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What Advice Did Steve Jobs Give to Mark Zuckerberg?
Mark Zuckerberg says he asked Steve Jobs about how to build a high-quality team and great products, but denies Apple and Facebook ever talked about an acquisition. The revelations come as part of an in-depth interview between PBS’s Charlie Rose … Continue reading
Samsung Focus Flash: A Great Phone, An Awesome Price
Samsung’s new Focus Flash is a sleek, well-designed Windows Phone with a price that might just be enough to bring new smartphone users into the Microsoft fold. What makes the Samsung Focus Flash remarkable aren’t its specs — though it … Continue reading
Nook Tablet: How Does It Stack Up Against the Competition? [CHART]
The great tablet wars are nigh. While a horde of Android slabs battle the iPad for supremacy, Amazon returned to the fray in September with the Kindle Fire, hoping to reclaim stewardship of the ereader throne. Not to be outdone, … Continue reading
Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Several HTC Smartphones in Early 2012
HTC has published an update on its Facebook page, detailing the company’s plans for upgrading its smartphone portfolio to the latest version of Android, 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich. We don’t have an exact date just yet, but according to … Continue reading
eBay Launches Celebrity Auction House for Charity
It’s amazing what you can get a celebrity to do for charity. A crew of A-listers including Brad Pitt, Katy Perry, Troy Polamalu, Christina Aguilera and Jeff Bridges have signed on to eBay’s new Celebrity section to give away exclusives … Continue reading
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Denies on Facebook He Will Resign
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied reports — on Facebook — he would step down amid pressure from Italy’s intensifying debt crisis. “The rumors of my resignation are groundless,” he wrote on his Facebook wall Monday, after giving a similar … Continue reading
Emergency Alert System Gets First National Test Wednesday
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will run the first-ever Emergency Alert System (EAS) test for 30 seconds Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST, which will be used to inform Americans in the case of a national emergency. The test alert … Continue reading
Alien Invasion Not Imminent, White House Says
Well, perhaps not an invasion, but the White House has issued an official statement saying that there is no evidence that life exists outside of Earth. The statement came in response to two petitions on We The People, the White … Continue reading
4 Ways YouTube Has Changed Broadway
The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform of marketing software, including marketing automation tools. As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” Increasingly, that stage … Continue reading
Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet: First Impressions [PICS]
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Demo A look at some of the games and apps available on the Nook Tablet. By the holidays, Barnes & Noble will offer thousands of high-quality Nook Apps from leading third-party developers and content providers that … Continue reading