December 21, 2011
A study of the way information flowed during the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt paints a portrait of what the news looks like now
December 14, 2011
After the success of a video download he offered on his website, the comedian has become the new poster boy for the idea of selling content directly to fans
December 12, 2011
Mark Pincus's prowess helped set the course for a $1 billion initial public offering. His challenge now is keeping up the same intensity at a publicly held company
November 28, 2011
The giant social-networking site is contemplating an initial public offering that would value Facebook at more than $100 billion, says a person with knowledge
November 21, 2011
Collecting data for advertisers on the network's users is sparking controversy. But the real issue isn't privacy; it's a lack of good filters
November 8, 2011
The Associated Press's decision to ban its writers from expressing opinions on Twitter asks for trouble—just when traditional media should be adapting to social ...
November 7, 2011
Executive chairman Eric Lefkofsky must demonstrate that he can provide the oversight the company needs to fend off bigger rivals while chasing profitability
October 31, 2011
A top research and development spender is vowing not to cut back as it focuses on innovative delivery for its software
October 7, 2011
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
Management gaffes, restated results and regulatory scrutiny leave investors leery of owning the stock
September 22, 2011
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
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
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
Companies that try to be cutesy or tell bad jokes online are confusing being friendly with being flippant
September 7, 2011
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
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 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
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
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
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
Are we amusing ourselves to death online, and if so, what is the cure?
August 10, 2011
With Google, Pandora, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, Vudu, and even Microsoft embracing HTML5, these are exciting times for vendors, developers and consumers
August 9, 2011
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
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
Companies and advocacy groups are stepping up efforts to provide jobs for the rising number of unemployed people with disabilities
