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  • Drone flights near White House test local restrictions

    The quadcopter drone that crashed on the White House lawn early Monday was a recreation drone, among the same type that are flown on the National Mall across the street from the president's home.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau28 Jan. 15 01:25
  • Google preps for wireless services with T-Mo and Sprint

    Google is prepping to offer its own wireless voice and data service over the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile -- a move likely to be markedly different from traditional virtual network operations.

    Written by Matt Hamblen23 Jan. 15 07:52
  • Apple returns to brand perception top 10 list

    Apple returned to the top 10 in the 2014 ranking of YouGov BrandIndex, a brand quality measurement firm that polled more than 1.5 million U.S. adults last year.

    Written by Gregg Keizer16 Jan. 15 01:12
  • Recovering lost bookmarks in Chrome

    I recently responded to a prompt from the Chrome browser (on Windows 7) without fully understanding the question. Lesson learned, the hard way. This carelessness wiped out my carefully curated bookmarks, which had never been backed up.

    Written by Michael Horowitz06 Jan. 15 09:03
  • Appeals court to revisit controversial YouTube video takedown

    An appeals court in the U.S. is reviewing a February decision ordering Google to pull down from YouTube the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" video that sparked off violence in many countries in 2012.

    Written by John Ribeiro13 Nov. 14 19:04
  • For Advertisers, True YouTube Rivals are Few and Far Between

    YouTube stars are more popular than mainstream celebrities among U.S. teens, and the platform drives more sales than any other social platform today, according to recent research. YouTube has a commanding lead in the majority of categories, and nearly every company that's trying to give YouTube a run for its money is lost somewhere in the fog.

    Written by Matt Kapko16 Oct. 14 00:49
  • At Dreamforce 2014, Salesforce Joins the Analytics Revolution With Wave

    The Dreamforce conference isn't your normal tech conference. It's more of a festival, a smorgasbord of music, celebs, technical training and straight-ahead rah-rah selling that's nearly three times the attendance of Burning Man with much better amenities. Salesforce has once again created its city within a city, with headliners like Tony Robbins, Hillary Clinton, and Bruno Mars.

    Written by David Taber14 Oct. 14 23:16
  • How Social Media Can Influence High-Stakes Business Decisions

    In a battle against Southwest Airlines this year for control of two gates at Dallas Love Field airport, Virgin America launched a social media blitz using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, plus an Internet petition to local government officials. The conflict started when the Department of Justice told American Airlines it had to give up its positions at Love Field before it could acquire US Airways. Southwest already controlled 16 of the airport's 20 gates, and Virgin wanted in.

    Written by Kim S. Nash29 Sept. 14 23:54
  • Without mandatory signups, is Google+ adrift?

    Now that Google has backed away from requiring new Gmail users to automatically sign up for Google+, analysts are wondering whether the company is giving up on its social network.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin24 Sept. 14 03:37
  • Microsoft's attacks on Apple's Siri get a tad more satirical

    Microsoft is taking its ongoing offensive against iPhone's voice assistant Siri into a somewhat higher realm of satire, with a new "Let the healing begin" video spot set to launch on YouTube next week.

    Written by Matt Hamblen05 Sept. 14 06:03
  • Chrome sings 'When I'm 64' on Windows

    Google yesterday released a 64-bit Windows version of Chrome, touting it as a performance and stability improvement over the six-year-old 32-bit edition.

    Written by Gregg Keizer28 Aug. 14 02:19
  • YouTube music might be a win for other Google services

    A tricked-out version of YouTube offering exclusive content might prove lucrative bait for Google to lure some of its users deeper into its digital video and music services.

    Written by Zach Miners20 Aug. 14 11:34
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