Motorola Unveils a New Android Phone: Charm
Motorola today announced some specs, images and availability details for a new Android phone.Dubbed the Motorola Charm, this oddly shaped device will ship to T-Mobile subscribers this summer with a...
View Article8-Bit Cities Are The Geekiest Maps We’ve Seen
In March 2010, web developer and product manager Brett Camper designed a fully functional, zoomable 8-bit map of New York City. Pleased with his creation, he decided to raise crowdsourced funding on...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay Hacked, User Info Exposed
An Argentinian hacker named Ch Russo claims that he, together with two associates, has found several SQL injection vulnerabilities in The Pirate Bay’s database, which granted him access to all user...
View ArticleSecond Trailer for “The Social Network” Hits the Web [VIDEO]
The first trailer for The Social Network a.k.a. “the Facebook Movie,” didn’t reveal much. Now, the second trailer is out (above), and… we know perhaps even less.The second trailer consists of...
View ArticleLeBron James to Answer Questions from Twitter During ESPN Special
The LeBron James Twitter saga continues! Although we now know that James won’t announce “the decision” first on Twitter, he is integrating the microblogging platform – and his massively growing...
View Article10 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Apple
It can be argued that no consumer electronics company has captured the public’s fascination the way Apple has. Over the years it has morphed into more than just a company or corporation, but for many...
View ArticleVideo Faceoff: YouTube vs. Hulu
YouTube has been the king of online video for years, but the Google-owned video service has had its share of trials and tribulations. While YouTube is now making some revenue, its costs have eaten that...
View ArticleDouble Rainbow Meme Takes Web by Storm [Randomly Viral]
This past weekend, a viral video emerged from the Internet ethers — all shimmery and asking to be turned into an Internet meme: “Giant Double Rainbow,” a video featuring a full-grown man weeping over...
View ArticleCNN Editor Resigns Following Controversial Tweet About Hezbollah Leader
CNN’s Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs Octavia Nasr agreed to leave the company after tweeting that she “respected” Lebanese cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who is often credited as being an...
View Article10 Beautiful Free Hand-Drawn Icon Sets
This series is supported by Ben & Jerry’s Joe, Ben & Jerry’s new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here.Icons are representations of products, services,...
View ArticleWhy Women Programmers Aren’t a Fad
Emily Goligoski (@emgollie) is a marketing manager at Federated Media. She produces video interviews with female entrepreneurs for Women 2.0 and writes about culture news as TheSanFranista.What happens...
View ArticleAn In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad
Resolve Market Research has just completed a comprehensive study that looks at how the iPad is being used, and how the iPad is impacting other technology devices like e-readers, portable gaming...
View ArticleFacebook Acquires Local Recommendation Service Nextstop
Facebook has acquired Nextstop, a service that allows users to browse and create their own local guides and recommendations.In an announcement on its website, Nextstop stated that it will shut down on...
View ArticleiAds Generate $1,400 for One Developer in a Day
iPhone app developer Jason Ting is letting the world know: In just one day, iAds generated almost $1,400 in revenue for his free iPhone 4 app.Yesterday, Ting’s app was unleashed on the App Store. It’s...
View Article“Tik Tok” Soldiers Ordered to Make Anti-Dancing Video
The Israeli soldiers who were admonished this week for performing a dance routine to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” in the streets on Hebron have finally received their punishment: They are to create an educational...
View ArticleGowalla Gets Creative with Threadless and LIVESTRONG Deals
Foursquare competitor Gowalla has announced fresh new partnerships with LIVESTRONG and online T-shirt shop Threadless.The LIVESTRONG partnership is centered around inspiration and the ongoing Tour de...
View Article100+ Chrome Experiments for HTML5 and More
Are you ready to see the limits of what HTML5, JavaScript and similar tools can do with a web browser?Chrome Experiments, a site built specifically to showcase such tricks, now holds more than 100...
View ArticleHOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Sites
Ro Choy is the CEO of PeerPong, a site that identifies the best people on the Web to answer any question, using their fast growing PeerRank Index.Since the beginning of the year, there has been a lot...
View ArticleMTV to Develop Social Games Based on Shows and Characters
MTV Networks has just acquired Social Express, a social game development company, for an undisclosed amount.By this fall, the network plans to launch several games based on Nickelodeon and MTV shows...
View ArticlePeople of Walmart Coming to a Bookstore Near You
Kids, get ready to revamp your Christmas lists: People of Walmart, everyone’s favorite blog mocking the insane and disheveled, is coming out in book form this September 7 from Sourcebooks. The title?...
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