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Would you be Delta's Facebook friend?

Aug 13, 2010
They hope so. The airline is integrating itself into Facebook so you can buy a ticket directly through the social media giant. Makes sense, I guess...

Could Vonage deal signal the end of phone numbers?

Aug 4, 2010
That's a bit of an extrapolation but not all that far fetched. Vonage is a VOIP (voice over internet protocol) company and they have a new free app...

Cow Clicker

Jul 27, 2010
…is a very stupid game on Facebook but it's okay because it's actually a satire of how stupid Facebook games are even while it is itself...

A mixed bag for Facebook

Jul 21, 2010
Hi Mark. Listen we have some good news and some bad news. Good news first? Okay sure. Facebook now has half a billion users, more than all but two...

For public good, not for profit.

MySpace offers dramatic redesign to user pages

Jul 16, 2010
(Buried lede: MySpace still exists!) One of the main selling points to MySpace used to be that it let users design their own pages – use crazy...

Suspect in Russian spy case worked at Microsoft

Jul 14, 2010
So did he somehow infiltrate and doom the Kin project? Apparently not. Alexey Karetnikov was apparently a low level software tester at Microsoft...

Internet may get credit/blame for changing FCC regulation on cussing

Jul 14, 2010
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC's indecency rules are unconstitutional (a violation of first amendment rights) and vague....