A bored Reddit user decided to take a peek at Google’s Facebook page. Amusingly, he came upon search queries where people had inadvertently (or possibly intentionally) posted to the fan page as opposed to searching Google.com – as you would assume most people would be familiar with by now. More amusing is that the...
Dave Morin and Path’s secondary standalone app With “is winding down”, according to a tweet, email, and blog post from Path. “Now tweet who you’re with directly from Path”, the email explains. The encouraged migration signals the end of Path’s experiment with a stripped down, single feature experience. Details are sparse but this looks...
At an investor conference yesterday, health insurance and tech giant Aetna revealed that it acquired Healthagen, the developer of mobile app iTriage, though it did not disclose the price. Aetna’s Chairmen, CEO, and President Mark Bertolini told investors “About a month and a half ago we bought at little company called iTriage…the fastest growing...
Zynga executives and investors ringing the NASDAQ opening bell Zynga held its initial public offering on Friday, raising $1 billion in a stock market debut that valued the company at some $8 billion at the height of the day’s trading. However, Zynga’s stock did not have the day one share price “pop” seen by...
Image: NASA via Wikimedia Commons It’s starting to seem like every country across Europe has its own tech community or district. The UK, Germany, Scandinavia and, of course, Ireland are all known as desirable locations for high tech companies. But there are also notable communities in less celebrated destinations like Czech Republic or Latvia. ...
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Ok I know we’ve played ‘The Most Incredible Card’ trick card before but this trick by Dave Cremin is truly unbelievable: The film critic Roger Ebert, who reposted this great video on his blog, also linked to its directors’ portfolio, which lets you find out how the trick was done. We don’t want to spoil...
This holiday season, we’ll be running a series of weekly features called “A few of our favorite things,” where we round up some gift suggestions based on the gear that has passed through our offices either for review purposes or through personal purchases. We’ll tell you what we think is the best gear out...
While connected devices and their apps are rapidly gaining popularity, they don’t fully enable the mobile, multimedia and social lifestyle that people want. Instead of today’s fractured and frustrating experience, people need intuitive, personalized and integrated apps and services for their netbooks, e-books, tablets and other connected devices. Service providers can capitalize on their...
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