Stats like the following make me one wonder if the technology is really new or simply no one cares about participating. A recent study by the Pew Report shows only 8% of US adults use Twitter. With the majority of growth taking place between adults 18-29. Most adults are now getting used to the idea [...]
Even as airlines are starting to offer Wi-Fi to more passengers, TSA has taken another step backwards. If you think you’ll be able to bust out another blog post before landing, think again. In lieu of the recent near terrorist attack on a Christmas Day, Detroit bound Delta flight, government officials and airlines have cracked [...]
Well, it looks like all of Sarah Palin and Ashton Kuther’s hard work has paid off. It’s been reported in the past few days, after signing deals with Microsoft and Google, Twitter is officially profitable. The two search giants reached combined agreements worth $25 million which will make all ofTwitter’s content searchable. According to investment [...]
It’s been widely reported in the past few days on major news networks and online marketing blogs that Friendster, the popular social networking site (at least in Asia) will be sold to the Chinese internet investment firm, Tencent Holdings. Tencent, a publicly owned company whose other investments include QQ.com (a large Chineese web portal), is [...]
Four months ago, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) of West Virginia, introduced a critical piece of legislation aimed at strengthening our nation’s cyber infrastructure. As with any other potentially new piece of law, comes plenty of debate. Not only have the legislative branches of government taken on the issue of cybersecurity, it has become a mainstay [...]
I woke up this morning . . . and while waiting to have my piping hot latte, I saw some news that I knew would threaten the way we search on the internet. The news came out of Silicon Valley where Microsoft has used its muscle to wrangle Yahoo into a long sought after partnership. [...]
