April 2012

92 Stories

Google blinks in battle with Microsoft to focus their gaze on Facebook

Google blinks in battle with Microsoft to focus their gaze on Facebook

There has been a conspicuous lack of news about Google Apps, their cloud-based business software division, over the past few...

Silicon success hits Instagram as Facebook shells out $1 billion to buy it

Silicon success hits Instagram as Facebook shells out $1 billion to buy it

It's a sign of the times. Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook has purchased photo app Instagram for $1 billion. The...

16 Ways Educators Use Pinterest

16 Ways Educators Use Pinterest

Everyone is talking about Pinterest for business or Pinterest for marketing but what about Pinterest for education? Can the fastest-growing...

The marketing zombies will take over Pinterest soon. They already are.

The marketing zombies will take over Pinterest soon. They already are.

In 2007, there was an emerging social media site that had a modest but growing userbase. It was designed to...

Fan-made Pac-Man movie short puts a unique spin on the gaming classic

Fan-made Pac-Man movie short puts a unique spin on the gaming classic

When you mention "classic games" to anyone over the age of 30, there's a good chance that the first thing...

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

It's hard to let a good thing die. Most people who do not have navigation in their vehicle or a...

Google+ March spike gives hope to countering the “ghost town” perception

Google+ March spike gives hope to countering the “ghost town” perception

With many in social media declaring Google+ as a valiant effort that simply came too late to the game to...

Sony Xperia P full review and specifications

Sony Xperia P full review and specifications

It was again the Mobile World Congress in 2012 which witnessed the latest releases of tablets and smartphones from different...

The college experience enhanced (or hampered) by social media

The college experience enhanced (or hampered) by social media

  When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he wanted to make a closed network for the elite at Harvard. Over time,...

Do you bow to your online masters?

Do you bow to your online masters?

Statistics can be beautiful. They can point us in the right direction and tell us things about society that highlight...

Twitter gets tough on spam, files suit in federal court

Twitter gets tough on spam, files suit in federal court

Ever since Twitter started making a splash in mainstream and social media consciousness in 2008, it has been a major...

Google’s Project Glass will be more annoying than bluetooth (until it’s accepted and mass-delivered)

Google’s Project Glass will be more annoying than bluetooth (until it’s accepted and mass-delivered)

Sometime in the near future you may see people walking around with eyeglasses on that only have a small lens...