Tweet NEW YORK (DNN) — Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have a message for Google: “Don’t be evil.” A group of developers from those companies banded together to call Google’s bluff on claims about its controversial new Search Plus Your World tool. The recently launched tool prominently spotlights Google’s fledgling Google+ social network in Google.com’s search [...]
Tweet Las Vegas (DNN) — For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product. But all the people hoisting cameras and raising themselves on tiptoe for a better view Wednesday afternoon weren’t there [...]
Tweet (DNN) — Perhaps it’s the inherently soul-crushing nature of the holiday season, but it seems many of our readers have been beset by quandaries of late. So, being the utterly benevolent souls that we are, we’re choosing to devote this week’s column to more reader questions. This week we tackle Facebook friend collectors and [...]
Tweet Monocrystalline photovoltaic electric solar energy panels have been the go-to choice for many years. They are among the oldest, most efficient and most dependable ways to produce electricity from the sun. Each module is made from a single silicon crystal, and is more efficient, though more expensive, than the newer and cheaper polycrystalline and [...]
Tweet Chinese solar-panel manufacturer Suntech Power has developed a new process for making silicon wafers for solar cells that could cut the cost of solar power by 10 to 20 percent. The most efficient silicon solar cells use wafers consisting of a single crystal of silicon. When made by the new process, these high-quality “monocrystalline” [...]
Tweet NEW YORK (DNN) — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 is no longer the world’s most-used browser, according to a Web analytics firm. But its replacement isn’t a different version of IE: It’s Chrome, Google’s upstart Web browser. StatCounter, which tracks Internet data, said that IE8′s share of the browser market fell to 23.5% in the [...]
Tweet Microsoft is releasing Xbox Live Update Live service tonight which will transform the Xbox into a full-on media center. If you own a Kinect, you’ll be able to access movies, music, and streaming services through voice commands. It’s an update that makes the Xbox 360 a powerful home entertainment device, and pushes the ball [...]
Tweet (DNN) — World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders? As of Friday, it has been 100 days since Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs passed the company torch to Tim Cook. Since that first day, August 24, Wall Street [...]
Tweet (DNN)-Elves are so 20th century. This holiday season, retailers are turning to Facebook, Twitter and other social websites to help gift-givers find and deliver the perfect present. Big retailers including Macy’s, Wal-Mart and Best Buy publicized their Black Friday deals early to their Facebook fans. Target, Amazon and Toys R Us ran contests, giveaways or flash sales to [...]
Tweet (DNN) -Analysts have begun providing their final tallies for Cyber Monday sales, which found that people piled more in their virtual shopping carts than ever before. Monday was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history, with spending reaching $1.25 billion, according to market research firm comScore. That’s up 22% from the previous record, [...]
