In addition to being one of the largest initial public offerings ever, Facebook’s IPO drew so much interest that the system couldn’t keep up with demand.
Facebook expected to make its public debut at 8 a.m. PT this morning, but …
Comcast rejiggers its 250GB monthly data cap policy
Cable TV and Internet service provider Comcast is revising its policy on data caps, the company announced in a very thorough blog post today.
Previously, Comcast limited its residential Internet service subscribers to a 250GB data cap per month, meaning …
Facebook’s Saverin on giving up citizenship: “This had nothing to do with taxes”
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is taking quite a bit of heat for renouncing his U.S. citizenship prior to the social network giant’s estimated $100 billion IPO this Friday. And after apparently growing tired of people painting him as greedy, he’s …
Pirate Bay is under (DDoS) attack! Torrent site remains down after 24 hours
The Pirate Bay is currently experiencing a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which has caused the site to remain inaccessible for the last 24 hours, reports TorrentFreak.
Members of The Pirate Bay confirmed the news with an update on …
Google grabs design patents for Project Glass eyewear, but what about the tech?
Google has successfully secured patents on the design of its augmented reality glasses, which is part of the company’s futuristic Project Glass initiative.
Project Glass’ sci-fi-looking glasses allow a person to do many of the same things you do with …
As its popularity wanes, Turntable.fm finally launches an Android app
The once ultra buzz-worthy streaming music startup Turntable.fm launched a native Android application today, just as the service fades from collective memory.
But while plenty of people have waited on an Android app for the service, I wouldn’t be too …
Spotify update lets you create radio stations from playlists, share to Tumblr, & more
Streaming music service Spotify is rolling out a new version of its desktop software for Windows and Mac today, adding a handful of new features and improved functionality.
Version 0.8.3 of Spotify includes the ability to create custom radio stations …
Samsung buys streaming startup mSpot to take on iCloud and Google Play
Electronics giant Samsung has purchased streaming media startup mSpot, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the deal is rumored to be worth an estimated $8.8 million, according to South Korean news site Mael …
Machinima may become Google’s first original content investment
Lately Google has been keen on dropping significant money on attracting original programing to YouTube and promoting said programs across its network. Now, Google is said to be investing into content producers themselves.
Ultra popular content producer Machinima may a …
Reddit on CISPA: “People just want to know we give a shit”
As one of the more prominent and vocal opponents of anti-piracy legislation SOPA, social news site Reddit has positioned itself as an organization that deeply cares about tech policy. But sometimes that can work against it.
For instance, last weekend …
Arianna Huffington no longer in charge of all AOL content
Arianna Huffington is taking a step back from her role of directing all content across tech/media company AOL, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Huffington became Editor-In-Chief of all AOL media properties in February 2011 after her Huffington Post news site …
Google launching $200M campaign to promote YouTube channels
Google is launching a new $200 million promotional campaign to push its original YouTube channels across the rest of its properties, the company announced yesterday.
The purpose of the campaign is to help brand YouTube as an entertainment property on …
