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Facebook is so deeply woven into the human fabric that people forget to, well, wipe their feet before they enter and say goodbye before they leave. A very prime example is the story of two men who stand accused of robbing an Internet cafe in Cali, Colombia.For this is a tale of two men who Continue Reading →

When Facebook goes public in the coming weeks, there will be a lot of winners. Among them is one of the stalwarts of the tech industry, Microsoft, which has a small stake in the company. But Microsoft has an even bigger bet on Facebook through an alliance between its Bing search engine and the social Continue Reading →

Originally posted at MediaBizBloggers Most social media advertising is poorly suited to the medium. According to Vindico, nearly all (98%) online video ads were re-purposed from a broadcast original.  The lack of originality is one reason ads and sponsored stories on Facebook realize comparatively low average click through-rates of under 5%, says Spruce Media. One Continue Reading →

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on two federal agencies — Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — to investigate what they call a “new disturbing trend” of prospective employers demanding job applicants to turn over their user names and passwords for their social networks. Read the full Continue Reading →

Some say the glass is half empty (AT&T has only 28 LTE markets), some say the glass is half full (Verizon has 203 LTE markets) – a physicist would say the glass is 100% full: half liquid, half air (4G is a marketing term, not a technical standard).  Let’s review. Unlike 3G which is a Continue Reading →

For some fanboys, camping outside the Apple Store on the eve of a product launch is half the fun of nabbing their new toy; for the rest of you, there’s a chance you can get a new iPad tonight, and still get a few hours of sleep in a warm, dry bed before you have Continue Reading →

There’s a lot of people out there out to create the next generation of television, a fair chunk of them through new TV networks. Witness the more than 100 channel proposals Comcast worked through to come up with four, all independently-owned and operated by people or organizations of color, going on their cable systems between Continue Reading →

Those of you who follow my blog know that I am an optimist. The Shelly Palmer School of Connected Living has one primary thesis: “Technology is good.” This is why I am very excited about this new book Abundance – The Future is Better Than You Think, written by my friend Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Continue Reading →

Google has agreed to pay a whopping $300 million to Mozilla to make Google the default search engine for the Firefox browser. The contract is set for the next three years, giving Mozilla a hefty payday of just under $1 billion. The price may be pocketchange for Google, helping deepen its lead over Bing and Continue Reading →

According to the Washington Post, federal investigators are looking into allegations that Carrier IQ’s software tracks user activity on over 150 million cellphones. The FBI has refused to confirm or deny whether they used the data themselves. Carrier IQ executives have already met with federal regulators and deny any wrongdoing. Read the full article at Continue Reading →