The body of a man hit and killed by a commuter train near San Francisco on Friday has been identified as PayPal executive Eric Salvatierra. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the accident occurred Friday morning around 9:30 a.m.on the tracks near Menlo Park, which is about 30 miles south of San Francisco. Salvatierra, 39, was a vice president [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc said Monday that it has acquired Posterous, a blogging platform known for its slick digital media-sharing interface. The microblogging service said in a blog post that the Posterous staff “has built an innovative product that makes sharing across the Web and mobile devices simple — a goal we share.” [...]
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Do social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have a liberal bias? “Internet users who describe their political ideology as moderate or liberal are more likely than conservatives to use social networking sites,” a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project says. Pew divided its study [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc on Monday over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, according to a copy of the lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in a San Jose, California federal court, marks the first major legal battle among technology giants in social media and a [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Venture capitalists have some insights for startup entrepreneurs trying to break out at Austin’s South By Southwest Interactive, a mecca for the technorati that runs through Tuesday. “It has become challenging to break out at SXSW because there’s so many great startups competing for the attention of thought leaders here,” said [...]
Two to three weeks: If you buy an iPad online through Apple’s website right now, that’s how long you can expect to wait for your new tablet to arrive. Apple has apparently sold out of new iPads, leaving customers who didn’t immediately order theirs after Apple’s media event last Wednesday seeing waiting times of up to [...]
WASHINGTON — After a series of Republican ethics allegations, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched HouseOfScandal.com on Monday. The website will feature the Republican members of Congress who have faced scandals and ethics questions since the GOP won the House in 2010. In a statement released Sunday, the DCCC contrasted the allegedly ethically-challenged politicians with House Speaker John Boehner’s [...]
Monday’s selection of sales on Gilt Groupe includes something a little out of the ordinary among the usual assortment of dresses, accessories, jewelry, and home decor: a car. The luxury-goods flash-sale website has partnered with car maker Infiniti to offer up one, and only one,Infiniti JX crossover at half price. The car will go on sale [...]
PARIS (AP) — Reporters Without Borders says the Arab Spring is changing the face of Internet freedom. The media watchdog published its annual “Enemies of the Internet” report Monday, listing countries that curtail freedom of expression on and access to the Web. The group has put Bahrain on its enemies list, citing a news blackout [...]
Samsung’s 4.3-inch Mango phone looked and felt very much like a Galaxy S II, even down to that lovely Super AMOLED Plus display and its plastic housing. It packed the same internals as the Focus Flash, excepting that it came with 16GB rather than 8GB on-board. It was perfectly likable as a handset, which was our reviewers biggest problem [...]
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