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Google Minus? New Study Says Google’s Social Network Is Practically Deserted 2

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

How is Google Plus like Pripyat, Ukraine, or Bodie, California? Well, for starters, they're all ghost towns. Though to be fair, at least Bodie is a thriving tourist attraction. And even Pripyat, which is still radioactive from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, attracts a trickle of...

Torrent Site “The Pirate Bay” Taken Down By Mysterious DDoS Attack 3

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Anyone who's ever visited The Pirate Bay (or "TPB") knows that the site experiences occasional...

Bitly Reportedly Raising Funds To Branch Into Search 4

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Link-shortening dynamo Bitly is reportedly prepping to launch a viral search engine, and is working...

Google Debuts Knowledge Graph, An Associative Search Tool 5

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Google announced a major change today in the way its flagship search engine finds and delivers...

WordPress Gets Its Own App Store, Sort Of 6

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

It seems like every company out there is building their very own app store; first Apple, Amazon,...

Nokia Moves To Sex Up The Candybar Phone 7

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Remember feature phones? They were usually shaped like candy bars, and they didn't have the...

Google TV Isn’t Dead Yet, According To LG 8

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Google TV isn't dead yet, at least according to manufacturer LG. The South Korean conglomerate is...

Facebook “Acquihires” Photo-Sharing Site Lightbox To Bolster Its Mobile Team 9

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Lightbox, the rather beautiful photo sharing startup, announced on its company blog that the team...

Facebook To IPO At $38 A Share Tomorrow, Confirms $100+ Billion Valuation 10

By Techli Team May 17, 2012

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just announced final details of its hotly anticipated IPO. The company will...

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All Eyes Turn To Wall Street Hours Before Facebook Begins Trading At 11:00 EST 11

By Jason Rowley May 17, 2012

Call it what you want to call it: a baptism by fire, tech’s gauntlet throw-down in the world of...

Monterey Bay Engineers Developing Massive, DARPA-Funded “Power Buoy” 12

By Corey Cummings May 16, 2012

Engineers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) are developing a “power...

How The iTV Will Destroy Television As We Know It 13

By Techli Team May 15, 2012

Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, confirmed that his facilities are ramping up for the production of...

The Government Is Drowning In Data: Report 14

By Jon Christian May 15, 2012

The government is collecting a staggering amount of data, but attempts to use or analyze that...

Q&A Site Quora Raises $50 Million Round Led By Peter Thiel 15

By Techli Team May 15, 2012

Q&A destination Quora is ramping up efforts to dominate long tail search results by raising a...