Yahoo buys Associated Content for $100M, adds 380,000 contributors
Carol Bartz, part CEO and part cursing pirate, believes Yahoo can become a media portal. It’s a bold vision, and in some ways even a…
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Android and Motorola Droid: 10 not-so-cool things
By all accounts Google’s young mobile operating system, Android, is enjoying a strong 2010 so far. Although the Nexus One smartphone launch was far from…
Adobe fights back, ‘We love Apple’ but…
In the latest installment of the Flash controversy, Adobe has struck back with a new ad campaign that criticizes Apple for “taking away…freedom.” The news ads are…
Echo expands communications platform, brings on Time, Newsweek, Washington Post
Echo is on a roll. The start-up today announced several large media partnerships that should help their technology continue to reach new users and help…
Google Android wins Q1 – Is Apple losing focus?
Google beat Apple when it came to smartphone sales in Q1 of this year. According to the report from NPD Group, Android captured 28% of…
The Artist Diaries new episode! ‘Half A Duck Head’
Who knew there could be so much intrigue in an oil painting class? It must be the intense creative process that unleashes all that drama.…
Google search interface updated, loses five o’clock shadow
Has Google updated its famously iconic search interface? It would seem so, and I admit that this was not necessarily a discovery of my own making; several…
Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, moves to Seattle?
Michael Arrington, who founded TechCrunch in 2005, has announced that he “moved” his primary residence to Seattle last weekend. According to a post first thing…
As the tech world turns: The Steve Jobs flash manifesto
The next biggest reality show might just come out of Silicon Valley. With all of the juicy stories hitting the Web in the last few…
Ethics in New Media: Gizmodo iPhone flap raises serious concerns
It’s quite possibly the biggest story in tech this year. And that’s unfortunate. Apple’s next generation iPhone that was lost in a Redwood City bar…