Mainstream Brands Are Starting to Dominate Google+
Since launching its Pages product for businesses last November, Google+ has tried to get mainstream brands to adopt the platform. Up until recently, the most popular brands on Google+ happened…
Microsoft Shows Off a Peek at Office 15
Earlier today, Microsoft dropped a huge blog post with details about its Windows 8 for Arm plans, clearing up a lot of questions that people have had in the process….
Microsoft's Cloud ERP Strategy
We’re going to take this in two steps. We’ll begin with what Microsoft is up to with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) products and the cloud, and then we’ll have…
The American Book Association Joins Amazon Boycott
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is the latest body to join the slew of retailers Stateside boycotting books from Amazon’s publishing division. The ABA is the USA’s national, not-for-profit trade…
Twitter Continues Open Sourcing Software
Twitter loves open source. In fact, its engineers are known to be heavy consumers and producers of open source technology, and the team has already managed to release a lot of its…
Microsoft Details Windows 8 ARM app Support
Today, Microsoft announced, formally, its plan for desktop app support on ARM-based Windows 8 machines. You aren’t going to like it. According to reporting on AllThingsD, only four desktop apps…
Google Uses Your LOLs to Decide Which Videos are Funnier
At the end of last year, we told you about a new project by YouTube called the “YouTube Slam“. The project pits two videos against one another in a “hot…
Song Sharing Service This is My Jam Enters Public Beta
The clever single-song sharing site This is My Jam has announced today that it is finally open for all to use. The site had soft launched back in December when…
Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose
Google’s cloud file storage called Drive appears to be launching soon. Samsung avoided a German shutdown of sales on its reformed Galaxy 10.1N tablet. It looks like the the iPad…
Barack Obama Joins Spotify, Check out his Playlist
Current President of the United States, Barack Obama, is by far the most tech savvy president we’ve had in the history of the country. He and his campaign are extremely…
UK Govt. Considers Blocking Copyright-Infriging Sites
No sooner was SOPA effectively defeated in the US, European authorities kicked up a storm by signing up to the controversial ACTA agreement, which is a voluntary agreement between nations…
Kinect for Windows: Not Ready for Normal use
The idea of Kinect for Windows is something that we have been bullish on here at TNW since before the hardware was officially announced. Motion and voice control, added to…
Launching Spread.us: Create Massive Social Reach
At The Next Web we pride ourselves on not just being journalists or bloggers who report on technology from the sidelines. Instead we’re active entrepreneurs working on new services and…
Your Grand Kids Won't Care About Twitter in 50 Years
In 50 years, will things that matter to us so much today — Tweets, LOL cats, Facebook statuses – retain their cachet? Created for the launch of Social Media Week 2012 with Entrinsic,…
Windows 8: Not Your Idea
With the Consumer Preview (beta) of Windows 8 set to be unveiled (and likely distributed) on February 29th, talk abounds concerning the upcoming operating system. On NeoWin, a trusted source…
