Facebook is looking mighty fine today — especially if you’re Instagram, the photo-sharing company that sold its hit mobile application to the social network one month ago for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock.
But wait. Did we …
Annoying Kindle Fire welcome screen ads may be on the way
Amazon is pitching companies on the idea of advertising on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet — except that it will cost a minimum of $600,000 to do so, according an AdAge report.
Even though Amazon has frustratingly …
Why Facebook’s GM ad drama won’t impact this IPO
The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the week of its IPO, Facebook saw one of its largest advertisers, General Motors, get up and leave the table, likely taking millions of dollars with it.
The move prompted a swirl of …
The King Is Dead, Long Live the … Whatever: Levinsohn’s Management Moves at Yahoo (Internal Memo)
For those following the soap opera that I am chief writer for, "Days of Our Yahoos," here's the latest episode.
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 …
Twitter and Reddit as crowdsourced fact-checking engines
New research about how news is verified through Twitter and a crowdsourced debunking of some fake Wikipedia entries reinforce the point that social networks and online communities can be powerful tools for the real-time verification of events, something that used to take place behind closed doors.
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 …
Facebook May Be Worth $100B, But What Are You Worth To Facebook?
It's almost here. The big day. Can you feel the excitement? Yes, if all goes according to plan on Friday, Mark Zuckerberg will ring the Nasdaq bell in a hoodie, the big blue social network will go forward with one of...Flipboard turns up the volume and adds audio content, SoundCloud support
The problem with most magazines is that they’re just too quiet. Flipboard, the gorgeous iPad and iPhone reading app, is teaming up with SoundCloud to add audio content to its mix of news, photos, and social media.
The partnership kicks …
Banters Hits The Deadpool, Co-founders Leto & Moberg Are Betaworks Bound
Today, the Banters social experiment has officially come to a close, as the startup's co-founder Lauren Leto said via blog post today that the team will be no longer actively working on the site beginning June 1st. However, in spite...