How to use Foursquare to market your business & reach a new audience

When we think of social media and business, the first few things to come to mind are Facebook and Twitter. Yet, there is one mobile app that tends to get overlooked by businesses: Foursquare. True, it doesn’t have the same numbers that the likes of Facebook and Twitter can boast,…

Posted on: December 25, 2012 7:00 am

BlackBerry 10 Raises Concerns for RIMM Investors

— let’s check the big board no movement as of yet but we are expecting. Kind of slow trading today but again the futures down immediately the market as we can see goes down we’ll wait and see — how exactly shakes out. — already some trouble over the new…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 5:00 pm

Twitter closes accounts after graphic child abuse images revealed

A string of Twitter accounts have been closed after they were revealed to contain disturbing images of child abuse. The graphic pictures were apparently made public late last night after hacking groups claimed to have broken into private accounts to expose their indecent content, the NSPCC said. The charity said…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 5:00 pm

Pattonville robotics team headed to state

A robotics team from Pattonville High School has advanced to the state championship at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla after earning awards at a regional competition Dec. 8 at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. Two Pattonville teams entered the regional. The Covert Division of Green Army…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 5:00 pm

Robot lets those working remotely beam in to workplace

Bo Preising, Suitable Technologies’ vice president of engineering, at left, talks with fellow engineers, Josh Faust, center on screen, and Josh Tyler, on screen at right, both using a Beam remote presence system in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. More employees are working from home, but there’s still Tech ” Palo…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 5:00 pm

RIM’s keyboard-packing BlackBerry N-Series gets the Mr. Blurrycam treatment

Well, well, well, here’s a holiday treat for the BlackBerry enthusiast in your life. CN Beta has a pair of enticing images purporting to be the forthcoming keyboard-packing N-Series from RIM. The picture of the back, sadly, is the sharper of the two, but the above shot still gives a…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 12:00 pm

Facebook?! Twitter?! Instagram?! We Did That 40 Years Ago

It all feels so new, doesn’t it? Facebook. FaceTime. Google+ hangouts. Hashtagging your memories on Twitter and Instagram. But this holiday season, as you and your enormous collection of Apple gadgets spend all your extra time connecting with distant friends and family over the latest and greatest social media services,…

Posted on: December 24, 2012 7:00 am

Repeat After Me: Facebook Is Not Avoiding Tax In The UK

We have yet another of these rather ignorant claims that one of the big internet companies is avoiding tax in the UK. This time it’s alleged to be Facebook: and the allegation is nonsense. It is most certainly true that Facebook doesn’t pay much corporation tax in the UK. But…

Posted on: December 23, 2012 5:00 pm

Five Stocking Filler Apps For Your Android Smartphone This Christmas

Following on from five apps for iOS, it’s time for Android’s turn with Santa’s wishlist. With a huge range of devices, from Nexus flagships, Galaxy tablets and notes, through a mix of high, middle, and low range smartphones, there are hundreds of thousands of apps and games that can be…

Posted on: December 23, 2012 12:00 pm

TECH NOW: A look at Facebook privacy settings

Jennifer Jolly.(Photo: USA TODAY)Story HighlightsNew Facebook privacy setting tools give you more control Facebook has updated its security settings again and the social networking company says that these changes give users more flexibility with their privacy. In today’s TECH NOW, what this latest policy revision means for you….

Posted on: December 23, 2012 12:00 pm