Exclusive: Facebook Will Announce 500 Million Users Next Week With “Facebook Stories”
Facebook confirmed that it expects to announce its 500-millionth user next week, and will mark the occasion with new consumer marketing initiative called “Facebook Stories.”
Gawker Media Deals Its Way Out of iPhone Search Warrant
A California court has granted the request of local prosecutors to withdraw a controversial search warrant against an editor for the tech site Gizmodo over its scoop about the iPhone 4G. — Prosecuto...
The iPhone 4 Redux: Analyzing Apple's iOS 4.0.1 Signal Fix & Antenna Issue
In case you haven't noticed, the iPhone 4's antenna design has come under considerable scrutiny. In our iPhone 4 review, we investigated the iPhone 4 antenna and came to two conclusions.
Deeper understanding with Metaweb
Over time we've improved search by deepening our understanding of queries and web pages. The web isn't merely words—it's information about things in the real world, and understanding the relationship...
Old Spice's Online Video Coup
With a fragrant, dashing man in a towel, Old Spice put on a viral video tour de force yesterday. Collaborating with actor Isaiah Mustafa, better known as the man your man could smell like, Old Spice ...
“Experts” misunderestimate our traffic, and we don't know why
In today's installment of “reddit needs moar money”, we visit the topic of our traffic numbers. Here's a screenshot of our Google Analytics page: (Note to the Photoshop Gimp Police: The screenshots i...
Ze Frank Gets $500,000 To Play Games From Andreessen Horowitz, Betaworks, And Ron Conway
Ze Frank, the video blogger and performance artist, is getting $500,000 from a band of super angels and VCs to play games. His stealth startup Ze Frank Games (there isn't even a Website for it yet) …
An analysis of GPL'ed code in Thesis
Introduction — There has come to be a huge debate regarding whether the Thesis WordPress theme can be premium licensed when the WordPress code itself is released under the GPL. The GPL requires tha...
Mozilla increases bounty for security bug info to $3,000
Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, has upped the amount it will pay security researchers for information on security bugs in its products from US$500 to $3,000. — Mozilla, the...
Google says it's not in real estate business
Product manager details search engine giant's latest intiatives — SAN FRANCISCO — Google isn't looking to take on the role of a “universal MLS,” but is developing increasingly sophisticated search t...