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Apple’s Historic Selloff Amid Tariffs Hike,  Bulls Balking 

Apple’s Historic Selloff Amid Tariffs Hike,  Bulls Balking 

As Apple’s share experienced a historic sell-off in three consecutive days after Trump imposed tariffs on the three major supply...

Yahoo Sells TechCrunch to Investment Firm Regent in Major Media Deal

Yahoo Sells TechCrunch to Investment Firm Regent in Major Media Deal

Announcing one of the jaw-dropping tech deals of the year, Yahoo sold its news website, TechCrunch, to media investment firm...

Social media loves animals. Thankfully, humans do as well.

Social media loves animals. Thankfully, humans do as well.

If there's one thing that plays well, almost universally, on social media, it's animals. From pets to wild beasts, animals...

Everyone at CNET who has a spine should resign within a week

Everyone at CNET who has a spine should resign within a week

Censorship is arguably the most irreversible path a publication can travel. We are a semi-forgiving society that understands journalists will...

For Salesforce, Buddy Media plus Radian6 equals corporate social gold

For Salesforce, Buddy Media plus Radian6 equals corporate social gold

When all considerations are tallied, it's possible that Salesforce has invested over a billion dollars into social media through the...

Pinterest grows up with 4 major changes to their TOS

Pinterest grows up with 4 major changes to their TOS

As social photo and video sharing site Pinterest continues to dominate social media blogs for good reasons and bad, its...

The (rapid) decline of the media industry

The (rapid) decline of the media industry

Those of us who have been classically trained in journalism (from back in the days when journalism was more than...

If you invested in Groupon’s IPO, the good news is you’ve only lost half of your money

If you invested in Groupon’s IPO, the good news is you’ve only lost half of your money

In less than a month, Groupon's highly-lauded stocks have plummeted from their IPO sale price of $28 closing today at...

The most important $15 million tech deal of 2011: Disney and YouTube

The most important $15 million tech deal of 2011: Disney and YouTube

When people talk about mega-deals in the tech industry, it usually involves hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars....

PC World Inadvertently Suggests You Get a Mac

PC World Inadvertently Suggests You Get a Mac

Depending on which side you take in the conflict eternal between PC and Mac, this is either an enormous fail...

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

From the file labelled 'stuff you didn't expect to hear about today' comes this puzzler: LG has announced that it's...

Bookies Place Odds on Who AOL Will Buy Next

Bookies Place Odds on Who AOL Will Buy Next

Following AOL’s acquisition today of technology news site TechCrunch and video service 5min Media, industry insiders are left to wonder what’s next...

VLC Coming To iPad? Fingers Crossed!

VLC Coming To iPad? Fingers Crossed!

If you hadn't had a reason to purchase an iPad up to now, this may be the one, guys. VLC...

Stay On Top Of The UK Election

Stay On Top Of The UK Election

It's a big day for democracy, albeit all the way over in jolly old England. It's time for the UK...

Will we see Social Media Rehab centers soon?

Will we see Social Media Rehab centers soon?

Researchers at the University of Maryland asked 200 students to put down their cell phones, iPods, Facebook, Twitter and all...

The Most Social-Media Savvy Company Is… Not Who You’d Think

The Most Social-Media Savvy Company Is… Not Who You’d Think

Which company is the most social-media savvy? It's not Apple. It's not Twitter. It's not Google. It's not even Facebook....

Spectacular Waterfall Billboard Presents A Powerful Message

Spectacular Waterfall Billboard Presents A Powerful Message

Water is an amazing thing that is taken for granted. So it is quite awesome when some creative minds make...

Turner Sports and NBA Are Getting Social Media Savvy

Turner Sports and NBA Are Getting Social Media Savvy

Many sporting organizations have been well known for their resistance to new media and Web-based technologies; however, times are quickly...