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NASA has released a video that highlights where snow graced the Earth during every month for more than 10 years. The clip starts with a snow-covered map of the Earth on February 2000 and runs all the way up until … Continue reading →

After months of speculation, Microsoft rolled out its semi-social network, So.cl. The site is aimed at students looking to collaborate and share searches. The site also lets users create mood boards similar to Pinterest. “There is a bit of an … Continue reading →

Microsoft is ending its years-long run as the Consumer Electronics Show keynote kick-off event. Its 2012 keynote, which should highlight Windows 8 will be its last and next year will also mark the software giant’s last trade show booth at … Continue reading →

Amazon updated its Kindle app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Wednesday, giving users access to their periodical subscriptions and cloud-stored documents for the first time. Previously, users could only use the Kindle app to read — and, before … Continue reading →

Amazon may have issued an update to its Kindle Fire this morning, but Conan O’Brien was still able to skewer the device and some of the early customer complaints on his show. Team Coco and crew mock the Kindle Fire’s … Continue reading →

The White House is taking its fight over payroll tax to Twitter with a campaign using the hashtag #40dollars that asks what you can buy with that amount. The figure is the average amount that American workers save under the … Continue reading →

First generation iPod nano owners who took part in Apple’s recall will be surprised to find their overheating nano might be replaced with a new sixth generation iPod Nano. The only catch: the new Nano doesn’t come with a warranty. … Continue reading →

The tools may change but the goals are still the same. Chris Brogan, the best selling author of the books Trust Agents and Google+ for Business, reminds us that social business always has been and always will be about people. … Continue reading →

More than 1 million Google+ users are keeping tabs on Britney Spears, making her account the social network’s first to break through the seven-figure threshold. In reaching the milestone, Spears retains her title as the most-followed person on Google+, ahead … Continue reading →

Lawrence Mak is the product marketing manager at Context Optional, an Efficient Frontier company, where he covers product positioning and communications while moonlighting as a writer for all things social media. Having surpassed one billion unique visitors this past May, … Continue reading →