Google Quietly Pulls Flawed Travel Times from Maps
Google has removed a service that predicted travel times with traffic from the browser-based version of Google Maps.
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Google Quietly Pulls Flawed Travel Times from Maps
Twitter Won’t Fly As High If It Flubs Bing Deal
Twitter stands to lose a lot of clout — and money — if it flubs its social search deal with Microsoft’s Bing like it did with Google.
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Twitter Won’t Fly As High If It Flubs Bing Deal
Facebook Should Focus On Product, Not Hiding Google+
Facebook should focus on continuing to deliver a solid product rather than worrying about ads on its site that promote rival social networking service Google+.
Is Android Losing Appeal With Developers?
Android is a phenomenal success story–skyrocketing from nothing to surpass both RIM and Apple and become the dominant smartphone platform in only a couple years. Recent studies, however, indicate Android may have lost some luster with developers as iOS seems to be the primary platform developers are working on
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Is Android Losing Appeal With Developers?
More women crashing Google+ sausage party
Early reports had figured the membership of Google+ to be upwards of 87 percent male.
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More women crashing Google+ sausage party
Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/17: What is this?
If you know what today’s picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest.
TrackMeNot Add-on Keeps Search Engine Profilers Confused
The free TrackMeNot Firefox add-on takes a unique and creative approach to protecting your privacy from search engines that can create profiles of you based on terms you search for.
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TrackMeNot Add-on Keeps Search Engine Profilers Confused
Facebook bans Google+ ad
An app developer places an ad on Facebook asking people to friend him on Google+. Facebook removes the ad and claims it is against its terms of service.
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Facebook bans Google+ ad
Imagine Apple with an MBA at top, no Steve Jobs
Apple would probably cease to exist if it was run by a cutthroat MBA texbook-thumping executive. Innovation and product risk-taking just isn’t in their DNA.
Readers respond to HP, Apple comparison
Readers respond to a critique of Hewlett-Packard’s product innovation.
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Readers respond to HP, Apple comparison