via CrunchGear
Google is approaching a watershed moment in its internal platform wars. The time is nearly at hand when they will have to … Read More >>
Google to offer $20-a-month ‘student package’ for a Chrome laptop?
via Engadget
Just as we’re wrapping up day one of Google I/O 2011, Forbes received an interesting piece of information regarding Chrome … Read More >>
ReachOut Reads: YA fiction to comfort and inspire kids coping with mental health issues
via Boing Boing
ReachOut is a project to help young people cope with hard personal problems and mental health issues; they’re spending the … Read More >>
The Future of Salt and Sugar Is Being Engineered in a PepsiCo Lab [Food]
WSJ: Microsoft to buy Skype for $7bn. Rest of world: for real?
via Ars Technica
Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were interested in partnering with, … Read More >>
City of Boston: We want our authority over basic cable back
via Ars Technica
Boston is on the warpath when it comes to basic cable rates. Its mayor Thomas M. … Read More >>
Teens and privacy online: why using Facebook doesn’t mean you don’t value privacy
via Boing Boing
Microsoft Research Group researchers danah boyd and Alice Marwick have posted a draft paper entitled “Social Privacy in … Read More >>
GrouponLive: Ticketmaster Sinks Its Claws into Your Favorite Deal Service [Blip]
via Gizmodo
Looking to broaden their respective reaches, Groupon and Live Nation have huddled close in some small, dark … Read More >>
Immigrant Smugglers Using SMS to Avoid Capture [Immigration]
Audio battlefield would prepare troops for combat or a typical Slayer concert
via Engadget
Ever wondered how well playing Call of Duty at maximum volume mimics a real combat experience? Researchers at the Missouri … Read More >>