Google has released blockbuster earnings figures along with word that more than 10 million people have already joined its freshly-launched online social network.Google stock prices climbed more than 12 percent to US$595.80 after release of the earnings figures by executives who effused about Google+, YouTube, Android and other products promising even better days ahead for the company."If you look at the arsenal we are building it is really quite formidable", Patrick Pichette, Google's chief financial officer said during an earnings ...

Gabe Rivera, founder of the excellent TechMeme is irked that the term "aggregator" is being misapplied especially within the context of the HuffPost event earlier this week: Adweek Slams HuffPost But What About Adweek Senior Editor Michael Wolff's Newser?.His argument is that the Huffington Post is not an aggregator, people rewrite other people's stories and that's different to what Techmeme does, which is to aggregate headlines to stories.What irked me was the reminder that "aggregator" is a rather broad-brush term ...

An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford it – DIY. In a 20-minute video posted on Chinese video site Youku (original here, YouTube copy here), Liu Xinying demonstrates how to assemble an iPad lookalike using computer parts, a touch screen and a case with a keypad, to the sound of Linkin Park.While you can fault his taste in video soundtrack, you can’t ...

Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed a plan to invest $20 million in unique games tailored exclusively for PlayStation Network (PSN). The money will be distributed during the coming three years to Sony affiliated studios as well as to independent game makers chosen for backing by a “Pub Fund” the Japanese entertainment colossus established in 2009. The move is part of a strategy by Sony to win more fans to its online PSN for PlayStation 3 videogame console users by providing ...

As with most semi-biographical films, The Social Network convinces many who watch it that they develop a comprehensive knowledge of its subject matter, in this case the origins of Facebook and its founder’s misdeeds.As well researched a movie as it was, there is more to the litigation surrounding these two then what was included in David Fincher’s chronicle. So, in order to level the playing field, this is all the dirt we know about the man who created the ...

It started as a casual flirtation.I was perfectly content with my presentation software at the time, and while Prezi was new and stylish and slick, and I gave it admiring glances in passing, I saw no reason at the time to break up with good old fashioned Microsoft Powerpoint.But a few years and several conferences down the line, the tedious, endless, same old, same old presentations became a little too much. While Powerpoint remains a useful way of organising ...

Online financial transactions giant PayPal showcased a mini-program on Wednesday that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.The software "widget" takes advantage of near-field communication (NFC) chips in Nexus S mobile phones powered by Android mobile operating systems."You have to use it to believe it, but with a simple 'buzz' you'll be able to transact with friends, family, colleagues and employees easier than ever before," PayPal senior mobile director Laura Chambers said in a blog ...

Starting a business can be daunting and trying to keep tabs of everything from sales to projects, even more so. If you happen to be an entrepreneur still writing things down on paper or using TextPad or the like, then this one's for you. The digital age is one that encourages start-ups, in the sense that they no longer need expensive stand-alone applications to move their business to the next level.Say hello to the following free web applications guaranteed to ...

Officials of South Korea's fair trade watchdog said they were intervening in the practice of influential bloggers who get rewards from companies in return for favourable reviews of products.The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) this week amended regulations so that companies and bloggers must reveal whether payments or gifts are exchanged in return for good reviews.If this is not done, the companies and bloggers could face fines. The rules will also apply to users of Twitter and Facebook."This measure is aimed ...

It’s safe to say that news channels are now in the calm-after-the-storm phase concerning the initial Google+ stab at Facebook. The social giant’s speedy defense in expressing their views that they simply regard it as a “validation” and a “recreation” of the social infrastructure that Facebook has already laid down has also been well documented.Given Facebook’s views on where future innovations will come from, the company seems to be confident that it has already won the social search war.As ...