Next time you’re standing in line at the movies, look around. Chances are there’s at least one person who doesn’t use the Internet. One in five American adults never log on, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. People who fall into this group are senior citizens, adults... Read more...
Twitter made it clear last week that it would no longer support developers making new Twitter client apps, and that it would keep a tight leash on existing third-party clients. Why? Officially, because Twitter wants to own that part of the Twitter experience now -- that's why it has been building... Read more...
Says UD: IAmNotADictionary Phrase Of The Day: The Youtube Attention Span/Digital OCD - Your normal attention span significantly decreased due to Youtube. Whereas normally 10 mintues is a short amount of t time, Youtube turns it into a cinematic experience. By Joel Stein I have the opposite of... Read more...
The marketing industry was rocked in 2010 by an influx of significant events that changed the way we do business. The following list is my picks for the 6 Events that Shifted the Online Marketing Landscape in 2010. 1) Net Neutrality and the FCC’s rulings Net Neutrality isn’t sexy enough to... Read more...
NTP Inc, which made it to the headlines after getting a settlement from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) over email technology, has said that it had filed lawsuits against various smartphone companies including Apple Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft and Motorola Inc. The NTP recently bagged a USD 6... Read more...
In the music business, they would call it a comeback. Almost a decade ago, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, European technology entrepreneurs, unleashed the Napster-like file-sharing program Kazaa on the Web, allowing millions of users3 bll to freely download songs, movies and TV shows. Kazaa... Read more...
For the second time in less than a week, BlackBerry users were plagued by Internet and e-mail outages across Canada and the United States. Officials with Research In Motion, the Waterloo, Ont., company that makes the popular devices, offered no estimate last night when service to users in North ... Read more...
T-Mobile said Wednesday it's fixed the technical problems that caused about 5 percent of its customers in the U.S. to lose phone, text-messaging and Internet service Tuesday night. Now, the mobile carrier is moving on to find the root cause of the problem, the company said in a statement. "We si... Read more...