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Shaq’s Social Media Guru Shares Her Secrets
Shaquille O’Neal — all 7-plus feet and 300-plus pounds of him — isn’t just known for casting a huge shadow on the basketball court. He looms large in social media, too, as America’s most-followed athlete (second in the world behind … Continue reading
Hands On With Spotify’s New App Platform
What’s New The newly designed “What’s New” screen features new albums and trending playlists and tracks from Spotify friends. Click here to view this gallery. Spotify just announced its new app platform. Partnering with the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, … Continue reading
Tom Sawyer Gets Google to Paint the Fence for Mark Twain’s Birthday
Google is celebrating Mark Twain’s 176th birthday with one of the largest Google Doodles we’ve seen so far, referencing a famous incident from Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” where Tom cleverly gets other boys to paint a fence instead … Continue reading
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: 7 Ways to Enjoy the Experience Online
Supermodels won’t be the only ones spreading their wings Tuesday night during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on CBS. The broadcast’s digital team also is strutting their stuff behind the scenes to enhance your online experience. Before, during and after … Continue reading
Future of WebOS: HP Decision Expected in Two Weeks
After a disastrous wireless turn from HP that culminated last week with HP taking a charge of $1.66 billion to wind down its webOS mobile platform operation, HP’s CEO, Meg Whitman, has finally put a date on when the company … Continue reading
Spotify Exec Sets Sights on ‘Ubiquitous’ Plans
At its first-ever U.S. press conference, Spotify unveiled on Wednesday a new app platform that allows third-party developers to use the streaming service’s music library and community. Although the apps are only available in beta versions right now for desktop … Continue reading
Android Smartphones Have Big Security Hole [VIDEO]
If Google was just starting to forget about the Android malware threats from earlier this year, now it has another security headache: Researchers at North Carolina State University just discovered a new vulnerability in some of the most popular Android … Continue reading
How to Communicate Your Software Needs to a Developer
Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years, CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. It might seem obvious, but effectively communicating your project … Continue reading
Coldplay and Friends Doodle With Pencils for a Good Cause
Owl by Jonathan Adler Click here to view this gallery. To help educate kids in need, celebrities such as Olivia Wilde, Coldplay, and Jonathan Adler are creating a series of pencil drawings made exclusively for Pencils of Promise. The proceeds … Continue reading
Squishy Robot Can Move Under Obstacles
A team of Harvard scientists designed a “soft” robot which can move under difficult obstacles by mimicking the movements of certain animals, such as squid and worms. The robot doesn’t have a hard internal skeleton; it is composed solely of … Continue reading