Twitter Brand Pages Require $25k In Advertising Spend
Early last month, Twitter revealed its new focus on simplicity and it caught some of Twitter’s hardcore users off guard. The site has become more streamlined to better serve new…
Twitter isn't Censoring You. Your Government is.
It’s barely been a day since Twitter made the announcement that, going forward, tweets could be censored based on the local laws that govern a user’s location, and the rumour mill…
Internet Economy on Course to Hit $4.2tr by 2016
World leaders are currently congregating in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2012 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, as they try to find ways to kick-start the global economy. Two studies released…
This Week’s Best New Social Media Tools
It’s been another huge week in the world of new web apps and social media tools. The award for the ‘buzziest’ launch of the week has to go to Wunderkit.com – the…
This Week at Microsoft
Did you miss this post last week? I had my feet up on my desk, pretending that vacationing at home in the Chicago winter is glamorous (protip: it’s not). But I’m back, and that…
KeepRecipes Launches iTunes for Recipes
KeepRecipes, which was in the DreamIt Ventures NYC accelerator this past summer, is a highly social online cookbook. It now has over 10,000 members and over 50,000 recipes, and hopes to build something…
Data & Dollars Can Save the Newspaper Industry
The newspaper industry is facing challenging times for sure, as it struggles to adapt and keep pace with the digital onslaught. As with other more ‘traditional’ industries, many newspapers were…
Microsoft Working to Bring Kinect to Laptops?
Microsoft knows it is on to a winner with its Kinect accessory, having sold 18 million of them in a year since its launch, recently announcing that it would soon…
Google Ireland Hit With €450 Parking Fine
On the same day we reported that Google Earth was getting a bit of a facelift, news emerged that the Internet giant had been summoned to appear in an Irish…
This Woman Got Over 1 Million Comments on a FB Post
An American woman may have just broken the record for the most comments on a Facebook post. While seeing thousands of comments on a public page is certainly nothing new,…
HTC's Sense 4.0: 'Guest Mode', 50GB Dropbox Storage
Taiwanese smartphone maker has delivered numerous different interpretations of what it believes the Android user interface should look like but if a new report from PocketNow is to be believed,…
Google Launches Project to Boost Welsh Online Economy
Google has announced a tie-up with the Welsh government that will see it push for thousands of firms across Wales to get online and boost their business. The Internet giant…
Student Gets Cocaine with Amazon Book
Imagine what you would do if you opened a package containing what you thought would be a book on terrorism, only to find that it came with a free gift…
HiBrow: A YouTube for the Arts
A new platform called HiBrow has launched this week, tapping digital technology and the expertise of professional film producers and directors to bring HD video arts programming to the masses….
Poll: Is It Time To Say Goodbye To Siri?
There are a few apps on my iPhone that are there just to show other people how cool the iPhone is. They aren’t useful really, except that when people want…
