It was 20 years ago today that the World Wide Web was opened to all, setting off one of the biggest transformations in technology and altering the way we communicate. To celebrate the occasion, the creator has brought the world’s first website back to life.
Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, more…
New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just sent an email to all of Yahoo’s full time and part time employees in the US, promising them a new Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC smartphone.
“People are happy,” says a source at the company. more…
Why is it OK that a “not for profit” company with virtually no safety guidelines continues to provide services where people are killed, raped or ripped off on a regular basis? Yet nobody questions this. Why is it OK that people working to provide a respected service are out of work because of this very suspect, free and dangerous service? Is it because it’s free? We need to realize this is not free; there are large costs. Ask the family of Bo! more…
My friend and I recently started a passion project: creating a completely legal way for Facebook friends to play poker on a mobile phone. Two months ago, we were approved in the app store and are now in open beta (we are accepting users, but aren’t promoting so we can debug/test/scale). more…
In a new Yahoo filing, CEO Marissa Mayer reveals that she may not be returning cash to shareholders when Yahoo sells its stake in Alibaba.
In May, when Ross Levinsohn took over as interim CEO, Yahoo announced plans to sell its stake in more…
Day two of the Googles I/O conference in San Francisco saw the introduction of Google Chrome and Drive apps for iOS devices. Google showcased the apps latest features and showed what Google software looks like on an Apple device during the show. more…
Developers in 25 cities are getting a playdate with GENI, an ultra-fast broadband sandbox, with the goal of building apps that push beyond the limits of today’s Net.
The series of tubes that make up the Internet are getting bigger. Tomorrow President Obama will sign an more…
The global mobile advertising market was valued at over $5.3 billion for 2011. Of that, mobile search ad spending accounted for just under $3.3 billion ($3.292 billion), according to the IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, IAB Europe, and HIS Screen Digest, which came together to size the mobile advertising market at a global and regional level. more…
