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| May 6, 2016 | Real Estate Mogul Barbara Corcoran’s Advice to Female Entrepreneurs: Yank Up Your Skirts | Barbara Corcoran is under fire for some controversial advice she gave women on Twitter Wednesday afternoon.
The “Shark Tank” star and real estate mogul tweeted, “I find running a #business in a man’s world to be a huge advantage. I wear bri... |
| Apr 6, 2016 | Iron Yard Ventures Announces Las Vegas Hospitality Accelerator | If you've ever driven to Las Vegas, you know the euphoric feeling that accompanies the journey. When you see the light at the top of the Luxor Hotel & Casino piercing the dark desert sky, you know you have finally made it. And if you're... |
| Feb 16, 2016 | Monsanto Is at the Center of a Huge Zika Conspiracy Theory | Recently, growing worries about the rising prevalence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been tied to new cases of microcephaly, a birth abnormality that affects brain development in infants.
And while the World Health Organization has no... |
| Aug 24, 2015 | 'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain' Review Roundup: What Experts Say After Hours Of Solid Gaming | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 24 August 2015, 07:08 am
The highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Konami is set to be released on Sept. 1 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. As preorders continue ... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Microsoft acquires FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform to incentivize sales teams | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Aug 3, 2015 | Microsoft acquires FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform to incentivize sales teams | Microsoft has acquired Incent Games, the company behind FantasySalesTeam, a gamification platform designed to help incentivize sales teams.
The computing giant says that it will soon offer the FantasySalesTeam platform to its own customers ... |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Numerous wants to be the ultimate app for numbers geeks | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Numbers make the world go ’round. Or so the old adage should go.
Numbers hold a lot of inherent meaning within the context of things th... |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Numerous wants to be the ultimate app for numbers geeks | Numbers make the world go ’round. Or so the old adage should go.
Numbers hold a lot of inherent meaning within the context of things that matter to us, be it hobbies, work, or the world at large. Whether it’s counting down to your holiday, ... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | These 12 startups died in Q2. Here’s why and how | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We learned today that cleaning services startup H... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | These 12 startups died in Q2. Here’s why and how | We learned today that cleaning services startup Homejoy will be shutting down at the end of July. The company was facing funding challenges, and was plagued by four lawsuits over whether Homejoy workers should be classified as contractors o... |
| Jun 22, 2015 | It’s Show Time For Pebble Time | Pebble Time graduates from online crowdfund campaign to consumer product at Best Buy Monday. For the first time, non-Kickstarter backers will be able to pre-order Pebble’s latest, marking a milestone in the company’s journey.
Essentially de... |
| Jun 6, 2015 | Alienware Steam Machine Available 4Q 2015 Starting At $449.99 | Rex Macadangdang, Tech Times 06 June 2015, 04:06 am
Dell has announced that beginning June 4 Alienware Steam Machine could be pre-ordered online, and would also be available through its official distributors with a starting price $449.99. V... |
| Jan 12, 2015 | Climate Change-Denying Senator Ted Cruz Will Oversee NASA | Senator Ted Cruz of Texas will chair the Senate subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, providing him with an oversight role of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA.
That slight twinge you fel... |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Techmanity launches big in Silicon Valley | This sponsored post is produced by Techmanity.
Silicon Valley was the site of the first-ever Techmanity, and now with a successful inaugural year behind them, the organizers are looking to go bigger yet in 2015.
Silicon Valley may be the ce... |
| Jul 22, 2014 | Medtech saves the U.S. billions in chronic care, industry study says | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The medical device industry has been a target for years for researchers and critics who have claimed the industry is a prime contributor to the skyrocketing cost of U.S. healthcare, and industry advocates responded this... |
| Jun 18, 2014 | What $737,000 Gets You At The Most Insane Vegas Nightclubs | Bad news: it's summer, which means that it's peak party season in Las Vegas. Actually, it's probably only bad news if you hate champagne Super Soakers and drone-delivered bottle service, or just have a deep phobia of models on stilts. For e... |
| May 27, 2014 | Users Are Growling About Apps That Require Facebook | For years, Facebook users and app makers had an understanding: Use your account on the social network to log in, and we’ll all save a little time. The price seemed acceptable—even if Facebook was the ultimate winner, gaining insights into b... |
| May 18, 2014 | Why tablets are failing miserably in higher education | While Apple and Google are fighting a FUD war for the hearts and minds of K-12 campuses, there's one area of education that neither has been able to penetrate with success: higher ed. Specifically, I'm referring to the conglomerate of colle... |
| May 14, 2014 | GUEST ARTICLE: GMOs are not the answer, just because organic isn’t perfect | The point I would like to make is this: Label GMOs so that American families get to decide.
