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October 7, 2011

Can Facebook Persuade Advertisers to Forget About Clicks?

With the "People Talking About This" metric, Facebook hopes advertisers will pay more attention to the "engagement" that customers have with brands on the site

October 3, 2011

Groupon's Stumbles May Force Company to Pare Back Size of IPO

Management gaffes, restated results and regulatory scrutiny leave investors leery of owning the stock

September 22, 2011

Roger Ebert: Netflix, Hastings Get it Right

Netflix's recent moves may have been exceedingly clumsy, but the heavy focus on streaming is the way to go, says the film critic

September 20, 2011

How Stormpulse Made More Money on Fewer Customers

The startup's Web-based weather service attracted consumers and the likes of the White House and FedEx. This year it chose to focus on business accounts

September 13, 2011

Google's Global Library Takes a Further Blow

With university allies in Google's Print Library Project under fire in court—and the company cutting back on ambitious projects—is the plan's end near?

September 12, 2011

Hypercasual: When the Web Gets a Little Too Friendly

Companies that try to be cutesy or tell bad jokes online are confusing being friendly with being flippant

September 7, 2011

Getting a Handle on Big Data with Hadoop

The flood of information from social media and elsewhere is propelling companies' use of free and customizable software called Hadoop to manage it

August 29, 2011

Google Confirms It Aims to Own Your Online ID

Amid a furor over Google+'s ban on pseudonymity and anonymity, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt just admitted the company intends to be an 'identity service"

August 23, 2011

The Daily Dot: Interesting Idea, but Not a Great Metaphor

The self-styled "hometown newspaper" of the Web wants to write about online communities like Reddit and YouTube as though they were real-world towns

August 21, 2011

How Google+ Is Like Twitter but Not in a Good Way

Like Twitter, Google's social network has yet to solve some challenging problems. Among them: the "noisy stream" and how to find interesting content

August 18, 2011

Is Groupon a Financial Train Wreck Waiting to Happen?

As the daily deal site prepares an eagerly awaited IPO, pressure is mounting for it to prove it's not another dot-com flameout like Pets.com

August 17, 2011

Is Google+ Starting to Get on Facebook's Nerves?

Google's social network is putting competitive pressure on Facebook, which may be a good thing for Facebook users and third-party developers

August 12, 2011

Maybe a Little Social Media Fatigue Isn't Such a Bad Idea

Are we amusing ourselves to death online, and if so, what is the cure?

August 10, 2011

HTML5 Seems To Be Gaining Momentum

With Google, Pandora, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, Vudu, and even Microsoft embracing HTML5, these are exciting times for vendors, developers and consumers

August 9, 2011

Nuance CTO: Speech Tech Will Be Mobile Tech

The software maker's Vlad Sejnoha says speech is transforming from an alternative to text input into a more powerful tool to connect mobile users to information

August 8, 2011

Network Effects: Social Media's Role in the London Riots

Facebook and Twitter can fuel uprisings by allowing participants to coordinate action and to see themselves as part of a larger movement

July 6, 2011

The IPad's Secret Abilities

The Apple tablet is helping people with disabilities by reading e-mails, voicing directions, and zooming in on text

July 6, 2011

Getting People with Disabilities Back to Work

Companies and advocacy groups are stepping up efforts to provide jobs for the rising number of unemployed people with disabilities

July 6, 2011

Zynga s Quest for Big-Spending Whales

A tiny number of virtual-goods high rollers supply the bulk of the game maker’s revenue

June 22, 2011

Memo to IT: Don't Fight the Public Cloud; Embrace It

When it comes to cloud computing, corporate IT doesn't quite "get it" just yet. Simon Crosby, CTO, datacenter and cloud division, for Citrix Systems (CTXS), said on ...

June 20, 2011

Online Anonymity: Painful and Priceless

The old joke had it that when you're online, "no one knows you're a dog." The idea of online anonymity has been taking a beating recently, in part because of such ...

June 10, 2011

Hewlett-Packard Said to Plan Devices That Make Wireless Payments

(Bloomberg) Hewlett-Packard Co. is developing mobile devices that will help consumers make purchases wirelessly, two people familiar with the company's plans ...

June 8, 2011

Can the FT Help Publishers Quit Their Apple Addiction?

Ever since the iPhone and iPad arrived, publishers have spent millions building dedicated software to try to cash in on the app boom. Everyone who was ...

June 7, 2011

Virtual Shopping in 3D

Linda Smith walked on stage at the Spring 2011 Demo Conference in Palm Desert, Calif., on Feb. 28 and tried on clothes. Looking at herself in an interactive mirror, ...

May 26, 2011

Pandora's Sales More Than Double as IPO Looms

(Bloomberg) Pandora Media Inc., the Internet-music company preparing for an initial public offering, said revenue more than doubled last quarter and its user ...

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