Unlike with most social networks, it’s actually really easy to use Twitter without an account, so much so that the company estimates that there are somewhere around 500 million Twitter users that aren’t accounted for in normal usage statistics because they don’t have an account. Us
It’s odd how a company that makes all of its money by selling things online, and is often cited as the biggest reason for the decline of physical bookstores, ended up opening its own physical bookstore. Even stranger than this, however, is the fact that Amazon’s bookstore is actually a b
Ad-blockers are a dime a dozen nowadays, and they all do the same thing in roughly the same way, so in order for any newcomers to succeed, they need to find a way to differentiate themselves. Goodblock does this in the most admirable way possible, by allowing users to watch specific advertisements t
Many companies were a little worried when Amazon first started releasing its own products, because in the event that some of those products competed with what the companies were offering, all Amazon would have to do in order to give itself and advantage was stop selling competing products on its web
Just as Uber wants to be more than just a ride-sharing service, Airbnb wants to be more than just a convenient way to find a place to stay when you’re visiting a new city. A few days ago, the company started sending out invites for a new feature called Journeys, which helps uses plan pretty mu
Those of you still mourning the death of Gigaom will be excited to hear that the technology news website will be returning sometime in August. Due to long-standing financial issues, the website was forced to shutdown earlier this year, but an Austin-based Internet startup known as Knowingly Corporat
Have you ever felt like using Pandora but didn’t want to have to choose between listening to annoying ads or creating an account and paying a monthly subscription fee for a premium option? Well Pandora has a solution to that problem that will com in the form of a $0.99 all-day pass that will g
Nike must have been pretty confident when it decided to enter the world of health tracking hardware all by itself but the decision has clearly paid off. Now the company is taking things a step further and is expanding its Nike+ app to third-party devices. The company has already formed partnerships
Cheaper is always better, especially for things you pay for regularly, like transportation. That’s why Lyft has introduced a new kind of discounted option for it ride-sharing service, known as Lyft HotSpots, in its home city of San Francisco. Anyone who orders a Lyft Line in one of these desig
Few companies in the United States have been as vocal about their support of net neutrality as Netflix, probably due to the fact that the company would be affected far more negatively than most if net neutrality laws protection wasn’t put into place. However, Netflix doesn’t seem to find
Elon Musk may have come up with hyperloop but it’s unaffiliated organizations like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies that’re bringing the revolutionary rapid transit technology to reality. The organization has revealed a plan that would place a hyperloop test track in a county betwee
Remember back when everyone thought Evan Spiegel was insane for turning down Facebook’s $3 billion offer to acquire Snapchat? Well, I’m sure Spiegel is laughing as he counts the money that Snapchat is reportedly raising right now that will value the company at a whopping $19 billion. Con