I’m not talking about the watered down voluntary labeling bill recently proposed by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) in his DARK Act, backed by the GMO food... |
| Mar 24, 2014 | 6 cool Brooklynites you could have met at Alleywire’s Innovators Gala | Given time and commitment to making original content that respects its subjects, a media brand can build an audience and get heard through the noise. That was the message from Neil St. Clair, the founding correspondent and CEO at Alleywire,... |
| Mar 9, 2014 | The Console Market Is In Crisis | A few days ago Sony announced it has now sold a total of 6 million PlayStation 4 consoles. Microsoft’s next-gen equivalent, the Xbox One, has likely racked up sales of around 4 million so far. Both flagship consoles were released around the... |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Hoopla Software, with West Chester IT team, raises $8M [Startup Roundup] | WHO’S GETTING FUNDED?
Hoopla Software, the San Jose, Calif.-based company that has its tech team in West Chester, Pa., raised $8 million, according to a release.
The round was led by Trinity Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based VC that has also... |
| Jan 8, 2014 | Around Asia: Dennis Rodman’s return to North Korea draws sharp criticism | Former basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived to a warm welcome in North Korea with a team of retired NBA players in tow for a dream match on Kim Jong-Un’s birthday. US officials and North Korean escapees are less than thrilled, however.
The... |
| Dec 23, 2013 | FDA gets serious about improving medical device innovation for kids | By Justine Cadet
The FDA has taken a new approach to helping clinical innovators overcome barriers to moving pediatric medical devices from the research stage to commercialization. So says Linda Ulrich, MD, director of the Pediatric Device ... |
| Oct 11, 2013 | The Exaggeration Of The Cyberbullying Problem Is Harming Anti-Bullying Efforts | Cyberbullying continues to be the topic du jour, especially for school administrators and legislators, both of which feel something needs to be done, even if they both have nothing in the form of hard data showing the threat matches the per... |
| Sep 22, 2013 | What Games Are: The Perplexing OUYA Reflex | Tadhg Kelly Contributor
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Editor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer and the creator of leading game design blog What... |
| Aug 26, 2013 | Solar subsidies at risk of ending during industry’s infancy | California’s nuclear energy industry has received $8.21 billion in federal subsidies over the last 50 years, while solar continues to struggle, receiving less support than nuclear did in its earliest years, according to a... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Nope, the GOP Still Isn't Libertarian | Republican senator Ted Cruz speaking to a conference of social conservatives. When this guy is considered a leading figure in your party, you're a long way from libertarianism. Photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore
If you’re bored with the po... |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Microsoft may be upgrading the specs of the Xbox One before its release | The Xbox One reveal was so disappointing that it’ll likely go down in history as one of the gaming industry’s most memorable high-profile blunders. Microsoft’s decision to revise its mistakes will also likely go down in gaming history as un... |
| Jun 26, 2013 | Jimmy Wales Thinks Snowden Is 'An Innocent Party' And 'A Hero'; Wants To Know If He Ever Edited Wikipedia | A post on Examiner.com points out that Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s co-founder, is interested in Edward Snowden: |
| Jun 9, 2013 | 87 Months in Prison for Copyright Infringement: Fair Sentence or Utter Madness? | Following an investigation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted by Microsoft and the BSA, a man from Baltimore is just beginning a very long stretch behind bars.
Bet... |
| Jun 3, 2013 | FL Schools Go Minority Report On Students, Give Parents Opt Out Choice Afterward | In past discussions around the use of technology to achieve school security, we have typically found that the practice has more to do with money than safety. Such was the case when a Texas school district issued RFID-chipped student IDs, th... |
| May 14, 2013 | Burger King to launch its own McRib sandwich | The McDonald’s McRib sandwich has managed to gain a following that would rival that of the Beatles in the ‘60s, but this summer, the sandwich is getting some competition. Burger King is announcing its 2013 summer menu items Thursday, and th... |
| May 7, 2013 | We Need to Stop Arresting So Many Children | Kiera Wilmot could go to prison for horsing around in a parking lot. That's not good.
