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Yahoo Buys Tumblr, Gives Flickr Facelift and 1TB Free to Users
CLOUD COMPUTING, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Yahoo has announced the new facelift for Flickr as well as 1TB of free storage to all of it's users. And yesterday, they bought Tumblr.
On 5/20/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
Who's Got Your Back on Privacy? AT&T, Verizon, Apple and Yahoo Don't
APPLE, CLOUD COMPUTING, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
In the EFF's 2013 summary, they go around and rank different tech companies and how they protect their users' privacy and data.
On 5/1/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

Microsoft Challenges Google's Practices in Europe
BUSINESS NEWS
Brad Smith, speaking as legal beagle for Microsoft, announced that the Seattle, Washington based mega company agrees that Google has violated European competition laws.
On 4/2/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Patent Troll Alert: Paul Allen Tries Again to Scam the World
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
A note to Paul Allen, a Silicon Alley billionaire, Microsoft's co-founder and the owner of the Octopus megayacht and three losing professional sports teams: Nine years is way too long a wait to file suit to protect your patents.
On 1/2/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Culture-Specific Icons Help the Illiterate
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BLOGS NEWS
The computer world is extensively icon driven. Icons make up the toolbars on our computers, and indicate the apps on our iPad. For the world’s 774 million adults who are illiterate, these pictures are a god send.
On 8/31/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Paul Allen Sues Silicon Valley Biggies, Skips Microsoft
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
On Friday, Interval Licensing, a Paul G. Allen company, claimed four patents have been infringed by eleven big name defendants.
On 8/29/2010 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Gmail Users Dial Over a Million Times in 24 hours
CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS NEWS
Google Tweeted that their Gmail phone service had one million calls placed within 24 hours of releasing their new voice feature.
On 8/27/2010 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Lycos, Granddaddy Of Search Engines, Finds A New Home
BUSINESS NEWS
Lycos, one of the great grandaddys of all search engines, has been handed off to yet another company. Over the years, the innovative web browser that existed before there even was a web has been adopted by several families.
On 8/18/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

Games, Sex, YouTube, Women are Gaining Ground
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Women use the Internet differently than men, or do they? Sure, they fit the female stereotype of gossiping and shopping, but with a bit of research you could be in for a surprise.
On 8/10/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
GeoCities closing for good today
BUSINESS NEWS
At midnight California time, one Internet pioneer will come to its end: Beverly Hills Internet, known as GeoCitis is shutting its doors on the eve of October 26th, 2009.
On 10/26/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Bing Survey used to Spew More FUD - Again
CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS, BLOGS ANALYSIS
Recently there have been quite a few aritlces online that are using flawed surveys [or skewing the data from them] to show that MS is going fail with both Bing and Windows 7. Are they true?
On 7/15/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
Microsoft saves 44.6 billion USD with Bing
CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS NEWS
Exactly 17 months ago, Microsoft announced that the company wants to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Bing now proves that was "money well saved".
On 7/1/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

More Anti-Competitive Antics: Apple, Google & Yahoo
BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Apple, Google ad Yahoo are all under the US Department of Justice Microscope. They are being investigated for anti-competitive practices relating to employee contracts. Brace for impact, this may get nasty.

On 6/3/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
Who will acquire Twitter? Now you can bet on it!
BUSINESS NEWS

In today's world everything is revolving around money and one of favorite "sports" is betting. Now, what happens if you combine betting and rumored acquisition of Twitter?

On 4/15/2009 by Daniela Kustre... Comments (0) Read more

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