When China’s number one search engine, Baidu, decides to partner with a company, it’s a really big deal. Today, Skyscanner, Europe’s biggest flight search engine, has announced a partnership which means that it will power Baidu’s international flight search. Baidu already owns a chunk of a travel search site Qunar, which handles local flights,...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom negotiated the deal personally. The Federal Trade Commission gave the thumbs up for Facebook to buy Instagram today. The U.K. gave its ok a week ago. Next week Facebook has a fairness hearing on the transaction but that hearing could only delay the deal, not...
Email More asgw via Flickr See Also Google’s Next Flagship Nexus Android Phone Could Be A Weak Update Look How Gorgeous Microsoft’s Dropbox Alternative Is 12 iPhone and Android Apps That Need To Die As much as we love Android phones and tablets, there are still a few major hangups that keep us going...
Facebook’s demolished stock caught a minor lift this afternoon when Josh Constine of TechCrunch reported that the company is getting ready to launch a Facebook-specific type of search ad. This news reminded investors of what they were thinking when they plunged lock, stock, and barrel into Facebook’s IPO three months ago–which is that the...
Nikon just launched the first-ever Android-powered point-and-shoot camera. It’s a smart move designed to make the company’s line of consumer products relevant in a world of ubiquitous phonecams. It could also turn out to be good for mobile photography in general. If the concept catches on, we’ll see a dramatic improvement in the quality...
At a time when college athletic programs are listening to students’ Facebook and Twitter feeds for words like “panties,” California is poised to become the second state to put a stop to the practice. The state’s Senate this week sent a unanimous bill to Governor Jerry Brown that would forbid schools from asking students’...
ATT’s decision to block Apple’s video calling program on its cellular network for certain customers has raised the ire of consumers, public interest groups, and may even draw the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. And after the wireless carrier posted its rationale Wednesday on its decision to limit video over FaceTime to customers...
Facebook revealed some big, big stats on big data today to a few reporters at its HQ today, including that its system processes 2.5 billion pieces of content and 500+ terabytes of data each day. It’s pulling in 2.7 billion Like actions and 300 million photos per day, and it scans roughly 105 terabytes...
The value of Klout, Kred, PeerIndex and the whole social influence measurement sector has been chewed over many times – most recently on our backchannel just now, when West Coast Editor, Drew Olanoff announced that we was planning a post explaining why he doesn’t write about the subject. You see, Drew really isn’t keen...
Google Google software engineer Lauren Baptist See Also Google Argues Against Patent Wars Just A Few Days After Suing Apple For Patent Infringement Strip Club Manager Answers All Of The Questions You Were Afraid To Ask 8 Tricks That You Should Be Using When You Search For Stuff On Google Google has launched an...