Kids are dumb. We know this both from research that shows teenagers’ brains are suggestion-prone and vulnerable and from just watching how they act every ... |
| Apr 20, 2013 | World’s largest video game: PONG on the Cira Centre [VIDEO] | The third annual Philly Tech Week Presented by AT&T was kicked off Friday night at the South Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the world’s largest video game. Despite a storm that threatened throughout and closed down the e... |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Lenovo looking at BlackBerry takeover? | By Contributor
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| Feb 15, 2013 | Does Apple really assign engineers to “fake” projects as a loyalty test? | Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock / Jacqui Cheng reader comments 64 with 57 posters participating
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| Jan 22, 2013 | 5 Absurd Copyright Takedowns That Make The Law Look Outdated | NOTE: This story has been updated from its original version to clarify some points about the “Birdsong” takedown in the second item.
No matter where you stand on copyright issues, it’s hard to argue that the current system is working. In fe... |
| Jan 7, 2013 | Prez Inauguration Ticketmaster Fiasco Reminds Us The Private Sector Screws Up, Too | Those waiting patiently to buy a ticket for President Obama’s final inaugural ball will be disappointed to know that they were accidently all sold out last Sunday. “A technical error” from Ticketmaster’s system sent an email a day early and... |
| Jan 2, 2013 | Avis purchases Zipcar for $500 million cash | Car-sharing service bought for $12.25 a share, a 49% premium over stock price
Car rental company Avis is set to purchase care sharing service Zipcar for around $500 million, it was announced Wednesday.
Avis has agreed to pay $12.25 per shar... |
| Nov 26, 2012 | Even That Jerky Fireman Has Quit Cheering for the Jets | How's our old friend sports doing? Well, baseball has wrapped up, basketball is in its early-season dregs, and hockey (still) hasn't started yet. Luckily there was lots of awesome football and college football and even Canadian football. Fo... |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Boy, they were wrong! Critics called Nate Silver a ‘numbers racket’ and a ‘joke’. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This is a guest post by researcher Tarun Wadhwa
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| Oct 30, 2012 | Sandy's HurriCrane Could Use a Drone | Because fuck, sending some poor saps up 80-some-odd stories to inspect that thing, right?
Hurricane Sandy has, if anything, made a perfect case for using small unmanned aerial systems to size up damage and to carry out search and rescue ope... |
| Oct 25, 2012 | The Beatles' Apple Corps Logo is now a Registered TM of Apple
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Commenting on the settlement in 2007, the late Steve Jobs stated that "We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks. It feels great to resolve... |
| Oct 21, 2012 | Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Retina Macbook Pro, refreshed iMacs, Mac Minis | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Apple may have just “a little more to show” us, but this week’s Apple event in San Jose is turning into perhaps more than just a little... |
| Oct 21, 2012 | Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Retina Macbook Pro, refreshed iMacs, Mac Minis | Apple may have just “a little more to show” us, but this week’s Apple event in San Jose is turning into perhaps more than just a little more. In fact, not to put too fine a point on it, it’s potentially turning into a lot.
While only a tech... |
| Oct 12, 2012 | iPhone 5 passing Galaxy S III in web traffic after just 3 weeks says more about Android than Samsung | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Sure, the iPhone 5 passed Samsung’s Galaxy S III in web traffic just three weeks after getting on the market. But does that say more ab... |
| Oct 11, 2012 | Tweets can equal real dollars for politicians | Twitter users 68% more likely to donate to campaigns, 97% more likely after seeing political tweet
As anyone with a Facebook or a Twitter account knows, social media is a haven for people to spout their political views, sometimes ad nauseum... |
| Oct 10, 2012 | Moderator Makes Controversial ‘Creepshots’ Subreddit Private After Receiving Anonymous Threats | (Photo: Reddit)
If appealing to one’s sense of decency and morality doesn’t produce the results you were hoping for, what’s the next possible route for netizens seething over the unbearably gross subreddit r/creepshots? Threaten the moderat... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Help me, my valley is being overtaken by frat boys | Bravo TV’s latest “reality” show, Silicon Valley, makes a mockery of how Silicon Valley really works.
