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Vinstagram? How a Vine-like feature on Instagram could change Facebook

Vinstagram? How a Vine-like feature on Instagram could change Facebook

Anyone who loves the Vine app for Twitter knows two things - it can be a lot of fun and...

An out of this world project

An out of this world project

Google has added a brand new venture to its roster, Project Loon. Loon allows people to connect to internet, not...

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

The short answer: no. The longer answer is that they have to do something. When Microsoft first made the jump...

Use social media to educate consumers… and possibly blow their minds

Use social media to educate consumers… and possibly blow their minds

The days of businesses focusing their efforts on entertaining their fans on social media are behind us... at least they...

Bieber reaches 40 million Twitter followers… kind of

Bieber reaches 40 million Twitter followers… kind of

In recent years, social media has become the fuel to boost celebrity popularity. Whether it’s Amanda Bynes tweeting about whom...

Highlights from the Apple WWDC Keynote 2013

Highlights from the Apple WWDC Keynote 2013

The tech world has been buzzing for the past 24 hours with news from Apple’s WWDC 2013 Keynote. Apple hosted...

Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple

Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple

Round one of the epic battle between Apple and Samsung started last year. The patent war began when Apple accused...

The iOS 7 features visualized

The iOS 7 features visualized

It's an all new design, and while many aren't very impressed early on, it's still going to get  a ton...

Four types of Facebook posts that businesses can rotate if they must

Four types of Facebook posts that businesses can rotate if they must

There are too many opportunities out there in the world of social media that makes it a bad idea to...

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

Since January, Google and Microsoft have been clawing each other’s eyes out over YouTube.  The trouble started way back in...

#Serena: not done serving on the court, nor on Twitter

#Serena: not done serving on the court, nor on Twitter

Let me just get this out of the way: I have a girl crush on Serena Williams.Her badass physical and...

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

The use of social media to report events has become a normal occurrence. Any time anything happens that is newsworthy,...

How to start over with a Facebook page

How to start over with a Facebook page

Oh, the regrets. Things happen. We start heading down the wrong direction and suddenly we find ourselves in a bad...

Android or Windows 8? How to choose between HP’s two new detachable PCs

Android or Windows 8? How to choose between HP’s two new detachable PCs

Perhaps you've heard that HP has launched two detachable, hybrid PCs and you aren't sure which of these cool devices...

If you want attention on Google+, go large and horizontal with your images

If you want attention on Google+, go large and horizontal with your images

When Google+ first rolled out their change, we called it "Twitteresque". After exploring it further for the last couple of...

One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters

One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters

If there's one thing that could bring down the whole Twitter empire outside of a catastrophic meltdown of all of...

6 things you didn’t know Google Chrome could do

6 things you didn’t know Google Chrome could do

After five years of constant upgrades and improvements, Google's Chrome is now used by about 40% of those wired to...

Google I/O 2013 in a nutshell

Google I/O 2013 in a nutshell

Not everyone gets to go to the Google I/O conference. Thankfully, there is plenty of coverage and tons of blog...

After nearly 2 years of lingering, Google Buzz is officially shutting down

After nearly 2 years of lingering, Google Buzz is officially shutting down

Remember Google Buzz, the attempt prior to Google+ for the company to get social? It was shut down in October,...

Argentinian isolationism and socialism force Google to flee from developers

Argentinian isolationism and socialism force Google to flee from developers

The good part about comprehensive socialism is that it's excellent for buying votes and winning elections as the masses in...