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The quiet approach to cuts and streamlining seems to be working for Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer

The quiet approach to cuts and streamlining seems to be working for Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer

There are a couple of ways that a company can go about making staffing reductions. They can rip the bandaid...

Best Android phones of 2013

Best Android phones of 2013

The Android phones of 2013 come with cool new features that will make your mobile world a lot more enjoyable....

Restaurant searches just got more interactive on Google

Restaurant searches just got more interactive on Google

Google innovated the way people find their next meal or drinking hole yesterday by adding a carousel of local restaurants...

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...

Ground-breaking technology to reduce shocking US burglary figures

Ground-breaking technology to reduce shocking US burglary figures

It’s an unfortunate and startling statistic: by the time you’ve finished reading this opening paragraph, someone in the US will...

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

In my recent exploration of various social media profiles being used by local businesses, I found a disturbing trend. While...

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...

This is what Google Glass looks like when you take it apart

This is what Google Glass looks like when you take it apart

It's not that it's disappointing or anything. In many ways, it's anticlimactic to see what the little device that's causing...

The current (and future) status of driverless cars

The current (and future) status of driverless cars

We've seen them in movies for half a century. The concept cars have been popping up for decades. Some of...

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

With Verizon vans rolling down the road being called "NSA Surveillance Vehicles" and every tech and political blog on the...

Which Big Brother do you prefer?

Which Big Brother do you prefer?

The hot news item this week is that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records...

Comparing the coveted internships of Google and Facebook

Comparing the coveted internships of Google and Facebook

In a world where people are often having trouble getting full-time jobs, there are a few internships in the tech...

Could “Seinfeld” live in today’s digital world?

Could “Seinfeld” live in today’s digital world?

One of the most popular TV shows of the 90s was the hilariously eccentric “Seinfeld.” The characters always seemed to...

Visualizing the giant piles of cash the tech giants are sitting on

Visualizing the giant piles of cash the tech giants are sitting on

If you had a quarter for every time someone said, "If I had a quarter for every time...," how much...

YouTube’s 8-year anniversary: the evolution into a major media giant

YouTube’s 8-year anniversary: the evolution into a major media giant

Since 2005, YouTube has transformed itself from a small website where the average person could share home videos to the...

Why Google decided to give everyone 15GB

Why Google decided to give everyone 15GB

When Google debuted its Gmail e-mail service in 2004, the Internet community thought it was a joke. Not just because...

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...

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...