So what, right? So-called reality television hasn’t had any connection with reality since MTV’s “The Real World” first crammed a handful o... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Help me, my valley is being overtaken by frat boys | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Bravo TV’s latest “reality” show, Silicon Valley,... |
| Oct 1, 2012 | Groundwork civic hackathon produces projects on city contracts, homicides, speed cameras [VIDEO] | Big data flexed its muscles this weekend at Groundwork, the civic hackathon hosted by the Greater Baltimore Technology Council that called on participants to delve into spreadsheets and tables of numbers to inform potential solutions to urb... |
| Sep 26, 2012 | Report: Next iPad Could Pack A 16:9 Widescreen Display | A new report today suggests that Apple might be working on a next-generation iPad with a widescreen display, something that it would inherit from the new iPhone 5. The claim, from L.A.-based tech consumer tech industry analyst Paul Mueller ... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | America's Border-Industrial Complex Can't Get Its Virtual Fences in a Row | Border security will never die. Federal budgets and immigration waves may both be on the wane, but hey, no matter. The U.S-Mexico border-industrial complex continues booming apace, with some even saying there’s no end in sight in pushing to... |
| Sep 6, 2012 | Will Romney Pay Tax Return Ransom? | As services of Bitfloor.com (the U.S.’ largest bitcoin exchange) have come grinding to a halt in the wake of a $250,000 theft of its currency, two questions arise: a) Where will Mitt Romney buy the $1 million in bitcoin needed to pay ransom... |
| Aug 21, 2012 | Today’s Headlines and Commentary | Russia be warned: According to the BBC, President Obama has said that American military intervention is a possibility if Syria uses its chemical weapons.
The Washington Post reports that Afghan soldiers will now spy on each other in an effo... |
| Aug 15, 2012 | Why All Schools Need iPads: Ending Texas’ Bizarre Control Over National History Textbooks | America’s history education is still held captive to the notoriously anti-establishment Texas Board of Education, which buys enough high school textbooks that it can dictate the content of history curriculum nationwide. A recent decision to... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | Twitter: you crossed the line | Yesterday Twitter suspended UK journalist Guy Adam’s account for tweeting negatively about NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, including tweeting an email address of the NBC executive in charge. Today we’ve learned that it was not NBC that init... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | Twitter: you crossed the line | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Yesterday Twitter suspended UK journalist Guy Ada... |
| Jul 29, 2012 | Inside jOBS: TechCrunch Goes To The Movies | “IBM wants it all and is aiming its guns on its last obstacle to industry control: Apple . Will Big Blue dominate the entire computer industry?” Steve Jobs asks us.
“No,” we cheer in unison.
“The entire information age?!?” He asks again, “W... |
| Jul 24, 2012 | Sickweather.com: nearly a year after launch, real-time sickness forecasting service looks to grow | If Baltimore is looking for a regional distinction, healthcare innovation ought to be near the top of the list.
So is there a better hometown than Baltimore for Sickweather to grow as an innovation-based technology startup? Outside of inves... |
| Jul 16, 2012 | Wide World of Balls - Penn State of Abuse | We understand, you spent all weekend outside because it was actually nice out for a change, and then ate some of them bad eggs you found on the corner and got sick and missed all the good action. Well, most of the action was baseball. Maybe... |
| Jul 16, 2012 | News startup Politix nabs first editor-in-chief from Politico | In the months leading up to the presidential election, online forums are already saturated with fiery political discussion and debate.
Politix, a spin-off of profitable community news site Topix, aims to be the place for all you political n... |
| Jul 3, 2012 | Baltimore Tech Breakfast organizer Ron Schmelzer to expand to Columbia, plans for more | The organizer of Baltimore Tech Breakfast, the popular monthly morning local startup demo affair, has expansion plans.
The latest Baltimore installment last week drew more than 150 to its latest location — the DLA Piper building in the Mt. ... |
| Jun 23, 2012 | Is 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Dangerous? | Please accept this as gospel: I do not like censorship. I am not a book burner. I will stand up for my right and your right to read any book we choose. Also understand that I fault no one for selling or reading E.L. James's erotic novels, t... |
| Jun 8, 2012 | How Good Is Netflix’s Streaming Plan? NY Man Puts It to the Test | If you’re trying to get the most for your money, New York comedian and filmmaker Mark Malkoff has a solution. Although it could cost you your day job, you could rest assured that the $7.99 you pay each month for Netflix’s unlimited streamin... |
| May 16, 2012 | Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About Politics | American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an astonishingly high turnout, between ... |
| Apr 27, 2012 | Philly Tech Week 2012 coverage [LINKS] | It’s the tail-end of the second annual Philly Tech Week presented by AT&T, so why not take a look at some of the wider coverage of 10 days celebrating innovation, creativity and craft in the region? If we missed any, please let us know.... |
| Apr 25, 2012 | YouWeb and StartEngine incubators to hold Double Demo Day for 20 startups | When it comes to startup demos, more is better. So incubators YouWeb and StartEngine are combining their efforts to host a joint demo day for 20 startups funded by the two.
