May 2012

136 Stories

Nerds unite! Celebrating Star Wars Day with The Avengers

Nerds unite! Celebrating Star Wars Day with The Avengers

May the Fourth be with you! Its Star Wars day and there is no better day than this to let...

How to create an intuitive drill-down interface?

How to create an intuitive drill-down interface?

What happens when a stream of water hits a big enough obstacle? It moves towards right or left to pass...

Is Yelp spending too much money?

Is Yelp spending too much money?

They say you have to spend money in order to make money. The problem for Yelp is that they may...

LinkedIn buying SlideShare for $119 million

LinkedIn buying SlideShare for $119 million

Identity and insights meet at the junction of LinkedIn and SlideShare as the professional social network just purchased the presentation...

Apple’s Q2 earnings show business as usual despite quarterly drop

Apple’s Q2 earnings show business as usual despite quarterly drop

It might be the most beautiful drop of $7 billion in earnings, ever. Apple's Q2 earnings report showed a sharp...

Some amazing facts about mobile around the globe

Some amazing facts about mobile around the globe

If there's one thing that everyone can agree on when it comes to mobile technology, it's that the industry is...

Are Tumblr ads worth $25,000?

Are Tumblr ads worth $25,000?

At some point, nearly every social media startup intends to make money. Tumblr has held off for quite some time,...

VoIP vs. landlines: the showdown

VoIP vs. landlines: the showdown

Most advances in technology are synonymous with increased costs and unclear effects on liability exposure.  However, that is not necessarily...

Online presence: When is having a Twitter account totally useless?

Online presence: When is having a Twitter account totally useless?

Marketing execs drinking midday highballs on Madison Avenue are posh and glamorous. No wonder then that some businesses still hold...

Netbook sales down 34% year over year. Can we call them dead, yet?

Netbook sales down 34% year over year. Can we call them dead, yet?

Less-useful than a laptop, less-awesome than a tablet, the netbook market has suffered the most in the past two years...

Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft’s offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?

Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft’s offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?

There's a reason why mothers shouldn't judge their children in beauty pageants, why chefs rarely run the business side of...

Foursquare makes things easier for businesses… at a cost

Foursquare makes things easier for businesses… at a cost

Merchant tools on Foursquare are free and the company claims to want to always keep them that way. It's challenging...