Do You Use Google, Yahoo or AOL? You're Part of the World's Largest Sex Survey
The new book A Billion Wicked Thoughts uses Internet behavior to analyze our sex lives. Like any Internet study, it is both fascinating and limited.
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Judge Gives Google a Break in Oracle Patent Suit -- on a Technicality [Update]
The judge in the Oracle patent and copyright lawsuit of Google has severely limited the number of patent claims that Oracle can raise.
Nokia Is Hosed, and Time Is Running Out
Nokia was low company on smartphone growth year-over-year. But look at sequential quarters, and it sold 14.5 percent less. Can Nokia make necessary changes in time?
Sony's Latest Statement on ID-Data Loss: A Classic of the Corporate Non-Apology
Sony apologizes -- finally! -- for the network break-in that compromised 100 million accounts. Too bad the apology is as effective as the company's cyber security.
Demand Media Hit by Google, Refocuses Content Strategy
Demand Media saw a significant increase in revenue. However, Google's search engine changes have still hit the company hard.
HTC Is Making a Smartphone For Women. Wait... What?
Women are already buying nearly as many smartphones as men, and highlighting calorie apps and other stereotypical features will only insult potential female customers.
6 YouSendIt Lessons for Increasing Customer Conversion Rates
Freemium file transfer company YouSendIt learned a lot over the last two years: enough to more than double its customer conversion rate.
AOL Traffic Falls After the HuffPo Deal and Other 10-Q Surprises
AOL acquired Huffington Post to increase traffic. Only, in the first quarter, the number of unique visitors was actually down.
Intel Breakthrough Might Finally Get It Into Smartphone Chips in a Big Way
A jump in semiconductor manufacturing technology has let Intel leapfrog its competitors, and possibly land far up in the mobile pack.
Pandora Begins Suggesting Comedy Clips to Users, and That's Just the Beginning
Today Pandora expands its curation algorithm to comedy. Even it knows that curating music can only take it so far.
AOL Display-Ad Revenue Is Up -- Just Not Enough to Make Up for Other Suckage
AOL sees a little growth in display ads, but the company's revenues continue their long hard slide.
How Can Amazon Win the E-Reader Race? By Not Competing With the iPad
The next generation of E Ink screens won't be here until next year. Amazon knows the Kindle will be better off if it waits. Luckily, it can afford to do so.
Star Wars Incomplete: Complete Saga Hype Hit by Fox Death Star
Fox and Lucasfilm hype the announcement of the Star Wars Complete Saga release on Blu-ray, and then totally blow their opening promotion.
Android's Not-So-Open Market: Where Google Carries Water for Telecom Carriers
Carriers are making thousands of dollars from tethering charges. By yanking the free tethering apps from its marketplace, Google is looking two-faced with its "open source" claims.
Tuning Out: TV Ownership Drops, and Advertisers Have to Get Smarter -- Fast
A shift to online video means that advertisers have adapt messages for an online audience -- among other things, by producing ads that can work on phones, tablets and computers as well as TV.
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