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How Web Outages Stole the Show in 2011

Technology has made several giant leaps in mobility, social networking, online video and gaming in 2011.  But while the rave party is still on to celebrate previous year’s accomplishments, some companies are still on the road to recovery from the mishaps that struck them this past year. One of the glaring lowlights of 2011 include ...

Online Video Ready for Prime Time: Personal Media Prevails

The accessibility of streaming devices like mobile phones, tablets and game consoles have pushed streaming demands to the hilt. Not to mention our innate love for anything unlimited, like data. The proliferation of web-enabled television has invaded living rooms and changed the way people watch their favorite films and TV series. And this industry is ...

US Elections Meet the Web, Google Monitors Digital Campaigns

If the 2012 elections were to be held today, Ron Paul is set to be the victor in Iowa, thanks to his web popularity. But the polls say otherwise: his competitor is actually winning in the midwest state.  The internet age has ushered in a political information and communication revolution. Gone are the days where ...

Music Reaches Cloud 9, SoundCloud Secures $50M

The global marketplace for cloud music services is becoming more crowded with countless users accessing their favorite songs online, dumping the conventional use of compact discs and harddrive storage. This trend has paved the way for services like Google Music, iTunes, Pandora and Spotify, all flourishing in the consumer cloud market. Many investors are convinced ...

A Nirvana of Online Shopping, Thanks to Mobile, Social Commerce

The weekend between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday 2011 reached the history books for recording the biggest online shopping spree ever. Some of the impressive figures include the 1,845,909 page views per minute by online shoppers that peaked at 10PM ET, and 90,907,916,400 total views for Black Friday alone. This inforgraphic noted various facts and ...

Will 2012 be the End of RIM?

HP’s webOS downfall was a great opportunity for Research-in-Motion (RIM) to position themselves as a market leader. But it seems they may just suffer a fate similar to HP’s mobile OS efforts. Reports on a possible takeover have been circulating ever since RIM experienced multi-year stock lows, malfunctioning network services and unsuccessful product launches. The numbers ...

Can Qualcomm Solve AT&T’s Network Woes?

The very same unit that catalyzed the abortion of AT&T’s proposed T-Mobile purchase has paved the way for them to acquire a smaller, but promising telecoms business. AT&T has finally closed a good deal to end the year, getting a much needed bolster with the Qualcomm airwaves acquisition.  The buy came ready with the nod of ...

Jobs Well Done! A Grammy, Statue and a Million Dollar Signature

Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer last October. He was 56. But his genius will stay with humanity until time ceases to exist.  Apple has become one of the most revolutionary technology firms of our time thanks to his vision. Barely three months after his passing Jobs continues to receive recognition from every ...

Eye-C for iPad Reveals Taglists: a New Way to Curate

Apple products are killing it.  They remain on top of the leader board despite facing some tough competition and melancholic months following Steve Jobs’ passing.  Apple has a solid fan-base worldwide, and this is one of the reasons why application developers are targeting iOS’ flagship devices: the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.  Combine this verity ...

Blast From the Past: 15 Movers of Technology (Infographic)

The last two and a half decades has taken humanity into larger-than-life technological innovations that were once possible only within the scope of our imaginations.  Here we have a line up of the most remarkable products of genius and weirdness in this infographic (see below).  Here are some of the highlights: Hotmail. It was 1971 ...