Tech Week in Review 9-2-2011
Square Blowing Up Worldwide No matter what line of business you’re in, being able to accept payments via credit card is a major convenience. What’s inconvenient is the costs and hassles associated with accepting credit cards. There’s bulky equipment to buy and pipers to pay for each transaction. This is where Square comes in. We [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-26-2011
Steve Jobs Steps Down. Tim Cook Steps Up. Yes, you read that right. Steve Jobs is no longer the CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, former COO, will step in to take wheel as Apple gets ready to launch the iPhone 5. In his resignation letter, Jobs says he would like to move to Chairman of [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-19-2011
Google Acquires Motorola Google is set to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The company that has popularized the Droid brand and helped propel Android to over 150 million devices worldwide will now be protected under the Google umbrella. According to Google, they will continue to operate independently. Most see this move as a way [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-12-2011
Google+ Gets Gaming and Shuns Pseudonyms It’s been rumored for a while and now comes to reality. You can now play games on Google+. This may sound awesome for some and a huge disappointment for others, but Google+ aims to make sure we don’t end up getting spammed to death everytime a friend beats a [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-5-2011
Microsoft and Google Twitter Tiff Google’s SVP and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, sick of all the patent pressure against their Android operating system, went in on several of Google’s competitors for attempting to use “bogus patents” to destroy the mobile OS. More specifically, Drummond called out Microsoft for getting in bed with other rivals [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 7-29-2011
Twitter Implements In-Stream Ads In an effort to make sure you catch all the latest “news” coming from the brands you follow, Twitter is changing up the way they’ve implemented Promoted Tweets. Basically, Promoted tweets are getting more face time in your Twitter stream. That’s why starting today, we’re introducing a way to ensure that [...]
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