President Obama Threatens to Veto Law to Repeal Net Neutrality
The White House has threatened to veto Republican-sponsored legislation that would overturn the net neutrality rules the FCC passed last December. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S.J....
View ArticleHP Buys More Time to Determine the Future of WebOS
HP CEO Meg Whitman has told employees that the company still hasn't decided what to do with webOS, the mobile operating system it gained from its acquisition of Palm. On Tuesday, Whitman held an...
View ArticleGoogle+ Badges Make it Simple for Users to Connect With Brands
Google has unveiled Google+ Badges for brand pages, a widget that lets brands promote their presence on Google's social network. Google+ Badges are similar in form and function to Facebook's Like Box...
View ArticleFacebook Brings Recent Stories Option Back to News Feed
Facebook is rolling out an update to News Feed that lets people sort information by Recent Stories or Highlighted Stories. The update adds a "Sort" link at the top of the News Feed. Clicking it brings...
View ArticleCould Steve Jobs Become Time’s Next Person of the Year?
Could Apple co-founder Steve Jobs become the first person to be selected after his death as Time Magazine's Person of the Year? A panel of experts for Time clearly think it wouldn't be a bad idea....
View ArticleFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Why We Need More Women Engineers [LIVE]
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's second-in-command, isn't at a loss for words when it comes to the issue of getting more women in leadership roles in science, technology and business. Today she's speaking...
View ArticleApple Fixes Critical iPhone Battery Issues With iOS 5.0.1
Apple has released iOS 5.0.1, an update to its mobile OS that fixes a series of issues that drained the iPhone's battery. iOS 5.0.1 is the first update to Apple's iOS 5, which brought the...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Bill to Repeal Net Neutrality
The U.S. Senate has voted not to move forward with a resolution that could have overturned the net neutrality rules the FCC passed last December. By a vote of 52-46, the Senate killed the...
View ArticleBilly Crystal Announces via Twitter That He’s Hosting the Oscars
Actor and comedian Billy Crystal announced via Twitter that he is taking over the hosting duties for the 2012 Oscars. The move comes a day after Eddy Murphy quit as host of the 84th Academy Awards....
View ArticleGoogle+ Circles Get a Boost With Katango
Google has acquired Katango, a startup that has developed advance people-sorting algorithms, in order to improve the quality of Google+ Circles. "Katango was founded a little over a year ago to...
View ArticleLinkedIn Unveils Dashboard for Groups Statistics
LinkedIn has unveiled a new Group Statistics dashboard that allows group admins to drill down into the demographics and growth of their groups. The new dashboard, as CEO Jeff Weiner describes it on...
View ArticleAdobe Admits: Apple Won, Flash For Mobile is Done, HTML5 is the Future
Adobe developer relations lead Mike Chambers has posted a lengthy explanation of why the company decided stop development of the mobile browser version of Flash. The response comes as the health of...
View ArticleDiaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22 [REPORT]
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the co-founder of the open-source Facebook alternative Diaspora, has died at the age of 22. The cause of death is not yet publicly known. Zhitomirskiy, along with Dan Grippi,...
View ArticleFoursquare Badges Now Level Up
Foursquare has revamped its popular badge system in an effort to increase user engagement and encourage exploration. Starting Monday, Foursquare's core 24 category badges will begin leveling up based...
View ArticleSiri’s Sister Company Launches a Discovery Engine
Trapit Activity Feed Trapit now has an activity feed to surface the most recent content.Click here to view this gallery. Trapit, a startup that personalizes content with the same artificial...
View ArticleYouTube Campaign Seeks to Spark New Immigration Dialogue [EXCLUSIVE]
Jose Antonio Vargas, the journalist famous for outing himself as an illegal U.S. immigrant in The New York Times, and his organization Define American have launched a social media campaign to start a...
View ArticleGoogle+ Pages Can Now Be Managed With Third-Party Apps
Google has launched a pilot program that will let owners of Google+ Pages manage their accounts via third-party apps such as HootSuite, Involver and Buddy Media. The program will grant six companies...
View ArticleDisney CEO Bob Iger Joins Apple’s Board of Directors
Apple has added Disney CEO Bob Iger to its board of directors and appointed former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson as its non-executive chairman. Levinson first joined Apple's board of directors in...
View ArticleMeet Art Levinson, Apple’s New Chairman
Apple has appointed Arthur Levinson, one of Silicon Valley's most respected leaders, as the company's new Chairman of the Board. Who exactly is Levinson, and why has Apple chosen him to lead the...
View ArticleClipboard Reinvents Copy-and-Paste for the Web [INVITES]
Clipboard wants to help you save and organize what you find on the web, and it's accomplishing this goal by reinventing what it means to copy and paste. On the surface, Clipboard looks like a lot of...
View ArticleFormer MySpace CEO Launches Startup Incubator and Studio
Former MySpace CEO Mike Jones is heading back to the startup world with the launch of a new startup incubator, accelerator and studio. Science, based out of Santa Monica, Calif., is more like...
View ArticleEvernote Launches Browser Extension to Remove Clutter From the Web Reading...
Evernote has unveiled a new browser extension that removes ads and other distractions from the web-reading experience. Evernote Clearly, which is now available for Chrome and soon other browsers, is a...
View ArticleGmail App Returns to the iOS App Store
The Gmail app for iOS has returned to the App Store two weeks after Google pulled it. The native app brought the functionality of Gmail to the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. However, despite its...
View ArticlePayPal Launches Facebook App for Sending Money to Friends [EXCLUSIVE]
Social payments are taking a giant leap forward. PayPal has unveiled a Facebook app that lets you send money to friends. The app, simply titled Send Money, is just as straightforward as its name. You...
View ArticleForget Text, Vimessa Brings Visual Voicemail to the Masses
Vimessa, a Y Combinator-funded startup, has launched a straightforward video messaging platform for mobile. The app, now available in the Apple App Store, lets users record videos of any length, save...
View ArticleWindows 8 Will Make Automatic Updates Far Less Painful
Microsoft is re-architecting the process for automatic updates in Windows 8, with a focus on minimizing restarts and reducing interruptions. Windows Updates have sometimes been a pain point for users....
View ArticleYelp Files for IPO
Yelp, the popular local reviews service, has filed for a 2012 IPO that could raise approximately $100 million for the company. Yelp has been preparing for its IPO for a while now, ever since it...
View ArticlePixar’s Brave: First Trailer Hits The Web [VIDEO]
Disney has released the first trailer for Brave, Pixar's upcoming animated film. Brave, which makes its theatrical debut on June 22, 2012, follows the story of Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), a...
View ArticleNever Fill Out a Form Again? Personal Seeks to Be the Data Vault for Your...
Say hello to Personal, a startup that wants to be the private data vault for everything in your life, from your insurance to your dining preferences. There are plenty of websites and social networks...
View ArticleGoogle+ Rolls Out Trending Topics
Google+, the search giant's new social network, has rolled out trending topics within Google+ Search. Mashable has been informed that trending topics quietly rolled out Thursday night. Like Twitter's...
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