Last month, video provider Hulu made changes to its social sharing features. For Facebook users, it was great -- Hulu made it easy to turn sharing on and off so that you don't accidentally tell all of your Facebook friends that you just watched a video about 'sex dice.' But for non-Facebookers, it was awful. The latter lost all their social features (including their friend lists) and were told they have to connect their accounts to Facebook if they want them back. read »
Mark Zuckerberg stepped off a black SUV to kick off the Facebook IPO Roadshow at the Sheraton Hotel in Midtown New York City today. About 500 prospective investors awaited Zuckerberg's arrival, so he could justify the cost of investing in Facebook when the IPO launches next week. read »
Microsoft has confirmed rumors from last week by officially unveiling a $99 Xbox 360 console sold with a two-year contract. read »
When it comes to business-networking, for everything from brand positioning to cultivating a personal contact list, there can be no connection without some level of trust. But that trust cannot be established in moments between conference seminars, first-time emails to contacts of your colleagues or even bouts of volunteer coaching for your kids’ sports teams. These are all avenues to briefly hint at the potentially mutually beneficial product of the union of two players in the same game. read »
Steve Jobs liked to spend his mornings in face-to-face meetings with his product and management teams, his afternoons in the design lab with Apple's top designer Jony Ive, and his evenings sitting around the long wooden table in the kitchen at his home in Palo Alto, California, having dinner with his wife and kids. read »
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What do you get when you give Google engineers a Prius and send them to Las Vegas? Â A self-driving robot car, of course! read »
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarks on his company's initial public offering roadshow today, he's facing a new round of skeptics, especially advertisers, who wonder whether the social network can fulfill the sky-high expectations that come with its $100 billion IPO. It hasn't helped that in the first quarter, Facebook's revenues actually fell vs. the fourth quarter, suggesting a loss of momentum at a critical time. read »
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