Samsung’s really building out its platform, with two major announcements today. First up is the launch date of the anticipated Galaxy Tab tablet, which will run Android 2.2 and includes full Flash support. Samsung’s…
Rakuten, one of Yahoo's close competitor in the internet industry in Japan, has filed a petition to the Fair Trade Commission against the search engine tie-up between Yahoo Japan and Google.
The mystery behind Google’s Demo Slam has been revealed. Just launched, the Demo Slam is like a hot-or-not for tech applications. Developers looking for some recognition can submit their products to Demo Slam, and…
Widgetbox started by making widgets—little pieces of the web you could post just about anywhere. It was liberating, and it was fun. But it didn’t last. Open social networks freed much of the content…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about crowdsourcing and whether or not the benefits suggested by proponents are overstated. It’s not that crowdsourcing doesn’t have value, the problem I have with it when applied…
Today’s announcement that Intel will invest $8 billion in new chip fabs in Arizona and Oregon is part of a trend that brings back more chip manufacturing to the US. It’s because labor costs…
Splash Press Media and InfoGraphic Labs have come up with an InfoGraphic on The History of WordPress. As we all know, WordPress is basically a very easy to use open-source Content Management System, powered…
Last week I went to see Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone talk at an Inforum meeting of the Commonwealth Club. I didn’t hear much that wasn’t already known but there were a…
Loopt’s latest version that has been released today for the iPhone introduces users the freshly integrated and growingly popular Facebook Places tool. Soon to arrive to Android as well, this update marks more than…