The 3 Biggest Stories in Tech & Business This Tuesday
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Google to Acquire…
George W. Bush to Visit Facebook HQ for Live Video Q&A
Former U.S. President George W. Bush’s book tour will stop at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto on Monday, with the social networking site announcing a “Facebook Live” event for 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. Bush has been…
Influencers – How Trends & Creativity Become Contagious
I’m glad to have stumbled upon this video. First the excerpt: ‘INFLUENCERS’ is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a […]
20 Things Google Learned About Browsers & The Web
Together with illustrator Christoph Niemann, The Google Chrome team used HTML5 to create a gorgeous interactive book to share what they learned about the Internet and browsers. 20 things can be scaled down to 3 main learning points: (1) First, this interactive book will first take you through the backbone of the Internet and how […]
Google Apps Adds Voice, Maps, Reader & More
Google continued its charge into the enterprise sector on Thursday with the introduction of a massive infrastructure overhaul for Google Apps. Previously, Google Apps was limited to basic services like Gmail, Calendar and Docs. Starting today, Google Apps…
Prince William & Kate Middleton’s Engagement: The Social Web Reacts
The UK’s Prince William and Kate Middleton officially announced their engagement today, dashing the hopes of many 20-something would-be princesses around the world. Curious as to how the social web was reacting to the engagement, we turned to social media…
“U.S. News & World Report” Goes Digital-Only
In an internal memo sent Friday afternoon, U.S. News and World Report editor Brian Kelly informed staffers the monthly magazine would cease regular print publication in favor of a “predominantly digital publishing model.” The last print issue will ship to…
Location-Based Services See Light Use
Four percent of online adults use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla that allows them to share their location with friends and to find others who are in their area, according to a new report form the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Location-based services such as Foursquare or Gowalla are significantly more popular […]
GetGlue: Foursquare for Entertainment Nuts
If someone were to ask you to name the trendy social services right now, more than likely they’d say Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare… as those seem to be the “big 3”. They’re interchangeable – as some would select GoWalla over Foursquare and MySpace over Facebook, it’s subjective. Fairly soon you might start hearing another service […]
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Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: Speedy Babies, Crafty Kitties & Robots
It’s been a long week, sports fans… and now that the iPhone 4 has finally been released, there’s pretty much nothing vital or interesting on the horizon. You know, unless you have other stuff going on in your life,…
AT&T Apologizes for iPad Security Breach
AT&T sent out a letter to customers apologizing for the recent security breach which resulted in the exposure of 114,000 iPad 3G customer e-mails. In the letter, AT&T explains…
AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan
AT&T announced new data plans for mobile internet and smartphone tethering. While the company claims the new plans will make “mobile internet more affordable to more people,”…
AT&T’s Plan for NYC Data Congestion: Free Wi-Fi
AT&T is rolling out a stopgap solution to its ongoing service woes in at least one major market: they hope to alleviate data congestion issues by blanketing New York…
Apple Confirms AT&T Has iPhone Exclusivity Until 2012
It was speculative before given the lack of independent confirmation, but now apparently Apple has gone on record to confirm that the original deal signed with AT&T for iPhone exclusivity back in 2007 was a five-year deal. That means at least some legal hoops would need jumping through if we’re ever going to see that […]