The Real Mark Zuckerberg Confronts A ‘Surprised’ Jesse Eisenberg On SNL
Jesse Eisenberg's opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live” got off to a pretty standard start — he name-dropped “The Social Network,” poked fun at his über-nerd persona, and was interrupted by Andy...
Why I was wrong about Quora as a blogging service ...
The Power of the Platform at Apple
SIZE is the enemy of growth. It is one of the unwritten laws of business, a matter of simple percentages. After all, when a company has $1 billion in yearly sales, an extra $1 billion doubles its si...
How Apple and Google will kill the password
Prediction: Your phone is about to become a universal biometric ID and debit card — Computerworld - Imagine sitting down at a public PC, surfing the Web, visiting Facebook, checking your online bank...
HTML5 vs. HTML
THANKS TO THE WORK of the WHAT WG, the orations of Steve, the acclaim of developers, and a dash of tasteful pamphleteering, the W3C finally has a hit technology on its hands. Indeed, it has a cluster...
Google ‘Instant Previews’ come to iOS Safari
Google has finally brought their helpful ‘Instant Previews’ feature from the desktop browser, down to the mobile experience. ‘Instant Previews’ lets you tap the accompanying magnifying for a pop-up p...
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is determined to get the last laugh
The onetime improvisational comedian wants to prove that the social network can make money. — Reporting from San Francisco — Before embarking on a career as a technology entrepreneur, Dick Costolo ...
Tech Companies Line Up Their Super Bowl Ads
The Super Bowl for Internet and other tech advertisers has become a story of a few stalwart players who return year after year and some transients who suit up for a year or two, then drop out. — For...
After Just A Year, Even Google Surprised By Success Of Click-To-Call
A year since it's introduction even Google is surprised by how successful “Click to Call” has become. “We're seeing millions of calls every month; it has become a core part of a large number mobile s...
iPad Mags Need A New Blueprint
Ever since the iPad came out, print media companies have been feeling their way in this new medium, but so far they've just been stumbling over themselves. — They are latching onto the iPad as a new...
Google Searches for Mobile-App Experts
Engineers, Product Managers Are Needed as More Development Is Brought in House to Counter Apple — Google Inc. plans to hire dozens of software developers to create applications for smartphones and o...
Start Fund: No big deal. Business as usual.
Though scarcely 24 hours old, the Yuri Milner/Y Combinator/SV Angel announcement has already been dissected, sliced, diced and beaten beyond comprehension. But there are a few salient common sense po...
Why One Egyptian ISP is Still Online
For all intents and purposes, Egypt is currently cut off from the Internet. Even today, though, the Noor Group's DSL service in Egypt remains available (though it experienced some downtime earlier to...