Apple debuted the next generation of the iPad, which sports 2048 x 1536 pixels in super high resolution “Retina” display that’s four times that of its predecessors. Offering more than 1 million…
14 Million New Jobs to Land from The Cloud by 2015
Cloud-based services will create 14 million new jobs by 2015, a recent study commissioned by Microsoft in collaboration with the research firm IDC predicts. Though half of those jobs will be in…
Facebook’s Lifeline Helps Digg Out of the Grave
Just as the gravediggers were readying Digg on their to-do list, Facebook came to the company’s rescue, adding a Digg Social Reader application to Timeline. January saw Facebook referral traffic for the…
Let the Games Begin – Yahoo Slaps Facebook With Patent Fees
Biting the hand that feeds it, Yahoo slapped Facebook with a demand for fees on 10 to 20 patents, threatening to sue if the social media company failed to comply. The patents…
LinkedIn Acquires Rapportive, the Email Plugin
LinkedIn has acquired Rapportive, a browser plugin that overlays Gmail with info on other social media feeds. The news was first put up for rumor a couple of weeks ago by AllThingsD,…
Google Caught Tracking Your iPhone
Yes, Google may well have been looking over your shoulder every time you surf your iPhone, iPad or MacBook, or anything using Safari for that matter. The infraction was first discovered by Jonathan Mayer,…
Net Income Up 77%, Baidu’s Q4 Revenue Up 82.5% to $711M
Baidu, the giant of Chinese search, posted Q4 revenues that revealed an 82.5 percent increase over the year before. Revenues hit RMB4.474 billion ($710.9 million), while the quarter’s net income hit RMB2.054…
Facebook to Bank $1.2 B Per Year on Mobile Ads
Though Facebook has yet to advertise on mobile devices (smaller screens present enormous marketing hurdles), that hasn’t stopped the web world from speculating just how much the social media agency stands to…
Google+ Grows Brand Followers by 1400% Since December
Brands on Google+ are growing followers like crazy. A new report from BrightEdge, the SEO and digital marketing startup, indicates that the number of users following the top 100 brands on Google…
Ozon, Russia’s Amazon, Acquires Sapato, the Russian Zappos
Ozon, a Russian online shoes and accessories retailer often compared to Amazon in that region, has acquired 100 percent of Sapato.ru, a Russian company often compared to Zappos, early Sapato.ru investor Fast…