How To Use Vine, The Hot Video-Sharing App From Twitter
Vine is getting a ton of good press for its innovative take on shooting and sharing video.However, the video-sharing app from Twitter is also receiving a ton of bad press for its sudden porn...
View ArticleThere's A Big Disconnect In The Way Apple Enforces Its Anti-Porn Policy (AAPL)
After an outbreak of user-generated porn on Twitter's new video-sharing app Vine, there's been a big debate about how such content should be managed by Apple, which explicitly prohibits porn in apps...
View ArticleThere's A Really Goofy Photo Of Steve Jobs The World Hasn't Seen For 23 Years
If you thought you had seen every amazing picture of Steve Jobs, you were wrong.There's one that's been hidden from the world for 23 years, and Cult of Mac's John Brownlee just found it. Brownlee...
View ArticleLIVE: Yahoo Beats Profit Expectations, Posts Strong Search Growth (YHOO)
THE NUMBERS ARE OUT:EPS: $.32 vs $.28 consensusRevenue excluding traffic acquisition costs: $1.22 billion vs $1.21 billion expectedRevenue growth 2% y/y.Here's the release.QUICK TAKE:Revenue totally in...
View ArticleTwitter Begins Blocking Porn Searches In New Video-Sharing App Vine
Following an outbreak of porn on Twitter's new video-sharing app, Vine, the company has blocked searches that made it easy for users to find such content. Until now, you could search hashtags like...
View ArticleMicrosoft's New Surface Tablet Is Not A Great Value (MSFT)
Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of its next tablet, the Surface Pro, on Feb. 9.The Surface Pro comes in two variations, one with 64 GB of storage and one with 128 GB of storage. But as The Verge...
View ArticleWho's Winning The Android Tablet Race?
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Kindle Leads...
View ArticleWith Yahoo Merger Likely Off, Rubicon CEO Frank Addante Tells Us His M&A...
Rubicon Project CEO Frank Addante declined to deny today that his online ad giant was being circled by Yahoo! for possible acquisition. A Yahoo-Rubicon hookup has been a longtime, unconsummated rumor...
View ArticleThis Guy Somehow Thought A BlackBerry 10 Tattoo Was A Good Idea (RIMM)
RIM blog CrackBerry posed a straightforward question to its readers– what would you do for a BlackBerry 10 phone? The user submitting the best answer would win one.Brian Heffren of Middleton, New York...
View ArticleWhy Pornhub's 'Rejected' Super Bowl Ad Is Likely A Bogus Stunt
Pornhub is making headlines for announcing that it's incredibly mild "Super Bowl ad," featuring an elderly couple looking lovingly into each others' eyes on an idyllic park bench, was rejected by...
View ArticleMeet Google's Baddest Engineer, Jeff Dean (GOOG)
Jeff Dean is one of Google's most popular engineers, ever.The software genius is widely credited by Googlers for the blazing speed of the company's famed search engine. Dean has been with Google since...
View ArticleNew York Times Deputy Tech Editor Leaves For Kickstarter (NYT)
David Gallagher, a deputy editor for technology at The New York Times, is leaving the company to work for Kickstarter."After 7 years as an @nytimes tech editor it's time for something new," Gallagher...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg: 'From The Moment They Leave School, The Messages For Women...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is outspoken about her views on gender stereotypes and how they can hold women back. That's the subject of her upcoming book, "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to...
View Article[CHARTS] The Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers Who Can't Work For US...
A cornerstone of both the President's and Senate plans for immigration reform involve increasing the number of visas available for highly skilled workers that have been recruited by American companies....
View ArticleLIVE: Amazon Misses, Stock Soars (AMZN)
Amazon reported revenue that was below Wall Street's expectations, but its stock is soaring after hours.Here are the numbers:EPS: $0.21 cents versus consensus estimate of $0.28 centsRevenues: $21.27...
View ArticleCan You Ever Really Delete Yourself From the Internet?
As the web infiltrates commerce and social life more each day, more consumers are becoming aware that their personal information is becoming less and less personal.While some websites and applications...
View ArticleBig Data Is Finally Easy To Use Thanks To SAP
“Companies that have embraced the future have been rewarded,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Mad Money, highlighting SAP’s forward-thinking mindset and rising stock price. “The company’s last quarter — it...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Traditional Retailers Succeed In Winning Back Mobile Shoppers
This chart comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here.Retailers are successfully...
View ArticleTwitter Has 3 Servers Jokingly Dedicated To Justin Bieber Tweets
UPDATE:This is an old photo that we've covered in the past. When it resurfaced, we thought it beared mentioning again. It's a staged gag photo and Twitter doesn't actually dedicate these...
View ArticleSquare Is Paying For Its Ex-COO's Legal Defense In Sexual Harassment Claim
Square, the online-payments startup, is paying the legal expenses of Keith Rabois, the well-known Internet executive who resigned as its chief operating officer last Thursday after an employee claimed...
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