Requiem for Google Wave

by Mike, posted on August 4, 2010

Alas, Google Wave is no more. Though users will be able to log in to the collaboration application until the end of the year, the search engine behemoth is no longer developing it, due to the fact that it "has not seen the user adoption we would have liked," according to a post on Google's official blog. Users were able to use a variety of media applications to work together on projects, and i...

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Is it the end of the Internet?

by Mike, posted on July 23, 2010

It's hard to believe, but the Internet as we know it is almost full. Under the current IP allocation system, 4 billion addresses are available, and given all the servers, PDA's, and other devices out there, those addresses are almost completely allocated. So that means it's the end of the Internet, right? Wrong. Things are going to change a little, that's all. Coming net is IPv6, which will...

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Zuckerberg donates to competitor

by Mike, posted on May 28, 2010

In the business world, a business isn't too likely to donate to its competitor, but that's exactly what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did when he donated to Diaspora, a startup company that plans to have a website similar in function to Facebook. Although some may argue that he did it to try to repair his tarnished public image, Zuckerberg claims that he donated because "a little of myself in" t...

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Twitter bans third-party ads

by Mike, posted on May 25, 2010

Third-party providers who want to insert paid ads into peoples' tweets simply won't be able to do so for much longer. Owing to an upgrade to Twitter's API, and the terms, only Twitter's Promoted Tweets will be allowed to be inserted into peoples' timelines. Of course, many people are crying foul, claiming that the move will mean the end of several companies, but Twitter is not calling for the ...

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A historic day

by Mike, posted on April 23, 2010

Today, April 23, is a historic day, at least if you're a YouTube user. It was on this day in 2005 that the very first video was uploaded to the site, a video called "Me At the Zoo," which has gotten close to 2 million hits. The video features a 19 second clip of Jawed Karim at the zoo. Karim is one of YouTube's founders. A year and a half after that video was posted, YouTube was sold to Goog...

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