That Microsoft is using this silly word in TV and online ads nevertheless remains a conundrum. I’d thought the company had stopped nastily smearing competitors right after its painful antitrust experience. Now I’m wondering if this inexplicable little word is
Tablet Mobile Web Traffic Now Eclipses Smartphone Traffic [Charts]
If you are surfing the Web from a mobile device these days, odds are you are doing it not from a smartphone, but from some type of tablet. According to a study done by Adobe, for the first time tablets have surpassed
Why Can’t Johnny Write? Don’t Blame Social Media
Books were my best friends, when I was growing up. I read all the time, but wrote little. It wasn’t until I hit my teens that I began to write regularly for fun. None of it was very good, but
Mobile Apps In The Enterprise: 7 Essentials For The New Ecosystem
Mobile devices have become the world’s steady companions that we take anywhere and use everywhere. A recent forecast by McKinsey & Company estimates that by 2014, 1.7 billion mobile devices will be accessing the Internet – and a steady diet
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Passes $1 Billion Worldwide
Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has joined a very special club: it is now among the 15 movies in history that have earned more than one billion dollars worldwide. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie has earned
Google+ Update Adds Crazy Big Cover Photos + Other Stuff
The latest changes to Google+ might not have a huge impact – but that doesn’t mean they aren’t huge. Wednesday, Google revamped its Google+ profile pages, making the social network more image-heavy and sprucing up a few Google+ areas that
Sony RX1 review: shooting like a pro with a pocket-sized camera
It’s hard to shoot pictures in the dark. You typically have the choice of either taking a blurry, dim photo, or using a flash and ruining the ambiance. So you buy a DSLR and an appropriately bright lens, but then
How Syfy Turns TV Shows Into Social Phenomenons
Syfy, known to viewers as Sci-Fi up until 2009, recently celebrated its 20-year anniversary. Along with the channel’s revamped branding, new strategies for formulating and distributing content online emerged. Whether it’s populating Syfy Sync (a second-screen experience for Android and
12 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Online Security
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, I got the chance to sit down with Stephen Cobb, a distinguished security researcher for the IT security company ESET. We talked about a lot of things, including Android security issues
Facebook’s Big, Bright Redesign = More News Feed Junk
Social networks like Facebook and Google+ are suddenly more image-happy than ever. And that’s awesome, in theory. But images ≠ photos. And that’s an important distinction. (See also Facebook Updates News Feed With Dedicated Feeds, Bigger Photos and Google+ Update Adds Crazy