The event, dubbed Double Demo Day, brings together a couple of the ... |
| Apr 25, 2012 | YouWeb and StartEngine incubators to hold Double Demo Day for 20 startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When it comes to startup demos, more is better. So incubators YouWeb and StartEngine are combining their efforts to host a joint demo d... |
| Mar 15, 2012 | Apple Reveals Next-Gen Multi-Player Gaming Advances
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Several connected devices can share information in many different contexts. For example, several devices can share contact information, communications (e.g., e-mail messages), application data, or other information... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | Self Magazine announces muscle-flexing game at GDC 2012 | Responding to a growing market, programmers are creating games by women for women
Hoping to reach women with social gaming, Self Magazine a health and fitness publication for women published by Condé Nast Publications, announced Thursday at... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | Tsavo Media To Pay Yahoo $4.8M For Sending ‘Low Quality Traffic’, President Quits | Tsavo Media, which operates a network of roughly 300 websites and blogs as an indirect subsidiary of Canadian online publishing and advertising company Cyberplex, is being retroactively charged $4.8 million “over a reasonable time period” b... |
| Dec 27, 2011 | The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail | One of the key points that we’ve been making for years is that, in an online world, pissing off (or simply not caring about) customers is no longer a viable business strategy. A good business today recognizes that the customers’ best intere... |
| Dec 16, 2011 | Curate Your Own Digital Magazine With Scoop.it For iPhone | News curation startup Scoop.it has arrived on the iPhone today, allowing you to create your own digital magazine while on the go. The app, which works alongside the Scoop.it web service, essentially lets anyone be a publisher for any topic.... |
| Dec 5, 2011 | Don't Roll Your Eyes At This Post, Or You Might Violate An Anti-Bullying Law | We’ve been covering the moral panic going around concerning “online bullying” for sometime. Despite lots of fear mongering, there is little to no evidence that online bullying is really a huge thing. Does it happen? Sure. There’s no way to ... |
| Nov 17, 2011 | PS Vita gets content management | PS Vita gets content management
Future PlayStation Vita owners who will need ways to manage their Vita content, will be able to do so via PS3 or PC, Examiner reports.
The content management system will enable users to copy music, images and... |
| Sep 19, 2011 | Archos unveils G9 tablets | Archos unveils G9 tablets
Archos has unveiled its G9 tablets, which will come in eight-inch and 10.1-inch 'Turbo' versions, the largest of which will pack 750GB of storage, reports PCMag.
The devices will run the A9, a dual-core OMAP 4 proc... |
| Aug 3, 2011 | New Missouri Law May Make It Illegal To Friend Your Former Teachers On Facebook | Gabriel Tane points us to another odd state law coming out of Missouri, where it appears that schoolteachers could run afoul of the law if they friend any former student on Facebook. Part of the problem here is that the law in question is w... |
| Jul 28, 2011 | Eureka! | A New Era for Scientists and Engineers Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, but rather a culture of taking sufficient risks to get products to market throu... |
| Jun 24, 2011 | Drake Tells Universal Music To Stop Taking Down The Music He's Leaking | It’s been an interesting week for Universal Music. The company was outed for their secret war on various hiphop blogs, including some of the sites of their own artists, such as 50 Cent, whose personal site was declared a “pirate” site on a ... |
| Apr 26, 2011 | Doctors’ privacy on the line as conferences track their movements | By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC
Not everything that counts can be measured.
Not everything that can be measured counts.
-Albert Einstein
Recently, a disturbing trend of monitoring physician quality and accountability has taken another ominous... |
| Apr 25, 2011 | Experian Hitwise: Google’s Panda Takes Big Bite Out Of Content Farms | Experian Hitwise reports that downstream traffic to content farms has taken a big hit since Google’s Panda initiative went into effect.
