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Hurricane Earl is expected to wreak some havoc on the East Coast this Labor Day weekend. According to the the National Hurricane Center , Earl is expected “pass near the North Carolina outer banks tonight [Thursday]… and approach southeastern New England Friday night.” President...Sony Justifies Higher P...
Sony is taking the opposite route of its big rivals Amazon and Barnes & Noble with its own branded E-Reader electronic-ink based digital book reading devices. Unlike Amazon, which has introduced lower prices for the latest Kindle , and Barnes & Noble, which has engaged in a price...Twitter Gets New Authen...
After having launched its official Twitter for iPad app, Twitter has announced some new changes to the service that is aimed at making the social networking site a little bit more secure for users and a little easier to use, especially if you’re using third-party services. As part...How Social Data Built a...
Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 7-8. Every year, poison control centers...Google Chrome Version 6...
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the Chrome browser first hit the web. In that time, Chrome has come to control more than 7.5% of the worldwide browser market, according to Net Marketshare . Sure, Internet Explorer and Firefox hold 60.4% and 22.9% respectively,...15 Essential Back to Sc...
Alexander Hotz is a freelance multimedia journalist and public radio junkie based in New York City. Currently he teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Follow Alex on Twitter at @hotzington . With another long hot American summer coming to a...BenQ nReader R100 Andro...
BenQ is generally well known for its computer monitors and projectors, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t want in on the tablet game too. The company has just introduced its Android-powered tablet, dubbed the BenQ nReader R100. The tablet will be powered by a 667MHz Samsung...HOW TO: Follow the US O...
It’s US Open time in New York, which means tennis fever has officially hit the city that never sleeps. As the final major tournament in professional tennis, the US Open always draws a healthy audience, nationally and abroad. Maybe you’ve been waiting for the US Open tennis...4 Tips for Writing SEO-...
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. In addition to writing for their human readers, web writers and bloggers have to consider the digital web...