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Google Merges Search and Google+ Into Social Media Juggernaut

Google Search Your World Personal Results Integrated social search is immediately evident in three spots on your search results page. You have to be signed into Google+ to see all this. Click here to view this gallery. Now we know … Continue reading

U.S. State Department Celebrates Social Media

Ever want to ask a question to State Department officials? Now’s your chance. January has been declared “21st Century Statecraft Month” at the U.S. Department of State. According to a statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 21st Century Statecraft … Continue reading

The Real and Virtual Worlds Are Melting Together

Arnab Sen is head of strategic planning at MRM, a global, top-five digital and direct agency in India. As a trained anthropologist, Arnab applies social science to develop working models that help decode and interpret cultures of consumption, categories and … Continue reading

Flixster Lets You View Your Movie Collection On Select Panasonic Devices

Panasonic announced an app for its connected devices on Monday that could make your movie collection accessible on your friends’ televisions. The app, Warner Bros.-owned Flixster Collections, will be available on the device maker’s 2012 VIERA Connect line, including Blu-ray … Continue reading

Is the HP Spectre a Real Ultrabook? [VIDEO]

Hewlett-Packard unveiled its version of an Ultrabook at CES today, called the Spectre. The laptop has been designed to the nines — the back of the monitor is sleek black glass, and the 14-inch display is beautiful. But is it … Continue reading

Ballmer Exits the CES Stage Without a Bang

There was a moment, just one moment where the Microsoft’s last CES keynote transcended the mundane and skirted the edge of fantastic. If you weren’t watching or have read the reports coming out of CEO Steve Ballmer’s hour-and-a-half-long goodbye to … Continue reading

Lenovo Rebrands Tablets, Unveils Ice Cream Sandwich Model

LAS VEGAS: Lenovo is raising its tablet game and rebranding it consumer tablet line. Its latest 10-inch slate, unveiled here at CES 2012, it’s arguably one of the lightest and thinnest tablets on the market. It’s also called the IdeaTab … Continue reading

AR.Drone 2.0: Now This Toy Is Serious Fun [VIDEO]

ARDrone 2 Indoor Mode Left View Click here to view this gallery. LAS VEGAS: AR.Drone was a fun, albeit expensive toy ($299) when it arrived two years ago, but the new flyer promises an updated design and fresh features that … Continue reading

The Top Brands on Pinterest

There’s a hot new social networking property and, as usual, some brands have already colonized it. As we embrace the new year, Pinterest has emerged as the answer to the question “What’s new in social media?” The visual bookmarking platform … Continue reading

Chameleon Computer: Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA Twists into Tablet [PICS]

Buy-one, get-one free. Half off. Two-for-one. Consumers love getting something extra. Lenovo‘s new IdeaPad YOGA is being marketed as a four-in-one device. The chameleon-like computer can switch from a laptop to a tablet in three positions: flat, easel-like for touchscreen-based … Continue reading