Panda is a change in Google’s algorithm that punishes search rankings for websites that produce low-qual... |
| Apr 25, 2011 | Apple Abandons their Efforts to Secure the "POD" Trademark
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After a long seven year legal battle to secure the trademark "POD," Apple has finally given up the ghost and officially notified the appropriate authorities of their intentions to abandon POD. The ... |
| Apr 24, 2011 | RFID tags at medical conferences attack doctors’ privacy | Instead of “opting in” for tracking at scientific meetings, doctors must “opt out” from the use of tracking technology when registering for scientific meetings. At the upcoming Heart Rhythm Society meeting for instance, doctors had to “opt ... |
| Apr 8, 2011 | Keep On Hacking In The Free World: Anonymous Rises To Defend PS3 Hacker | "If you keep a safe in a bank robber's sitting room, eventually he's going to find a way to open it" — This was the idiom used by copyright reform advocate Lawrence Lessig in his 2007 TED talk to both describe the futility of the ... |
| Mar 21, 2011 | A Critical Analysis Of The Literal Web Crowd: The Tools You Need To Survive In A Humorous World | We’ve been whining about the “literal web” problem for years now. Someone says something funny, albeit in an ironic or sarcastic way. A percentage of the masses think the joke is great. Another percentage get it but don’t think it’s funny. ... |
| Feb 19, 2011 | Apple in the Sky with Diamonds: A Cloud Based Safe Deposit Box
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Apple's patent is about a safe deposit box for securing important user files. In one aspect, when a user drags-and-drops a file representation onto a safe deposit box icon, the file is secured. In another aspec... |
| Feb 14, 2011 | Screaming Justin Bieber Fans Using Camera Phones To Capture Snippets Of Movie Premiere Berated For Piracy | We’ve pointed out many times that the laws, especially around things like copyright, simply don’t match up with the basic cultural norms of what it means to be a kid today. Remember, for example, the woman who was arrested and spent two nig... |
| Feb 12, 2011 | Justin Bieber Movie Pirates Deserve At Least 3 Years In Jail | The purpose of this article is not to try and convince anyone that I’m some kind of Justin Bieber guru, but from what I’ve been hearing during the last couple of years, she’s pretty good looking and has millions of adoring fans. That’s got ... |
| Feb 6, 2011 | Tech Returns To The Super Bowl Big Time, An Ad Roundup | For those of us who know nothing about football, the Super Bowl is more about what the huge brands who buy ads chose to do with their millions of dollars worth of prime eyeball time, paying to play with a captive audience in the hundreds of... |
| Jan 31, 2011 | Media watch: State of the Salmon | Ask 312 million Americans what they remember most about the State of the Union address and one word comes to mind — salmon. So it’s no surprise that mainstream media coverage of President Obama’s salmon joke has been abundant.
The Seattle T... |
| Jan 30, 2011 | Bill Keller vs Wikileaks: Goodnight, Julian Assange, And Bad Luck | I’m loath to write again about Wikileaks, or about its pig-to-man founder, Julian Assange. Not because I’ve run out of things to say, but because the response is so predictable when I do.
Within minutes, the Assange fanboys – the Wikilieber... |
| Jan 24, 2011 | The key to Pandora's $100M IPO: Mobile | How Pandora went from broke to fame and fortune by getting into mobile
January marks the 11th birthday of Internet radio service Pandora and its future looks bright.
Earlier this month, rumors of an impending $100 million IPO began swirling... |
| Jan 17, 2011 | Shock Study: Sitting In Front Of A Screen All Day Is Hazardous To Your Health | How about that, all of this technology is killing us. That’s what researchers at University College London have said, in so many words, in a recent study that tracked screen users’ health (“screen users” being a catch-all term for people wh... |
| Jan 10, 2011 | Foursquare to Add Restaurant, Other Reviews, From Questionable Source [Updated] | Location based social network Foursquare is reportedly partnering with bulk-content company Examiner.com to provide reviews of restaurants and other venues whenever a user checks-in at a location. On one hand the move will add helpful conte... |
| Dec 23, 2010 | Apple Invents New Kind of Logo Antenna for Portables
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It could be difficult to incorporate antennas successfully into an electronic device. Some electronic devices are manufactured with small form factors, so space for antennas is limited. Antenna operation could also be blocked by... |
| Dec 6, 2010 | Will Howard Stern Move to iTunes? Even the Rumor Underscores Apple's Media Clout [Update] | An explosive rumor has just hit: shock-jock Howard Stern might pack his bags and leave Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) to sign a $600 million deal with Apple (AAPL).
Given that Stern in negotiations with Sirius about renewing his previous multi-year... |
| Nov 29, 2010 | Content Mill Bubble? No, Just Hype and a Business Model Shake-Out | Advertising Age recently ran a story about a freelance writer who allegedly made just under $100,000 a year writing for content mill Examiner.com. Content mills (or farms, as some call them) are those sites that pay people the cost of a McD... |