Features

• Opinion: Should Facebook make a smartphone?

  By Tony Bradley | 28 May, 2012 18:58

  Rumors have resurfaced that Facebook is working on a project to develop its own smartphone. There are clues and leaks suggesting that Facebook is exploring its mobile options with a possible device launch in 2013.

• 10 ways Facebook will rule our lives

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 21 May, 2012 21:54

  After all the attention, clamor, and expectations Facebook is now a publicly traded company worth $104 billion. With shares trading at a hundred times earnings, Facebook is under a lot of pressure to increase the profit that it brings in. In other words, now the fun begins.

• Facebook IPO: Why your data is worth $93 billion

  By Mark Sullivan | 19 May, 2012 03:28

  "If the product is free, you are the product."

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

  By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2012 07:12

  What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

• Why your business still needs newsletters

  By Angela West | 04 May, 2012 22:02

  Marketing gurus pushed email newsletters hard back in the days before social networking. If you believe everything you read online these days, you'd think that Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other Web 2.0 services have left such vehicles in the virtual dust. Not so. Nor has the scourge of spam destroyed newsletters' effectiveness. Email marketing still achieves huge results--and pairing an effective email newsletter with a social media campaign can snag many more customers for your business than relying on social media alone.

• Location-based services: Are they there yet?

  By Brian Proffitt | 03 May, 2012 23:28

  Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the US - nearly a third of the total population.

• Twitter tools: 11 Free apps and services you need now

  By Liane Cassavoy | 02 May, 2012 23:21

  Twitter is all about keeping things brief. It is, after all, a microblogging service, one that limits you to 140 characters per post. But while Twitter promotes a less-is-more approach, the same can't be said of the market for Twitter apps and services.

• 10 fantastic websites you need now

  By Christina DesMarais | 30 April, 2012 05:10

  What the Web offers consumers and technophiles evolves quickly, so keeping up with the latest and greatest sites can be a full-time job. Eye candy, slick utility, and superb shopping are a few themes designers and developers are getting better at serving up.

• Four ways to become a true social business

  By Jon Ferrara | 04 April, 2012 05:29

  You and I may be fully participating in popular social media like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, but I'll bet your company isn't - at least as well as it could be.

• Guide: How to be ready for Big Data

  By Thor Olavsrud | 21 March, 2012 01:30

  Big Data is all the rage these days, and more than a few organizations are at least wondering what sort of business intelligence they could derive from all the information at their disposal.

• Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Great apps for BlackBerry

  By Armando Rodriguez and Ginny Mies | 29 November, 2011 01:51

  Navigating an app store can be tricky, with vague descriptions, dubious user reviews, and sometimes buggy apps. We searched for the best apps available.

• Great Apps for Windows Phone 7

  By Armando Rodriguez and Ginny Mies | 29 November, 2011 01:34

  Navigating an app store can be tricky, with vague descriptions, dubious user reviews, and sometimes buggy apps. We searched for the best apps available.

• Technology argument 6: Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

  By Jeff Caruso | 15 November, 2011 09:37

  Much has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the autumn of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before.