At 10:32 p.m. PST on Sunday night, NASA’s robotic space rover, “Curiosity,” touched down on the surface of the Red Planet — in the “Gale Crater” for those keeping track. The landing was a landmark event — the culmination of eight months of space travel (Curiosity launched on November 26, 2011) and some $2.5...
There are many old stereotypes about hackers that get trotted out whenever there is a news headline about a digital break-in or the release of information that had been reportedly secure. Either these technicians are portrayed as all male, spotty youths who live in dark rooms at their parents’ house, or they are autistic...
The Olympics are in full swing now (if you hadn’t noticed), and a lot has been written about the coverage of the sporting extravaganza. In the UK, the BBC has generally received warm praise for its holistic, cross-platform (free) coverage, while over on the other side of the pond NBC has been heavily criticized...
Zynga See Also The Star Of Zynga’s Mobile Guy, David Ko, Is On The Rise Watch This Startup Shred Zynga And Electronic Arts In A Hilarious Recruitment Video Zynga Gets Hit With Insider Trading Lawsuits If you needed any more evidence that Zynga is becoming a mobile company, the company now plans to unveil...
ShoeDazzzle, the fashion e-commerce outfit that counts reality star/deep thinker Kim Kardashian among its founders, says that it has broken a new barrier: the site picked up 1 million new users in the month of July, bringing the total number of members up to 13 million. ShoeDazzle claims that’s more than double its nearest...
Screenshot See Also Apple Breaks Ground On A New Mystery Building In North Carolina Apple’s Failed Cloud Service MobileMe Is Officially Dead Apple Whiffs On Earnings After Coming Up Short On iPhone Sales One of the biggest stories in the tech world this weekend was Wired reporter Mat Honan getting “hacked, hard” in his...
Microsoft officially announced its own proposal for plugin-free real-time communication Monday. “Customizable, Ubiquitous Real Time Communication over the Web,” or short CU-RTC-Web, is Microsoft’s contribution to the W3C WebRTC working group, which is working on a common API for voice and video chat between browsers. Microsoft’s commitment to this kind of technology is a...
It has never been clear whether author book tours are a worthwhile investment. Fewer publishers are shelling out to send their authors across the country these days — what’s the point if you’re going to sit in an empty bookstore for hours and only sell three copies? — and BookTour.com shut down last year,...
Aereo, the controversial Barry Diller-backed service that is streaming live and pre-recorded TV over the airwaves in New York City, is celebrating its recent preliminary court victory against 18 broadcasters by offering a free hour of service and new pricing options. But the real key for the viability of this high-flying IPTV startup in...
Everyone knows that you need to incorporate social media into your startup’s marketing strategy. It’s a no-brainer, right? Social media builds brand awareness and increases revenues. Or does it? Several months ago General Motors and its $10 million marketing budget walked away from Facebook, announcing that advertising on the largest social media platform in...