The Best Way to Contact Loved Ones During a Disaster
On Monday, millions of people scrambled to check in on friends and family in Boston. Six years ago today, Bruce Watson was doing the same thing on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Built to Last: 22 Products That Never Need Replacing
In an age when the Next Big iGadget is always around the corner and people go through cell phones like pairs of socks, it's nice to know there are some products that can never be replaced. In a popular Reddit thread, more than 500 users shared the "trustiest" products they've relied on for years -- and in some cases, a lifetime.
BlackBerry's Big Reboot Is Nearly Complete -- but Will It Matter?
The former Research in Motion has a new mobile operating system, new smartphones, a new name -- BlackBerry -- and even a new ticker symbol. Now all it has to do is find some new customers, or win back some old ones.
Facebook Privacy: 3 Features You Can Use to Avoid Oversharing
When it comes to social media companies, remember: You aren't the customer. You're the product. Those firms are collecting all the data about their users they can, so they can sell businesses micro-targeted access to you. Want to avoid some of that? Start with these three steps.
7 Business Battles That Bruised Consumers in 2012
Companies get into fights all the time: in the courts, through their advertising, in contract negotiations with partners, and even with their own workers. To some extent, it's just business as usual -- but when those fights escalate, it's often consumers who feel the pain.
Zynga Scores in DefectionVille Again: CFO David Wehner Exits
Here's a free game idea for Zynga. It's called DefectionVille, and you're running a company while trying to stop its executives from leaving. Unfortunately for the social gaming giant, it's losing: The exec exodus continued Tuesday as Zynga CFO David Wehner left the company for Facebook.
Facebook Photo Bombs Instagram
Instagram accepted a roughly $1 billion buyout bid from Facebook earlier this year, shortly before the world's largest social networking website operator went public. It seemed like a great deal at the time, but Instagram's no longer a $1 billion company.
Read This Before You 'Unfriend' Facebook's Stock Again
"It's complicated" is the only relationship status that fits the rocky romance between Wall Street and Facebook. Shares of the social-networking giant took a hit on Friday after it failed to post blowout quarterly results. But are investors being unfair to Facebook?
Autodesk Buys Socialcam: What's Wrong With This Picture?
Why is Autodesk -- the leading provider of design software for architects and engineers -- snapping up the maker of controversial video-sharing app Socialcam? Even the most reasonable answers point to problems ahead.
Adobe Can't Photoshop Away Its Own Fading Prospects
Adobe is No. 1 when it comes to arming publishers with the tools to stand out in cyberspace. Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are everywhere. But there are big clouds on the horizon for the software company -- and one is the Cloud itself.
Does Facebook Want to Place Your Face? Face.com Buyout Eyed
Reports began to surface on Monday indicating that Facebook was looking to get over its post-IPO blues by snapping up the Israeli-based company that matches faces in digital photographs to the names of existing friends.
5 Companies Getting Burned By Facebook
Forget how Facebook is beating up its IPO investors: The social network is still giving many other publicly traded companies fits. And these five in particular are seeing their business models take a hit at Facebook's expense.
Just-Missed Millions: They Left Early Jobs at Tech's Big Winners
They are smart people who let millions of dollars slip through their fingers. Their mistake: Leaving a job at an early start-up that went on to become super-hot, or, just as bad, turning those jobs down.
Facebook Snaps Up Photo-Share App Instagram for $1 Billion
In Facebook's largest acquisition to date, the social media giant says it will spend $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing software company Instagram.
Photo-Sharing Site Path Is For Real Friends Only
Path is different from other photo-sharing sites because of what it won't allow you share photos with more than 50 people. Path lets users be themselves, share photos freely, and never worry about the images being seen by the wrong people.