QWIKI: What Is Instagram?
!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement(“script”);b.id=e;b.src=”//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js”;a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,”qwiki-js”); It’s likely that you’ve started to hear people talk a lot about Instagram, or what has now become known as the “billion-dollar app.” Yes, back in April Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. So what is so special about the app and how… Read More »
EmailSafety Experiment: Cars That ‘Talk’ to Each Other
Will traffic be safer and smoother if vehicles can “talk” to each other? That’s the question the Department of Transportation hopes to answer, starting this summer, with an ambitious year-long experiment in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In August the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to… Read More »
Google Doodle, a Music Synthesizer, Pays Tribute to Robert Moog
If you were a little less productive at work the day Google had that cool Les Paul Doodle on its homepage — you know, the one that let you record your own guitar riffs — be prepared to lose even more time today. In celebration… Read More »
ION Air Pro Takes on the Action-Camera Competition
The mobile action cam market isn’t new; just look at companies such as GoPro and Contour HD. But Giovanni Tomaselli thinks it’s just about time for a new player. Founder and CEO of ION, Tomaselli is launching a new camera today: the ION Air Pro… Read More »
ooVoo: 12-Way Video Calling Comes to Facebook and the iPad
Skype and FaceTime might be the household names when it comes to video calling these days, but ooVoo doesn’t want that to be the case for much longer. The video chat service announced today that it’s bringing its 12-way video calling feature – yes, you… Read More »
Zuckerberg Bride, Priscilla Chan, Not Your Usual Billionaire’s Wife
Just as we thought Facebook CEO and newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was on top of the world, he surprised even his friends by marrying his college sweetheart, 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, just after he led the company to one of the biggest IPOs in tech history. Zuckerberg has been… Read More »
Game Review: ‘Prototype 2′ For Xbox 360
I love open-world games where the action is only restricted by player fatigue. Being able to run around a huge sand-box of a city, virtually wreaking havoc in creative ways is always fun. “Prototype 2″ builds upon the original, while tightening things and adding just… Read More »
CableWiFi: Cable Firms to Join on 50,000 Hotspots
Being a Bright House, Optimum, Xfinity, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable subscriber is about to get a bit better. Or at least it will if you’re the type that’s always searching for a public WiFi hotspot. Five of the nation’s largest cable companies have… Read More »
Mark Zuckerberg Marries Priscilla Chan
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg married Priscilla Chan today, two days after the social networking site had the biggest tech IPO in history and five days after the bride graduated from medical school. The wedding was announced, of course, on his Facebook page, along… Read More »
Former Facebook Employees Say Company Celebrates New Ideas, Not New Wealth
Facebook’s stock market debut seems to be creating a frenzy everywhere but at Facebook. Shares were fluctuating between $40 and $42 for most of the day before dipping down to $38. 50, as of 3:20 p.m. ET, since opening Friday morning, amid reports that Nasdaq… Read More »
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