8 posts and columns on resources

On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts

in Media on October 31, 2011 at 7:18 pm PT

Tonight at 1 am PT, techies who have nothing else to do — that would be me! — can click onto a brand new tech site called The Verge.
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Holy Start-Up Pileup! Social Networking Gets Professional.

in Social on January 4, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The same variety of apple has apparently been falling from trees all over Silicon Valley, hitting Web entrepreneurs on the head and inspiring them to create better ways to connect personal and professional social networks.

How to Find the Google Chrome App Store: Wait Till December

in Media on October 27, 2010 at 11:53 am PT

You probably don’t care, anyway. But some developers, particularly content companies that want to sell their stuff somewhere beyond Apple’s iTunes, are interested in the store, which Google previewed back in May.

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How Social Networking Influences Coming Out

in News on October 1, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi is shining a spotlight on the ways in which online social networking can complicate coming out for gay and lesbian youth.

Sprint to Ericsson: Take My Network Operations…Please

in News on July 9, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

Sprint has found a novel way to improve its network operations: Turn them over to Ericsson. On Thursday, the wireless carrier announced a long-rumored plan to outsource its network to Ericsson.
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Adobe Announces Crash® CS4 Professional

in News on December 3, 2008 at 2:56 pm PT

Well, no wonder Adobe won’t have an exhibition booth at Macworld Conference & Expo 2009–the company seems to be sacking employees who might have otherwise staffed it.… Citing the standard litany of economic tribulations, Adobe Wednesday reduced its fourth-quarter outlook and said it will cut 600 jobs around the world–about eight percent of its workforce.