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Google Glass may be the ultimate distraction that could kill any of us

Google Glass may be the ultimate distraction that could kill any of us

When Google first announced the Glass Project nearly a year ago, it looked like a nice enhancement to life that...

This is Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo! now

This is Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo! now

The changes are cosmetic and symbolic. They're also the most important changes that have happened to the Yahoo! homepage ever...

Google is officially the 800-dollar gorilla

Google is officially the 800-dollar gorilla

Forget the 800-lb gorilla. Google has billions of dollars more to worry about now that its shares have surpassed the...

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

It was hot, then it was cold, then it was hot, then it was cold. Google+, the search giant's 54th...

Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

It may not have the award-winning scope that The Social Network had when it explored the early days of Facebook...

Apple rumored to be hitting the wearable computers arena with the iWatch

Apple rumored to be hitting the wearable computers arena with the iWatch

The first "computer" watches were pretty basic by today's standards, but they launched a concept that has never been fulfilled....

If you still hate Apple Maps, here are 5 alternatives

If you still hate Apple Maps, here are 5 alternatives

Apple has been the butt end of many jokes since it launched its failure of an app: Apple Maps. Since...

Amazon tops satisfaction index but corporate America is clearly not liked

Amazon tops satisfaction index but corporate America is clearly not liked

The good news for tech companies is that America seems to like them the best. Amazon topped the list, followed...

How has Mark Zuckerberg been so private while running Facebook?

How has Mark Zuckerberg been so private while running Facebook?

For a man who built an online empire that is dedicated to make as much of our lives as public...

Clever LinkedIn promotes itself by congratulating others

Clever LinkedIn promotes itself by congratulating others

We are vane creatures. LinkedIn has been on a roll, lately. They seem to have come to grips with their...

Twitter adds lolcatz to language options, somehow fails to be clever with it

Twitter adds lolcatz to language options, somehow fails to be clever with it

It should have been one of the easiest Easter eggs in the world to pull off for a progressive social...

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

Trending on Twitter now costs $200k a day in the US

In 2008, Twitter introduced the ability for advertisers to buy promoted trends, a way of taking over a portion of...

Google chief Schmidt to sell 42% of shares valued at $2.5 billion

Google chief Schmidt to sell 42% of shares valued at $2.5 billion

Google is trying to limit the damage done from the news that their former CEO and current Executive Chairman Eric...

Illegally uploaded full-length movies pop up again on YouTube

Illegally uploaded full-length movies pop up again on YouTube

It was a problem that had been solved for all intents and purposes years ago when YouTube put the power...

Facebook is getting into new smartphones whether you want it or not

Facebook is getting into new smartphones whether you want it or not

Facebook may or may not have abandoned its long-rumored dream of having its own branded handsets, but that doesn't mean...

An unlikely alliance forms between Google and Yahoo

An unlikely alliance forms between Google and Yahoo

Yahoo knew that when they brought Marissa Mayer over from Google to run their struggling company, that they would be...

The real takeaways from the Super Bowl social media debate

The real takeaways from the Super Bowl social media debate

There's a minor journalistic debate currently happening surrounding the marketing, particularly how social media played into the Super Bowl ads,...

10 cool views of America as seen through Google Street View

10 cool views of America as seen through Google Street View

Traveling can be logistically hard and fiscally challenging, even when staying in the boundaries of the United States. There are...

Techi week in review

Techi week in review

This week was loaded with big mobile news from regulars such as Apple to an old school mobile giant, that...

Daily deals are dying

Daily deals are dying

In 2011, we wrote about how Groupon must fail to save the internet. At the time, there were already some...