Tencent vs. Sina: The Fight for China’s Social Graph
In the West, the battle for the social graph is over for now. Facebook is the undisputed champion. All my Western friends use Facebook, and many are addicted.
"If Facebook is the world’s social graph, then QQ (Tencent’s instant messenger) is China’s social graph," says Hong Bo (a.k.a Keso), China’s
Rambus, Broadcom sign licensing deal, agree to share toys
It never hurts to stop arguing, hug it out and agree on a patent licensing deal. Today, Rambus — which has a history of litigating against chip makers it feels are have violated its intellectual property rights and filed a complaint against Broadcom to the International Trade Commission in 2010 — signed
Apple received more online traffic than eBay or Walmart last month
The word is in that Apple received more traffic online last month than Walmart or eBay. In fact, Apple is the sole retailer other than internet shopping sites Amazon and eBay to be in the top fifteen most visited websites in the United States in November, according to ComScore. The research company believes
Motorola MOTOACTV firmware bump gives you marathon-battery life (video)
Fitness people love to make us feel guilty as they jog past the car, sneering as they watch us eat six double downs in one go. It’s those people who will be happy that Motorola’s Motoactv is getting a firmware update promising better battery life and power-saving settings — including a marathon mode
Intel muestra su teléfono inteligente y tableta para 2012
Los dispositivos prototipo usan chips de Intel que podrían desafiar al iPhone y el iPad a principios del próximo año.
Apple’s iPhone European sales and market share decline
The faltering economy and price-competitive rivals have triggered a decline in the market share and sales of Apple’s iPhone in the majority of Europe, except in the UK, based on data shown from European research firm Kantar today. The October release of Apple’s new iPhone 4S buttressed its
Man Uses Internet Memes for Marriage Proposal [VIDEO]
Like a boss, a man recently interrupted his girlfriend’s dinner to propose to her with Internet memes.
Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam sneaked up on his…
Facebook is the most searched term and most visited site of 2011
The most searched term and the most visited website of 2011 were, drum roll, Facebook. Garnering almost half of the top ten search terms (specifically four, those being ‘facebook’, ‘facebook login’, ‘facebook.com’, and ‘www.facebook.com’), this is the third
ConnectYard Makes It Easier for Students and Professors to Talk Via Text, Social Media
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…
Google to pay Mozilla almost $300 million per year in search deal to outdo Microsoft and Yahoo
AllThingsD has reported that Google will be on track to pay an impressive $300 million per year to Mozilla, for when Google and Mozilla renewed their search royalty deal, earlier this week. This exorbitant amount of money will allow Google to be the default search engine in Mozilla’s Firefox web