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  • Greenpeace campaign makes online trouble

    Posted June 7, 2011 - 8:20 pm

    If you believe Greenpeace, Barbie and Ken are the latest couple to air their differences online.

  • Flickr, Beware: Facebook Photos Go High-Res

    Posted October 1, 2010 - 1:05 pm

    Facebook is challenging Flickr by adding support for unlimited high-resolution photos, plus a new photo viewer and uploader, which are rolling out throughout October to all users. Facebook images can now be as big as 2048 pixels at the image's largest side, compared to the 720-pixel Facebook standard.

  • SMS services to make your standard cell phone smart

    Posted September 14, 2009 - 7:08 am

    Forget expensive mobile data plans. With just a $5 monthly text message plan and some free and seriously useful SMS services in your address book, you'll have the most essential elements of the web at your fingertips.

  • Want to friend the feds?

    Posted May 26, 2009 - 4:22 pm

    The U.S. General Services Administration last week launched a government-wide YouTube channel to provide one central location for citizens to view video clips created by 25 federal agencies. The U.S. Government Channel -- which was viewed 82,000 times in its first week -- is the latest effort by the feds to embrace social media.

  • Yahoo CEO comes under fire for Flickr engineering cuts

    Posted May 5, 2009 - 3:10 pm

    Last week, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made the decision to cut staff at Flickr, the widely used photo-sharing site. GigaOm editor Om Malik listed five Flickr engineers who had left the company. Some, he said, were laid off, while others resigned. Most notable is Cal Henderson, chief architect of Flickr.

  • Four New Gmail Add-Ons Liven E-mails

    Posted March 30, 2009 - 9:49 am

    Google released some new features, or add-ons, to its free Gmail e-mail service last week. These add-ons make the emails sent over Gmail more interactive by embedding bits of media such as YouTube videos, Picasa Web (or Flickr) photo albums, and restaurant information from Yelp. There is even one that lets you "unsend" e-mails.

  • Researchers can ID anonymous Twitterers

    Posted March 26, 2009 - 3:52 pm

    Researchers have found a way to ID social network users from sets of scrubbed, anonymous data, often shared with partners and advertisers.

  • Yahoo bolsters mail app

    Posted December 15, 2008 - 8:20 pm

    Yahoo is pushing forward its Open Strategy initiative with improvements to Yahoo Mail and other services.

  • Flickr founders leave Yahoo

    Posted June 18, 2008 - 1:15 pm

    The high-profile departures at Yahoo continue with the news that Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield are leaving.
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