Some airlines have been using Twitter for travel marketing purposes, but they are not the only branch of the travel industry that has adopted social media platforms. Social networking has influenced just about every part of travel, from hotels and air travel to people who are doing the travelling. The infographic drafts the different ways social ...

Borders Books and Music remained as one of the largest book retailer for over 40 years in the industry before the invasion of eReaders and digital publishing. The company is closing its door today after it announced it was unable to find a buyer to keep it in operation. It was reported that the company filed for ...

The New York Times Company had announced its second quarter status, with a net loss in Q2 because of a non-cash writedown for declining value in some of its smaller newspapers. The company had a net loss of $119.7 million, or 81 cents per share, compared with a profit of $32 million, or 21 cents ...

As Apple’s latest Mac OS X Lion has been rumored for release by July, no specific dates were given. It was then reported that the release date was July 14th,, which then became July 15th, resulting in no updates over the weekend. The new rumored day of release is now expected to be tomorrow or ...

Complete restructure and an extraordinary makeover. That’s what analysts said to Research In Motion, a company that’s losing market share with its smartphone portfolio to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android technology.  RBC analysts said that the company needs to modernize its organization by splitting the company into two separate businesses: Blackberry Network and RIM Smart ...

Just last month Oracle filed a document with the California District Court, asking Google for $2.6 million in claims over patent infringement. Weeks ago, Google responded by filing a document that Oracle may owe between $1.4 billion and $6.1 billion if it loses the case. The battle continues, with a nine-page letter submitted by Oracle ...

Some of the biggest tech IPOs, namely LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon and Zynga, have been the top stories on Wall Street this year.  It’s an indication of the tech sector, as well as the global market overall.  While many aspects of our economy continue to struggle, certain areas of tech seem to flourish at an unstoppable pace. ...

Google’s set to announce its Q2 financial results later today, with the company stock boosting ahead of the earnings call.  Investors polled by Thomson Reuters expect the search engine to report a net revenue of $6.54 billion, which is up by 28 percent from last year. In the second quarter, Google took the majority of ...

Microsoft never fails to gain the attention of the tech world every time they launch a new platform.  Now it’s Windows 8.  Last month, we got a glimpse at what Microsoft has in store for its next version of Windows, and in particular, how it plans to compete in the tablet market.  Windows 8 will ...

After the acquisition of Plixi, a photo sharing app acquired by Lockerz earlier this year, the social media and marketing rewards company adds to its portfolio with the acquisition of social sharing platform AddToAny. With this buy, Lockerz can expand its online sharing platform, which serves more than 1 billion photos per month and currently ...