Media
Kim Kardashian took it to Instagram to post some throwback photos from her Dubai trip with BFF's! The female friends wore an all-white clothing, in blouse, slacks and dress.
Sony made several announcements at its CES keynote, but the most important product news from the decades-old gadget maker was not a product users can hold in their hands: Sony announced two important cloud/streaming services that have the potential to unify the Japanese electronics company's fractured offerings.
The biggest problem facing the idea of widespread Ultra-HD, or 4K, video is streaming. Google may now have fixed that problem, as YouTube plans on demonstrating a 4K video streaming codec that halves the amount of bandwidth used.
This week, Facebook joined the S&P 500 while founder Mark Zuckerberg personally made more shares in the company available for purchase, Google and Facebook battle it out with different year-end roundup services for their users, Twitter will let Vine users get vanity URLs, and it turned out that Instagram's new ads are a success.
Young Latinos spend more time reading than they do on the computer, according to a new study released in December by Northwestern University and the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL). The study delves into what kinds of media are most important in Hispanic families today, and includes some interesting findings.
Facebook announced changes to its News Feed on Monday, promising to increase the "quality" of news-related posts by tweaking the visibility of "relevant" posts. But Facebook's explanation of how it would accomplish this was rather nebulous, only giving an example of reducing the number of meme photos from third-party sites. Now, News Feed manager Lars Backstrom has revealed some details, and it sounds like Facebook's News Feed is taking a page from Google.
As Twitter is headed swiftly towards it IPO, possible investors face questions about the platform's future, as well as its possible mainstream appeal and usage. Before putting money into Twitter, basically the question is, "What is it really good for?" Well one answer is pretty clear. According to a new Pew Research Center report, over half of Twitter users are using it as a news source.
The NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden seem to be endless, as a new report from Der Spiegel shows that the National Security Agency spied on the internal communications of Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera.
Google introduced its new Web-to-TV device, Chromecast, less than a week ago. But as of today, it's already sold out of many stores, been hacked, and been theorized to revolutionize the TV ad business.
Google may be working on a TV service that would stream live channels directly through the Internet, instead of through a partnership with a cable company, like Apple TV. The result would upend the cable television system.
On Thursday, Wired brought some insight into why Google decided to shut down Google Reader for good on July 1, and it all boils down to this: News consumption habits are shifting. Except perhaps for a small but vocal portion of Google's user-base.
Buzzfeed revealed a new YouTube channel called "CNN Buzzfeed" on Tuesday, packaging CNN footage into Buzzfeed's viral-friendly approach. Buzzfeed is the viral content giant famous for its collections of cat and celebrity videos, pictures and GIFs, but has recently been moving toward serious news coverage, including hiring political reporters, starting a long-form journalism section and launching a business news section earlier this month.
Who says that there are no second chances and American public life? Recently fired rookie news-anchor A.J. Clemente continues his tonight, when he appears as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. Let’s just hope Letterman’s producers have the bleep button on standby.
Take some time in 2013 to let your favorite electronic gadgets know how much you love them - they may not be around next year. According to a Facebook poll taken by the geeks at IEEE and attendees at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, several electronic devices that are ubiquitous right now will end up in the "Gadget Graveyard" by year's end.
