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New German Law to Stop Employers from Using Facebook in Hiring

Social media has brought a lot of change, positive and negative, in our lives. The biggest positive is is definitely the added connectivity to our friends, especially those who live faraway. Among the negatives are privacy concerns. Our social media account is, in a way, the modern version of dear diary. More or less, it ...

Google Looses Gamer Genius Mark Deloura. Bad Timing.

The Google Gaming scene is a happening one. But this time, we receive  not so good news from this front. With the launch of Google Chrome Web Store right around the corner, Mark Deloura game developer advocate has announced his departure from Google. DeLoura  says the reason for leaving Google is basically that “[Google job] ...

Amazon Kindle Outpaces Itself. Will the Trend Continue?

Amazon announced some fantastic response of consumers to the newest Kindle, doing a bit of horn-tooting this week. The retailer says no other Amazon product has had higher sales in the first four weeks of launch.  This announcement is met with speculations : The company started taking orders for the new Kindle on July 28 ...

More New Features for Firefox 4 Beta, Updates Keep Rolling

The launch and regular updates of Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta comes with many pleasant surprises. Just yesterday, Firefox announce two new features in the company blog.  Among the many new features, Panorama, a tab manager, is the most talked about. Analysts see this as a major step forward in browsing ease. Let’s hear it directly ...

Video: Apture Highlights Launched to Improve Publishers’ Engagement

Apture, a San Fransisco-based browsing enhancement company takes the next step. Today, they have launched Apture Highlights browser plug-in. Apture is a product that allows you to quickly search new terms in an article without leaving the page. The results from web, image and video categories are shown in a pop window. The video below ...

Cable TV Subscription on the Decline: Cord-cutting is the Culprit

We hear so much about the benefits of Internet TV. But is it good enough to replace Cable TV? Why can’t we pay for only what we want to watch on Cable TV? Will Cable TV lower prices as Internet TV trend rises? Is Internet TV really the future? And the debate goes on. So, ...

6fusion raise $3million in First round of Funding

More investments trickle into cloud computing technologies, as start up 6fusion raises $3 million. This amount was raised in the 1st round of VC funding led by Intersouth Partners. The company intends to use the funds to extend it’s operations. It is expected that, there would by additions to the executive team. As part of ...

Veteran blogger Louis Gray Joins My6sense

Veteran blogger Louis Gray joins My6sense as VP Marketing. This news has really confirmed the shift towards social media in the marketing industry, and as an online publication that employs bloggers, we’re happy to see Gray progressing professionally.  As member of the company’s executive team Gray will head all marketing initiatives. Mr. Gray shares his ...

Google Search Improvements: Live Updates and Like.com Acquisition

A lot is happening in the Google headquarters. From acquisitions to new features; Google is on fire. All in all, we expect a mega boost in the consumer search experience. The benefits would most likely be seen in web  and image search.  A clue Google is indeed headed in this direction: “It has been confirmed ...

Facebook Places Gets Gaming with Hot Potato Acquisition

Facebook continues its quest for better location based services. First, Facebook Places and now, the acquisition of Hot Potato. There were speculations about Facebook’s interest in acquiring the location based service. However, the news was officially announced on 20th August. Hot Potato started off as an event sharing service in November, 2009. It later evolved ...