Celebrating Anniversaries on Facebook
As much as I enjoy celebrating my birthday every year with my friends, I often regard the anniversary of my relationship with my significant other to be even more important. — At Facebook, we're alw...
CEO language misleads analysts' ratings, study confirms
Business analysts, who are paid to dryly evaluate and forecast the financial performance of the companies they cover, turn out to be vulnerable to what one research group has dubbed “charismatic” lang...
Exclusive: Ex-MySpace Execs Launch Gravity Into Private Beta
Back in March 2009 a trio of MySpace execs -COO Amit Kapur, SVP Steve Pearman and SVP Jim Benedetto - left to begin working on a new startup. — In May we learned that the company, then called Blue R...
Hulu Turns to American Idol Creator to Produce New Online Show
Hulu may be well known for being the place to find your favorite TV shows online, but you could soon be visiting the video website to get your weekly dose of Hulu-created reality TV. — The company i...
Google In Discussions To Acquire Yelp For A Half Billion Dollars Or More
Google and Yelp are in advanced acquisition negotiations, we've confirmed from multiple sources. And while the deal isn't done, we've heard that it's very likely to close. The price is supposedly at...
Mozilla: Firefox Mobile will kill off app stores
Mozilla claims that its new Firefox Mobile browser could be the beginning of the end for the hugely popular app stores created by Apple and its ilk. — Mozilla is releasing the first version of Firef...
Netflix Spilled Your Brokeback Mountain Secret, Lawsuit Claims
An in-the-closet lesbian mother is suing Netflix for privacy invasion, alleging the movie rental company made it possible for her to be outed when it disclosed insufficiently anonymous information abo...
Go thataway: Google Maps India learns to navigate like a local
Have you ever been lost? Perhaps you missed a turn because a street sign was poorly labeled, hard to see in the dark, or just not where it should have been? These are problems we've all faced, but t...