On the heels of its big announcement with Bing, there’s bad news for Facebook. The social network has been linked to an alleged “privacy breach,” and plenty of people are concerned about it, although there’s reason to believe the matter…
On the heels of its big announcement with Bing, there’s bad news for Facebook. The social network has been linked to an alleged “privacy breach,” and plenty of people are concerned about it, although there’s reason to believe the matter…
In the first half of 2010, online ad revenues in the U.S. reached $12.1 billion, setting a new half-year record. The total also represented an 11.3% increase over the same period the previous year. It also included the highest second-quarter…
Sometime today, Street View fans should be able to take in sights on all seven continents for the first time ever. Coverage of Brazil and Antarctica will make this possible, and images of Ireland are supposed to become available, to…
Every so often, one of those “social media vs. blogs” discussions comes up. Questions like “is social media killing blogging?” gets asked. Time and time again, the answer is a resounding “no”, but various pieces of news released this week…
Late last year, Google launched Google Goggles, an experimental Android app that lets you simply take a picture with your phone’s camera to conduct a search – no query entering necessary. Today, Google announced that Goggles is available for the iPhone via the Google Mobile app.
An analysis of mobile activities in Japan, the U.S. and Europe found significant differences among consumers by geography, according to a new report from comScore.
Social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled from 22 percent in April 2009 to 42 percent in May 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Google announced a new feature for businesses in Google Maps in the U.S. today. The feature lets businesses include sponsored map icons that appear on the maps themselves. The feature actually began in a pilot program earlier this year in Australia.
U.K-based Android users are an active (and likely multiplying) bunch, according to new data from a mobile payment specialist called Bango. The company’s determined that, between the first and second quarters, the volume of Web browsing conducted on Android devices increased by a whopping 400 percent.