Lost Finale Online: ABC Hosts Live Fan Chat
Tonight is the series finale of Lost and ABC is going all out, dedicating four hours of programming to the finale. The action isn’t just taking place on television, the network is getting into the...
View ArticleBritney Beats Ashton, Grabs #1 Twitter Spot
It’s official: Britney Spears has just become the top Twitter account, surpassing longtime Twitter king Ashton Kutcher by a margin of a handful followers at press time.Each account’s actual number of...
View Article“Lost” Finale: What the Web Wasn’t Made For
Tonight the finale of Lost, one of the highest-rated shows on TV, will air. The series surely owes some of its success to the web — but tonight Lost fans may have no choice but to log off...
View ArticleRobots and Rockets: A Tour of Maker Faire [VIDEO]
Maker Faire is the stuff of legends: Robots, rocket ships, pyrotechnics, dragons, vehicles for land and sea, and ever so much more.Even if your interests aren’t roughly aligned with those of a...
View ArticleYankee Stadium Bans iPads
According to Apple’s latest commercial, “iPad goes anywhere” — anywhere, that is, except for Yankee Stadium. Yahoo! Sports confirmed with the stadium that the iPad falls under its “no laptops”...
View ArticleFacebook CEO: We Will Add Simpler Privacy Controls
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses Facebook users’ privacy concerns in a column in the Washington Post on Monday.Zuckerberg admits that users find their privacy settings confusing, and promises...
View ArticleTwitter’s Most Influential Users [INFOGRAPHIC]
On March 21, 2006, Twitter’s founders published their first tweets. If you look at that moment as a big bang of influence in the ever-expanding Twittersphere, how does Twitter’s cosmos look today? Web...
View ArticleHulu Gets Tricked Into Running On Android 2.2
Android 2.2 supports Flash, but if you hoped to watch Hulu on your brand new Android device, you’re out of luck, since Hulu doesn’t have arrangements with the content producers to cover mobile...
View ArticleSteve Jobs to Open Apple’s Developer Conference on June 7
It’s official: Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will start on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m, with a keynote address by Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs.Although Apple has lately been leaking far more...
View ArticleConstant Contact Acquires NutshellMail to Move into Social Media Marketing
Email marketing giant Constant Contact has acquired NutshellMail, a service that lets businesses track and post updates to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn via email.The deal...
View ArticleFacebook Users’ Phone Numbers Exposed by “Evil” App
Ever blithely submitted your digits to one of those “OMGGGG My Dog Chewed up My cell & i lost all my phone numbers!!!!” groups on Facebook? Well, sorry to say it, but your number is probably...
View ArticleRIP: “Get a Mac” Gets a Tribute [VIDEO]
If you’ve been in “Get a Mac” withdrawal since the ad campaign bit the proverbial dust last week, you’re not alone. One More Thing Podcast has created a rather lengthy tribute video to the campaign of...
View Article10 YouTube Videos of People Doing Amazing Things
While we love the videos that make us laugh out loud, we also love the clips on YouTube that amaze us, and make us want to share them with friends, family, neighbors and heck, even strangers.We’ve...
View ArticleHBO Taps YouTube, iPad and Facebook to Distribute (RED) Documentary
The Lazarus Effect, a new documentary presented by (RED) — the organization that is working the help eliminate AIDS in Africa — is debuting tonight on HBO, Channel 4 in the UK and YouTube. Directed by...
View ArticleTwitter to Eliminate Third-Party Ads in User Timelines
Twitter has announced an imminent cease and desist for third-party Twitter ad networks like Sponsored Tweets and Ad.ly who insert advertisements into user timelines.In a blog post, the company...
View ArticleHow Much Revenue Does Google Keep from AdSense?
Google has finally disclosed the percentage of revenue it keeps from publishers that participate in its AdSense program, which places text ads alongside content on third-party websites.The breakdown:...
View ArticleYahoo and Nokia Join Forces for E-mail and Maps
Nokia and Yahoo announced a partnership today that will meld the companies’ e-mail, chat and mapping services across their respective platforms. In addition to sharing services with one another, Nokia...
View Article7-11 Starts Selling “FarmVille” Slurpees
7-11 will soon offer FarmVille-branded products that will unlock virtual, 7-11-branded items in the popular Facebook game. Two other games from game-maker Zynga will also get tie-ins with the stores:...
View ArticleHow Data is Redefining Business Relationships
Suaad Sait is co-founder of Workstreamer, a business listening platform that delivers actionable, real-time information to business professionals.As businesspeople, we now have an unlimited amount of...
View ArticleNew York City Creates a Yelp-Like Directory for Veteran Services
The New York City Council has partnered with website Warrior Gateway to help New York City veterans find and access different services offered by the city. The idea is to bring a Yelp-like approach to...
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