Category: Breaking News

Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dead at 56

Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dead at 56

Apple just announced the passing of  Co-Founder Steve Jobs. As I write this post on one of my many Mac computers and dismiss a call on my iPhone – I draw breath at the sheer impact he has had on millions of lives. We are a wired society thanks in large part to his vision, [...]

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#OccupyWallStreet : The Whole World is Watching

[EDIT Oct. 3, 2011] – Thanks to @FakhriZina and @OperationLeakS for sharing this humdinger of a video :: Day Trader tells truth live on UK BBCNews 9/26/11 This morning I began my day reading over the messages from those who are showing their support for the #OccupyWallStreet movement by posting pictures of notes that tell [...]

Social Media and Certain Destruction : How Natural Disasters Impact our Social Networks

From the Virginia Earthquake to Hurricane Irene – this past week we all have seen a flurry of activity on our own social networks . . . whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Quora or even Linkedin, inevitably someone you know has shared a photo of what was happening around them. It’s citizen journalism at it’s [...]

San Francisco's BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cut cell phone service due to Protestors planning a rally on August 11, 2011 to bring attention to a number of recent BART transit police officer shootings.

Censorship on the Subway : How BART Cut Off Cell Phone Signals

UPDATE :: FCC Looks into BART Mobile Phone Shutdown — San Francisco’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cut cell phone service due to Protestors planning a rally on August 11, 2011 to bring attention to a number of recent BART transit police officer shootings. In the wake of the havoc in London, where Prime Minister [...]

ESPN: When Your Brand Representatives Become a Liability

ESPN: When Your Brand Representatives Become a Liability

Early this morning I was poking around Facebook like many millions of people do each day, when I saw a post by my friend Deirdre Reid aka @deirdrereid. She commented on how @MrMichael_Smith of @ESPN had posted tweets on how funny he thought the accident of Dutch cyclist Johnny Hoogerland was on twitter. Yep you [...]

How Will Co-Founders @biz @ev & @goldman Leaving Affect Twitter?

How Will Co-Founders @biz @ev & @goldman Leaving Affect Twitter?

Silicon Valley is all about creating the next big thing. The trio that helped turn Twitter into an Internet sensation has joined forces for another go-around at internet glory. But, how this affect Twitter? Biz Stone said Tuesday he’s leaving his full-time gig at Twitter to resurrect the Internet incubator Obvious Corp. with Evan Williams [...]

Facebook Drops Another Privacy Bomb on its 600 Million Users.

Facebook Drops Another Privacy Bomb on its 600 Million Users.

Late Friday night, Facebook announced a new round of privacy settings for third-party applications via the company’s developers blog.  They no doubt hoped to minimize the repercussions from its latest privacy change by announcing it late on Friday evening, but there could be a larger repercussions from its new privacy move than Facebook initially anticipated.  Essentially, Facebook [...]

Skype Video Calling Now Available on iPhone

Skype Video Calling Now Available on iPhone

Boom! Apple and Skype finally agree to allow Skype’s popular video chatting compatible with the iPhone. Amazing. The cats out in Cupertino are starting to cooperate with people now. Can you feel the love tonight?  And it’s available IMMEDIATELY.  We didn’t have to wait for CES or MacWorld!  Holy sh#t! I heard of some rumblings [...]

Five Top News Stories in Mobile Local & Social

Five Top News Stories in Mobile Local & Social

With the goal of bringing you the content you need to know, we are gonna start recapping some of the top news that makes us think. How to Survive the Social Buying Bubble Have your heard of the new bubble in the connected marketing world? Depending on who you ask, social buying is worth nothing, [...]

Engadget Exclusive: Sony Ericsson to introduce Android 3.0 gaming platform and PSP Go-like smartphone

Engadget Exclusive: Sony Ericsson to introduce Android 3.0 gaming platform and PSP Go-like smartphone

Looks like Engadget has the scoop on a possible (probable?) Android/Sony gaming phone. Here’s some info: “Here’s what we can tell you about the hardware: if you’re a gaming fan, this is exactly the kind of phone you’ve been waiting for. The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go [...]