Google’s growing struggle with Facebook and Twitter for advantage in the social networking space erupted into public view Tuesday after the search giant’s competitors unveiled a new tool to undermine its latest product, Google …
The Over Thirty Crowd Doesn’t Understand How Easy It Is to Pirate Content
Internet companies like Google and Mozilla dealt backers of SOPA and PIPA a pretty vicious, if not deadly, blow last week with a coordinated online protest against the proposed laws, which seek to curb online piracy of …
New RIM CEO Fails to Impress as Shares Tank After Shakeup
Investors greeted new Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins by promptly dumping the company’s shares on Monday, as analysts and industry observers questioned whether the shakeup will reverse the Blackberry-maker’s waning …
Google Shares Plunge 9% After Results Disappoint Wall Street
Internet search titan Google startled Wall Street with weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results, sending the company’s shares down as much as 9% after the numbers were released. The results were driven primarily by an …
Is Mobile Gaming Facebook’s Achilles Heel?
Here is a sobering thought with which to start 2012. The human brain has more neural connections than there are particles in the known universe. We are complex, we are magnificent. But what if the destiny of this most marvelous …
SOPA Protests Gain Steam as Web Activists Flex Growing Clout
Internet-based protests against a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills gained momentum Wednesday, as several lawmakers dropped their support in the face of widespread opposition from the tech industry. Until recently, the Stop …
Davos 2012: “The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models”
Next Wednesday marks the launch of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting of the most powerful men and women in business, government and the non-profit world will focus on the theme “The Great …
Jerry Yang’s Exit Clears Path For Yahoo Sale or Breakup
Yahoo founder Jerry Yang will surely be remembered as one of the great pioneers of the Internet industry, but in the end, he couldn’t overcome the consequences of the most important decision of his career: spurning Microsoft’s …
Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
How many ping-pong balls would fit in the Mediterrean Sea? Can you swim faster in water or syrup? When there’s a wind blowing, does a round-trip by plane take more time, less time, or the same time? Today, a number of companies …
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How Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android Left BlackBerry in the Dust
Update 5 p.m. December 15 — Research in Motion reported disappointing third-quarter results Thursday after the close of the stock market. Earnings plummeted 71% to $265 million, from $911 million one year ago, though much of …
Is Facebook Really Worth $100 Billion?
That’s the question many people are asking amid rising chatter that the booming social network plans to go public in 2012 and raise up to $10 billion in a deal that could value the company at more than $100 billion.
Watch Out Amazon: Google Looking to Venture into Delivery Services
After watching Amazon corner the online retail market, Google is in talks with merchants to begin a delivery service that would allow users to order items online from local stores and receive them within a day. But does it make …