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Jennifer Burnham is director of social and content strategy at Salesforce. Connect with Jennifer at @jennydburnham. Over the past decade, many have pondered Apple’s closed-door, top-down culture, and now with the passing of its CEO, Steve Jobs, some speculate whether … Continue reading →

Think Nike+, but not just for sneakers — for shirts, sweatpants, skates or skis. That’s the future of wearable tech, or “smart garments,” envisioned by an Apple patent approved this week. The patent indicates that we can probably expect the … Continue reading →

Amit Gupta, founder of photo-resource Photojojo and telecommuters social network Jelly, successfully found his perfect bone marrow match through an online-supported search that included several social media campaigns coordinated by friends. The 32-year-old tech entrepreneur who was diagnosed with Leukemia … Continue reading →

William Shatner‘s 14-year mission with Priceline has come to a close. The actor, best known as Capt. James T. Kirk, the commander of Star Trek, will go out with a bang. His final ad with the company, set to air … Continue reading →

Check-in enthusiasts can embrace creative eating (read: eat something other than lunchtime burritos) thanks to a new integration of SinglePlatform to the Foursquare mobile app and Foursquare Explore, the location service’s desktop app. SinglePlatform is a start-up that helps local … Continue reading →

Google just beefed up the search capabilities on Google+ to allow users to start conversations directly from search results. The change makes it easier for Plusers to join or start discussions on specific topics. For example, if you were to … Continue reading →

Eager gamers will have to wait until May before getting their hands on the new dark and gritty third-shooter game Max Payne 3. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game will hit U.S. shelves on May 15 and May 18 … Continue reading →

Nike has unveiled the Nike+ FuelBand, a product that fits around your wrist and aims to provide a common metric for tracking all physical activities. Building on Nike+, a product that the company launched in 2006 for runners, the FuelBand … Continue reading →

The Mozilla Firefox Challenge has named a winner — but the real champion is the public, who yet again proved that crowdsourcing and grass roots campaigns are an effective way to raise money for charity. The Challenge, hosted on the … Continue reading →

NASA has released a stunning video taken from the International Space Station that shows the Milky Way and lightning storms over Africa. This clip was filmed by crew members of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. While passing … Continue reading →