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LinkedIn Goes Down: Why You Should Care

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:54:02 +0000

It appears that the social network LinkedIn is down at the moment. According to CNET, this is happening in spurts. In fact, in the middle of writing this article, the site came back up, but now looks to be down again. LinkedIn actually predates the term social network. Largely dismissed in the era of Facebook and Twitter, the site […]

Dani Doles Out Advice: Yahoo Needs To Re-invent Itself

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:00:37 +0000

Hi, Yahoo! I still use you for my email because you’re a comfortable old friend. But there’s not much else I want from you. I don’t want Yahoo! search, Yahoo! news, or Yahoo! chat. So, how do you become relevant again? People have moved on from your email service. Gmail is all set with Google, and […]

Dani Doles Out Advice: Google Can Do More

Daniela Weiss-Bronstein — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:00:56 +0000

Hi all! I am just brimming over with ideas for everyone. So, in this new column, I’m going to share them. Let’s start with Google. Google gets slammed a lot by people who don’t trust it. Interestingly, I’ve seen friends post to Facebook about not trusting Google, seemingly unaware that Facebook actually has sold consumer […]

Toshiba IFA Roundup: Finally, A Touchable Ultrabook I Want To Touch

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:39:12 +0000

Last year, Toshiba introduced the Excite line at IFA. This year, however, I’m not finding much chatter. The company introduced a personal storage device called the STOR.E CLOUD that looks kind-of sort-of interesting. Is the general consumer really building personal clouds though? This is a device that appeals to me, but I don’t see a […]

Out Of Stealth, Ready To Change The World: Cloudpaging By Numecent

Paul Hurwitz — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:16:18 +0000

A start-up company has recently come out of stealth-mode and its technology is going to change how companies think about cloud-computing. Numecent announced new technology they’re calling cloudpaging. It allows companies to turn software, any software, into a cloud app and rent the apps out for whatever length of time they want. The first step […]

Jolicloud Brings Cloud Computing To Vintage Computers

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:29:41 +0000

The folks at Jolicloud have put together a front-end desktop consisting of third-party, web-based applications and tools, that can make even your netbook a relevant computer again.