| The Really Important Facebook Number: 140 Billion | |  | Facebook announced that it had hit a billion active users Thursday; an extraordinary milestone, celebrated with a rather odd ad. But that number, rather like that ad, is something of a sideshow. Another extraordinary stat got overlooked, and this...
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| Photo Challenge: What Are the Coolest Patterns You've Seen? | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:55 PM | |
|  | Patterns are everywhere - and not just because they're in style this season. Everything on Earth is composed of patterns, from the building blocks of our DNA to the city streets we live on. Our modern lifestyle is built on the patterns of data...
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| Watch Adele's Official 'Skyfall' Lyric Video | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:15 PM | |
|  | The studio version of Adele's theme song for the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, arrived Thursday night, along with a lyric video and more details on how the haunting ballad came to fruition. "I was a little hesitant at first to be involved...
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| How KitchenAid Minimized Its Twitter Damage | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 10:25 PM | |
|  | An errant tweet by KitchenAid resulted in a short-term pr disaster, but the brand minimized the damage with a quick apology, according to one researcher. Simply Measured looked at @KitchenAidUSA interactions on Twitter at around 6:42 p.m. PST,...
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| This Show Wants You -- And Your Viral Videos -- on TV | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:55 PM | |
|  | RightThisMinute, a daily television broadcast that dissects viral videos, wants to create "the largest newsroom on Earth" -- starting with you and the videos you create or discover. "If you've got a good video, we may want to have you on air,"...
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| Zynga Takes a $95 Million Hit; Stock Falls to New Low | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:25 PM | |
|  | Zynga's stock price fell 19% in after-hours trading -- to a new low of $2.27 per share -- after the company announced some brutal preliminary financial results for Q3 2012. The company also updated its outlook for 2012, lowering its guidance for...
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| If the Presidential Debate Was Like 'The Voice' [VIDEO] | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:55 PM | |
|  | What would happen if voters treated presidential debates more like The Voice? This video pretty much sums it up. Obama has a "great voice", and Mitt Romney has "badass hair". SEE MORE: Carson Daly Tells All About 'The Voice,' Its Social Media...
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| Craigslist Rolls Out Maps for Apartment Hunters [VIDEO] | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:16 PM | |
|  | Craigslist introduced a new mapping feature on Wednesday that will allow its users to see what apartments are available in a particular area in a map view. As of now, it's still in its "rolling out" phase, and is only available in Los Angeles,...
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| Invest in Big Data, Industry Urges Government | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:45 PM | |
|  | Agencies should appoint a single official to explore how new methods of data mining could enhance their mission and save costs, perhaps following the Federal Communications Commission's model of a chief data officer, an industry group recommended...
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| Galaxy Camera is a Point-and-Shoot With an AT&T Data Plan | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:05 PM | |
|  | Samsung's Galaxy Camera not only runs Android like a smartphone, it will also have a data plan much like your favorite handset. Announced earlier this year, AT&T said Thursday that it will be bringing the smart camera to its network "in the...
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| Codeacademy Releases Free Ruby Development Courses | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:05 PM | |
|  | Codecademy is expanding its catalogue of free, interactive programming tutorials with the launch of five Ruby courses. The New York-based startup has also brought its Python track out of beta and added two new courses on top of the original six...
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| Tesla Says It Will Be Profitable by December | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:05 PM | |
|  | Is electric car maker Tesla a "loser" company, as presidential candidate Mitt Romney charged in Wednesday's debate? In a blog post he wrote a few hours before the debate, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said no -- the company will in fact be profitable by...
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| PBS Makes Ad Buy For 'Big Bird' on Twitter | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:25 PM | |
|  | PBS could teach other brands a thing or two about how to turn a meme into a marketing opportunity. During the first presidential debate last night, Mitt Romney admitted that, "I love Big Bird," but still wants to withdraw government funding from...
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| 'Gaze' Interface Lets You Control PCs With Your Eyes | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:25 PM | |
|  | What if you could control a tablet or desktop computer just by looking at its screen? That's the promise of Tobii Gaze, an experimental interface that uses what its maker calls the "most advanced and compact eye tracker in the world." The eye...
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| Next Generation HTC One Phones Headed Exclusively to AT&T | | Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:05 PM | |
|  | The HTC One X+ and HTC One VX are on their way exclusively to AT&T in the U.S. The flagship Android devices will join HTC's Windows Phone 8X on the carrier and will run on its 4G LTE network. The two phones are the next-generation of the HTC One...
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