has its very own Elections Page on its + social network. It’s an interesting project – and a helpful resource to stay up-to-date on politics while peering through a technological window into public sentiment. For instance, according to Google, Rick Santorum, “saw a surge in search traffic in all three states in the final 24 […]
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Imagine driving in a car that does all the work for you – like ‘s Siri voice technology, but at the wheel of the vehicle you’re riding in – your life, in other words, in the palm of a computer’s hand. It’s not science fiction, either. This is technology already being developed. Wired has a […]
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Facebook’s monthly active users have climbed to 845 million according to the company’s recent IPO prospectus. Active daily users clock in at just about 483 million. But don’t be fooled by the numbers, argues Andrew Ross Sorkin in the New York Times. Not everyone counted as “active” is actually visiting the Facebook website. Facebook counts […]
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makes a smart point about the search giant’s new privacy policy: What’s changing is not ’s privacy policies but its practices. By combining information from across all of its services, will be able to better target users with ads, offer more innovative features, and, importantly for , better compete with Facebook. Fellow Forbes writer says […]
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We’ve seen YouTube hosted debates in the past. Politicians use Twitter and social media all the time to promote their campaigns or ballot fights. But Monday night marked a new digital landmark when President Obama held the first all-digital interview from the White House. The video chat was conducted via a Google+ hangout, perhaps the most […]
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The real winners in Facebook’s upcoming public offering will be its current owners. Barrett has a helpful pie chart illustrating just who these lucky few happen to be: Honestly, I had no idea that Bono had such a large investment in Facebook. We’ve all heard of and ‘s investments in the social media giant, but […]
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Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, may seem like a dinosaur in today’s flashy mobile market, but Tony Bradley thinks they still have a lot of untapped value. First off, he notes, “RIM has a very large customer base of companies, and government agencies that fit this description. These organizations might not […]
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Twitter is drawing some flack for its new censorship policies. In the past, the micro-blogging service has helped dissenters across the globe communicate quickly with one another, helping spread information quickly and in ways that are difficult for repressive governments to crack down on. That may all be changing. Jeff Bercovi has the scoop: Twitter’s […]
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announced recently its entrance into the digital textbook market. Dead-tree textbooks, the company claims, are a thing of the past. And, as David Thier notes, is off to a very strong start with its new textbook service – selling over 350,000 textbooks in just three days. Many are enthusiastic about the tech giant’s entrance into […]
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Rob Beschizza has some sad news. The cult classic fantasy comic, ElfQuest, is not going to be made into a movie – at least not any time soon: Warner Brothers has canceled production of Elfquest, a movie about the feral descendants of space-faring shape-shifters and their quest to uncover the truth about their ancestors’ crash-landing on […]
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