Microsoft has unveiled a major redesign for its search engine Bing, centered around the theme 'Search Goes Social.'
The Next Web explains how the new design will consist of three columns - the standard search column, a snapshot column with data to help you make decisions and a...
(5) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 6:02 PM
On Thursday, May 3, the Guardian held a media and technology summit in New York, bringing together thought leaders with the theme: "through the use of technology and the Internet, we can make the world a better place."
Speakers included LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Google's Alfred Spector, Twitter's Adam Sharp,...
(8) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 1:45 PM
What happens when you combine two of the fastest growing social media products on the planet?
We may soon find out with the launch of Pinstagram, a new site born this past weekend out of a "self-imposed hackathon" by Pek Pongpaet and Brandon Leonardo, a design and development...
(23) Comments | Posted April 26, 2012 | 3:02 PM
Back in September, Facebook introduced the Subscribe button, a feature that allows you to follow someone's public posts even if you're not friends.
It adds an interesting Twitter-esque dynamic in that you not only follow someone you're not friends with, but you can comment on their...
(12) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 5:30 PM
Longtime TV producer and host Dick Clark died on Wednesday at the age of 82.
While Clark was known for his popular sign-off, "For now, Dick Clark ... so long," he also coined many other quips and quotables throughout the years. In honor of the passing of "America's...
(74) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 10:30 PM
The 2012 playoffs are off to a physical, sometimes dirty, start. That continued on Tuesday night when Blackhawks star Marian Hossa was injured and carted off the ice on a stretcher.
Hossa suffered a blow to the head in an open-ice hit by the Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres. (Scroll down...
(22) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 1:10 PM
A number of Gmail users are finding error messages this afternoon, as the popular email service is suffering some rare downtime.
UPDATE: Google says the issue has been resolved:
"The problem with Google Mail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience...
(379) Comments | Posted April 13, 2012 | 5:13 PM
At least one tornado was on the ground in Norman, Oklahoma on Friday evening, part of a severe storm system passing through the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, The Weather Channel reports.
The city of Norman, Oklahoma (population 110,000), just outside of Oklahoma City, was...
(8) Comments | Posted April 13, 2012 | 3:10 PM
It's Friday the 13th!
The superstition-laden phenomenon occurs at least once every year, but in 2010 and 2011, there was only one Friday the 13th. This year there are three, with one occurring in January, April and July.
Why so many this year? Is it some kind of
(47) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 2:24 PM
All of us can get lonely at times. It's part of human nature.
What some may not realize is living alone and being single are trends on the rise in the United States, as articulated by "The Disconnect: Why Are So Many Americans Living By Themselves?", a fantastic...
(16) Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 5:45 PM
Pinterest may now be the third most popular social network on the Web, but being so popular can come with problems too, and the site seems to be experiencing those now.
In recent days, Pinterest has at times loaded slowly, crashed upon pinning or re-pinning, and served up...
(2) Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 4:50 PM
One place that seems to have been hit particularly hard by today's tornadoes in Texas is the city of Arlington, which sits just west of Dallas.
At least one tornado is believed to have swept through the city, which has a population in excess of 350,000 and is...
(521) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 2:53 PM
Multiple people have been shot in a school shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, California, according to reports.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the shooting happened inside a classroom this morning. Local television station KTVU is reporting that five people have died and...
(2813) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 11:00 PM
If you have these Mega Millions winning numbers, you are now at least a part owner of the biggest jackpot ever, estimated at $640 million.
Just hours before the drawing, a Mega Millions spokesperson said there was a 95% chance someone would win the jackpot tonight...
(342) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 3:12 PM
Tonight's the night. The latest Mega Millions numbers will be picked in a drawing at 11 p.m. ET.
The $640 million jackpot is the world's largest ever, and excitement is spreading throughout the nation. Even a gorilla got in on the action.
Some...
(35) Comments | Posted March 29, 2012 | 10:40 PM
A pair of Google employees have teamed up to provide a powerful animation of wind patterns in the United States in near real-time.
Wind appears like rivers or streams flowing across the country. The map really needs to be seen firsthand for the full experience (video preview above,
(321) Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 3:54 PM
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced today that an underwater sea expedition he financed has discovered artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 43 years after they landed there.
Bezos says that F-1 rocket engines were found...
(106) Comments | Posted March 27, 2012 | 12:13 PM
Barack Obama is officially on Pinterest.
Those involved with his 2012 re-election campaign confirmed he joined the hot social networking site this afternoon. The account BarackObama started weeks ago, but it hadn't posted any pins yet - until now.
The first flurry of pins...
(25) Comments | Posted October 25, 2011 | 3:35 PM
Netflix has had a rough few months. There was the price hike in July, split off of its DVD business, then the reunion of its DVD business. Now, it's the earnings.
On Monday, Netflix revealed it lost 800,000 subscribers in the third quarter,
(38) Comments | Posted October 24, 2011 | 1:00 PM
The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread around the world in recent days. It has led to clashes with police in Melbourne, violence in Rome and massive protests. Protests in the U.S. have even shown hints of conflict in recent days.
China...

(93) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 1:20 PM