Facebook Defends Ads As Quiet Period Ends
Facebook Inc. defended itself Tuesday against claims that advertising on the site doesn’t work. As the quiet period following Facebook’s initial public offering came to an end Tuesday, research firm comScore released a study partially commissioned by the social network that attempts to show the value of marketing on the…
Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline
Research in Motion Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins speaks at the BlackBerry World event in Orlando, Florida, on May 1, 2012 . Photo: David Manning RIM’s future looks grim for the residents of its hometown too. President Barack Obama couldn’t bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her…
Analyst: Apple Doesn’t Need An HDTV
With less than an hour to go until this year’s Apple’s WWDC (WorldWide Developer Conference) 2012 keynote speech kicks off, speculation that Apple is to release a television set has reached fever pitch. However, one analyst believes that the Cupertino giant doesn’t need to release a TV. Chief Telecoms Analyst Jan…
JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Preps Micro-Budget Sci-fi Flick The God Particle
Following the financial success of such low-budget efforts as Paranormal Activity and The Devil Inside, some studios are now looking for genre pictures that can be made cheaply, but could pay off big. This kind of thinking has led Paramount to team with J.J. Abram’s Bad Robot to produce the…
Facebook to join Russell 3000 index
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is on the preliminary list to join the Russell 3000 index, according to Russell Investments on Monday. Facebook will be the largest addition to the index in market capitalization. The social network giant made a market debut in May. Among other IPO additions to the…
Russell Adds Facebook to Benchmark US Equity Index
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, shows off the new messaging system in Facebook. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Most of the headlines around Facebook since its May 18 IPO have been of the negative variety, with Nasdaq accused of botching the stock’s debut and market-making firms taking losses due to the snafu. Russell,…
iOS 6 Ready for Launch at Apple WWDC, iPhone 5, iPad Mini Likely No-Shows
iOS 6 Ready for Launch at Apple WWDC, iPhone 5, iPad Mini Likely No-Shows (Page 1 of 2 ) One has to assume that the workers at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco didn’t get the memo to keep the iOS 6 banners under wraps until June 11. But because they didn’t get So it’s…
Your Next Running Companion Could be a Flying Robot [VIDEO]
Did your jogging partner cut out on you at the last minute again? If this experiment successful, someday you’ll be able to substitute that human running companion with a smart flying robot. Take a look at the video and you’ll see how well this modified Parrot AR.Drone quadcopter keeps up…
Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline
WATERLOO, OntarioPresident Barack Obama couldn’t bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her “favorite things.” It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed “the CrackBerry.” Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry, that game-changing breakthrough in personal connectedness, looks…
Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline
WATERLOO, Ontario President Barack Obama couldn’t bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her “favorite things.” It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed “the CrackBerry.” Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry, that game-changing breakthrough in personal connectedness,…
