In the wake of the Google Plus launch, Google's online photo-sharing service Picasa has...

The fat lady may not have sung yet, but pigs are definitely flying. While I'm not the biggest fan of most celebrities' lukewarm attempts to stir up...

Have you ever been tempted to pull out the old Nintendo Entertainment System from the attic just to finish that one game you never got around to? Do you...

Twitter is a polarizing force. Most people, particularly those who are tech-savvy, either love the 140-character-social-networking-microbloggy-thingy or...

For a company that has had trouble understanding social, the response to Google+, the company's new social network platform, has been remarkably good. But...

There were many who tagged this year's E# convention as a disappointment, but there were some games that got more buzz than others. Saints Row, while not...

With the start of summer, the start of blockbuster movie season begins. While the money-making is strong for many summer releases, they often pale in...

The visually impaired don't get a lot of help when it comes to next-gen tech to help them better live autonomous lives. For generations, the most...

If you someone asked you where you were from, you would probably reply with your city or state. That's the real world. On Twitter, we tend to answer that...

The future of aviation was on display at the recent Paris Air Show. Many concepts at the show featured super-fast speeds and low emissions, but one...

There is a decent amount of "good" going on through social media. Changes, revolutions, and innovations happen on and as a result of social media every...

As the roads fill with the quiet, environmentally-friendly hybrids, most people are now aware of the premise. The electric half of the hybrid starts the...

It's not a cute little chimp pushing buttons randomly. As you'll see in the video, this guy plays Far Cry 2 well enough to get some kills and blow up some...