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5 Ways Businesses Can Use Social Media as a Tool for Progress
Riley Gibson is the CEO and co-founder of Napkin Labs, a startup that helps companies discover insights from their fans, followers and customers. Follow Riley on Twitter or check out the company blog. It seems like everyone talks about the … Continue reading
Sacre Bleu! Upcoming French Apple Store Is Basically Naked
Good luck finding the all-new Apple store planned for Aix en Provence, France; it’s going to be practically invisible. The Apple store, to be finished later this year, will push the barely-there glass aesthetic common in most Apple stores — … Continue reading
Show Us Your Best Google+ Memes
When you think of Google, you probably think of search, email, maps, and now … meme generator? Google has announced a new Google+ feature that allows you to add text to any photo you upload, which will then automatically be … Continue reading
CBS Opens App Store for Sports Geeks
When CBSSports.com launches its 2012 Fantasy Baseball league platform later this month, fans will have a whole slew of new tools to give them an edge against competitors. Starting Jan. 31, CBSSports.com is opening its own app store – CBS … Continue reading
What Is SOPA? Startup Offers One-on-One Tutorials
Wikipedia, Reddit and MoveOn.org have committed to blacking out their sites on Wednesday in protest of SOPA and PIPA. But the average person on the street still hasn’t heard those bills’ names. Just why is it making Internet companies so … Continue reading
Beyond Choose Your Own Adventure: Coliloquy Ebooks Give Readers an Active Role
In a young adult romance novel released Tuesday, a character named J.J. must decide to pursue one of three love interests. She picks up the phone and calls … well, that depends. In books from startup ebook publisher Coliloquy, readers … Continue reading
Microchips Repair Brain Damage in Rats [VIDEO]
Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease patients may benefit from a controversial experiment that implanted microchips into lab rats. Scientists say the tests produced effective results in brain damage research. Rats showed motor function in formerly damaged gray matter after a neural … Continue reading
Lady Gaga Joins Google+ [VIDEO]
Pop megastar Lady Gaga just expanded her powerful social media presence with a Google+ profile. But while Gaga has racked up the most followers on Twitter with 18 million, she still has a long way to go before claiming the … Continue reading
Hollywood: SOPA’s DNS Blocking ‘Off The Table’
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hollywood’s lobbying group, has been one of the strongest supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act. Both of those bills were originally designed to block or re-route … Continue reading
Airbnb Gets More Mobile, Launches Android App
Hot startup Airbnb had a rocky 2011. The company, which lets you rent rooms and annexes in people’s homes, had some impressive ideas (you can use the site to rent the nation of Lichtenstein, for example), some bad luck (thieves … Continue reading
