Google Maps Takes Flight: Google Maps Launches Helicopter View of User’s Route
On Sunday Google’s LatLong Blog announced a 3D “helicopter view” feature for Google Maps. This view provides Google Maps users the option of having an...
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Apple Accident: Welcome E-mails to Apple iCloud Sent Sooner than Forecasted
At this week’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event in Cupertino, CA, Apple is anticipated to announce the launch of the iPhone 5 and newest version of...
Google Chrome to Beat Out Mozilla Firefox by December
According to a recent report by the StatCounter web analytics firm, Google Chrome is on track to pass Mozilla Firefox’s number of users by December...
Premium Google Analytics with a Premium Price Tag
Yesterday afternoon, Enrique Munoz Torres, the Product Manager of the Google Analytics team, announced a new Premium version of Google Analytics. Initially, the product will...
$30 Million in Funding for Blekko: Blekko Has More Cash to Slash the Web
On Wednesday, search engine startup Blekko received $30 million in funding from various investors including Yandex, Russia’s top search engine. Trailing only behind Google, Bing,...
US Congressmen Requesting FTC Investigation of Facebook Cookies
Last weekend, Australian technology blogger and hacker Nik Cubrilovic posted that Facebook cookies were tracking users in an unconventional manner. Even after a user had...
Groupon Rewards: Groupon Customers Rewarded for Merchant Loyalty
When deciding whether or not to offer a Groupon, many merchants struggle with wondering if they will gain repeat business or simply offer deeply discounted...
Twitter Revenue Projections: A Mixed Report
According to a recent eMarketer report, Twitter’s 2011 advertising revenues will fall short of the earlier $150 million projection. However, when compared to Twitter’s $45...
Kindle Fire: New Amazon Tablet Fires a Shot at Apple iPad
This morning, Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, introduced the Kindle Fire. The brand new Android-based tablet weighs only 14.6 ounces and features a dual-core processor...
Twitter is a Mobile Whale: 45% of Daily Tweets from Mobile Devices
Yesterday, at the 2011 Mobilize conference, Twitter’s VP of engineering Michael Abbot spoke with Om Malik regarding Twitter’s overall growth and the role mobile devices...
GE Google Electric: Google Invests in Residential Solar Energy
On Tuesday, Google announced that it is investing $75 million into a fund with Clean Power Finance Inc. to help install solar panels for up...
Google+ Reaches 50 Million Users
Last Tuesday, the Google Blog announced that Google+, which had been “invitation only,” was changing to “open access.” According to data from Experian Hitwise, since...
Facebook PAC: Which 2012 Candidate Will Facebook Like?
On Monday, Facebook filed the necessary paperwork to form the political action committee FB PAC. With Facebook’s increasingly dominant web presence and ever-growing user base...
Google Birthday: Tech Giant Celebrates 13th Birthday
Today, Google’s homepage is featuring a Google doodle with the Google letters celebrating Google’s thirteenth birthday. The doodle, which is not animated and has a...
Bing Deals: Microsoft Enters Daily Deal Space
On Friday, Microsoft launched a new version of Bing Deals that will aggregate over 200,000 of the best local deals from Groupon, LivingSocial, other deal...
Google Drive: Is the Dropbox Party Over?
On Saturday afternoon, a rumor leaked that is likely to have the Dropbox team feeling hung over as they report to work this morning. According...
Script Kiddies Hack USA Today Twitter Account
The Script Kiddies, which is the same group that recently hacked the NBC Twitter account, struck again Sunday evening. The hacker group, which hacked the...
Yahoo News Activity Automatically Shares News with Friends
Yahoo News Activity, which was announced Thursday at the Facebook f8 conference, enables Facebook users to effortlessly find news that is important to their friends....
Facebook’s Open Graph Provides Marketers with New Opportunities
At the recent Facebook f8 developer conference, Facebook unveiled two new features: Timeline and Open Graph. Timeline, which is replacing the current profile pages, will...
Open Graph: Facebook Becomes a More Social Network
At Facebook’s f8 developer conference on Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the Open Graph. Described as a whole new class of apps, Open Graph will...
Bing Search Engine Losing Approximately $462,962 per Hour!
Yesterday, CNN Money released data indicating that Bing and Microsoft Online Services are losing a staggering $1 billion per quarter. This number, which equates to...
Google’s Antitrust Message: Trust Us
On Wednesday afternoon, Google chairman Eric Schmidt defended Google and its business practices before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. During the hearing, Schmidt repeatedly told...
Political Advertisements Invade Twitter: A Vote for Revenue
With the cost of the upcoming presidential campaign expected to far exceed $1 billion, yesterday afternoon Twitter decided it was time to throw its hat...
Yelp Hopes to Serve Grilled Google: Antitrust Hearing Today
This afternoon, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearing, which is appropriately titled “The Power of...
Google Doodle: Huge Ad Directs Users to Google+
After a three-month invite only field test, Google+ released the social network to open beta yesterday afternoon. Vic Gundotra, Google’s Senior Vice President of Engineering,...
Bing Holiday Travel Report: Domestic Travel Prices Expected to Fall
Earlier today, Bing Travel issued its preliminary 2011 holiday travel predictions. The search engine uses a comprehensive dataset that includes future airfares, past airfares, and...
Foursquare Security Concern Addressed: Social Network Provides Privacy Option
On Monday evening, Foursquare, a location-based social network, announced a new privacy option that will allow users to hide home addresses from strangers. When a...
Read, Watch, & Listen: Facebook to Announce New Buttons at f8 Developer Conference
The Facebook f8 developer conference, which is set for Thursday of this week, will focus on the socialization of content. According to inside reports, Facebook...
Google Wallet: Live in SanFrancisco?
Google Wallet, which was first announced in May, is expected to launch sometime later today. It is believed that this new mobile payment system is...
Facebook App Economy: The Job Impact of Facebookonomics
A recent study published by the University of Maryland indicates that Facebook and mobile technology have generated at least 182,000 new jobs and $12.19 billion...