Twitter just aired its first ever TV commercial promoting its brand new hashtag pages [Videos]
Twitter aired its first ever TV commercial today during the 2012 Pocono 400 Nascar race. The ad features driver Brad Keselowski, who finished in a disappointing 24th place, using his phone to share h...
Google allegedly working on Wallet 2.0, but Sprint wants its own mobile payment system
Despite being the only carrier to pre-load Google Wallet on its devices, Sprint is purportedly looking at offering its own mobile payment system. Sources have told NFC Times that Sprint is currently ...
A Bit of History Behind the Mac OS X on Intel Project “Marklar”
Apple's announcement to move their Macs from PowerPC to Intel processors in 2005 was a huge surprise at the time. Serious reports about the plan hit the web only two days before the official announce...
LinkedIn: New security enhancements in pipeline
LinkedIn has promised new security features above and beyond a switch to salting users' passwords, as it continues to recover from the hack which saw 6.5m encrypted credentials leak from the site. “W...
Microsoft ending consumers' ability to file class-action suits
Microsoft, maker of the dominant Windows computer operating system and the Xbox game console, is changing many of its customer contracts to prohibit class-action lawsuits. — Microsoft's Windows oper...
Intel's 4-inch Next Unit of Computing to cost $400
Computex — Intel's got next... The Next Unit of Computing, that is. While making our way through the madness at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, we stopped by Intel's booth to check out the...
Former Card Counter's New Start-Up Helps Measure Productivity
In Silicon Valley, there's a theory called the “10x engineer,” which holds that the best engineer at a company is 10 times more productive than the average engineer. — Jeff Ma is an entrepreneur and...
Online Seniors: Tech-Savvier Than You Think
It's not often that we come across startups that focus on seniors, but according to a new report by analyst firm Forrester Research, seniors ages 65 and up are probably more connected and tech-savvy t...
Mobile Advertising: The $20B Opportunity Mirage
There are a lot of questions left to be answered about Facebook's IPO fiasco, but one thing we know is this: As consumers shift their use of Facebook from PCs to smartphones, investors worry about low...
A Letter To The FTC Regarding Search Engine Disclosure Compliance
In 2002, the US Federal Trade Commission created guidelines on how search engines should disclose paid placement and paid inclusion listings. It's become clear to me over the past two weeks that the ...
Here's What Google Will Lose When Apple Wipes Google Maps From The iPhone
This is a news note from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet businesses. Sign up for a free trial here. — Reports say that Apple is...
Twitter Flies The Nest And Moves Into Its New 1355 Market Street Headquarters
After two and a half years, Twitter has moved out of its old office at 795 Folsom Street in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. — Employees filled their streams with tweets about the move on Friday.
How Facebook and Google manage users who hate every redesign
Jon Wiley, the lead designer behind Google's home page, is used to taking heat any time he fiddles with the search giant's iconic stark-white design - no matter how small the change may be. Early on ...