Google social network to launch in May, I guess

Mar 14, 2011
There was a flurry of rumors over the weekend that Google would launch a social networking service called Google Circles at SxSW. The company...

Twitter makes life harder for app developers

Mar 14, 2011
Twitter has notified developers who build on the Twitter platform that they can't emulate the timeline function of Twitter since they would then...

AT&T to cap DSL data usage

Mar 14, 2011
AT&T has announced it will start charging extra to DSL customers who use a lot of data. Beginning May 2nd, customers who exceed 150gb in a mon...

IE9 launches at SXSWi

Mar 11, 2011
The techy hipster Woodstock is not the kind of place you'd expect to see Microsoft doing a whole lot. It's kind of like your dad crashing a rave....

Amazon affiliate program ends in Illinois

Mar 11, 2011
The mega retailer is closing down its affiliate program in the state of Illinois after Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that would require...

AOL layoffs happening today

Mar 10, 2011
Hundreds of AOL employees both in the US and in India will be laid off today, according to Kara Swisher of All Things D. The cuts will be mostly ...

Apple sets up emergency iPad 2 hipster deployment station

Mar 10, 2011
Imagine the horror: you're at SXSW and you're walking around with the OLD iPad? Scandal! It's enough to make you temporarily abandon your endless...

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Microsoft tries to kill Internet Explorer 6

Mar 7, 2011
Wait, didn't Microsoft MAKE Internet Explorer 6? Indeed they did but it's a pretty old product and a really bad one. IE6 was first released back in...

China to track cell phone users

Mar 4, 2011
The government of China says it will track the movements of 17 million citizens in Beijing. The government says they're doing it in hopes of...