March 2012

71 Stories

Google to allow people to change their weather on April 1

Google to allow people to change their weather on April 1

Another sighting of Google's yearly April Fool's Day jokes is live. If you search for "weather" you will have the...

Conan O’Brien ousts Pete Cashmore at Mashable for $3500

Conan O’Brien ousts Pete Cashmore at Mashable for $3500

Talk show host Conan O'Brien posted a viral video and accompanied it with a blog post on Mashable declaring that...

Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less

Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less

For over a century, people have tried to cope with understanding Einstein's special theory of relativity and his famous equation,...

The best of Google’s 8-bit April Fool’s Day maps

The best of Google’s 8-bit April Fool’s Day maps

Google has become one of the biggest pranksters every year for April Fool's Day. Over the years they've put out...

Several not-so-random facts about how IT perceives the cloud

Several not-so-random facts about how IT perceives the cloud

Connectivity and the possibility of not having access to data is a risk with cloud computing, as is speed based...

Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell

Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell

France made waves in the P2P industry by implementing a controversial graduated response program in 2010 that was designed to...

Should Facebook buy Bing?

Should Facebook buy Bing?

It's all about timing. Bing's inability to take market share from Google in the search industry and Facebook's focus on...

Google’s driverless car comes with (satirical) consequences

Google’s driverless car comes with (satirical) consequences

With California having major financial woes, the Google Driverless Car may be enough to tank the entire state since ID...

Is internet infrastructure improving quickly enough to meet demands?

Is internet infrastructure improving quickly enough to meet demands?

While browsing tech posts on Google Plus (yes, I'm the guy who's still using G+) I came across an advertorial...

Facebook Assemble! How social media promotes the movie industry

Facebook Assemble! How social media promotes the movie industry

Lately the social media buzz in the film industry has surrounded Marvel’s new summer tent pole release The Avengers. The...

A breakdown of Google’s top advertisers

A breakdown of Google’s top advertisers

Google is often viewed by the general population as a company with its hands into everything tech. They believe that...

38 years ago Arthur C. Clarke nailed his prediction about the 21st century

38 years ago Arthur C. Clarke nailed his prediction about the 21st century

We often look back at the great minds of the past in wonder as their predictions of what the future...