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This INSANE Graphic Shows How Ludicrously Complicated Social Media Marketing Is Now

Maybe here's the reason General Motors went "mental" and pulled its Facebook ad budget. Digital marketing is confusing?really confusing?as this insane graphic shows (below). Trying to navigate...

New $74 Android mini computer is slightly larger than a thumb drive

The AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 mini PC CNX Software Chinese retailers have started selling a miniature Linux computer that is housed in a 3.5-inch plastic case slightly larger than a USB thumb...

This Billionaire Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't Create Jobs...

As the war over income inequality wages on, billionaire Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people...

Exclusive: Japan's Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest Founder in Funding Race

Rakuten, the largest e-commerce site in Japan, is expected to be the lead investor in the much-contested next round of funding for Silicon Valley's hottest start-up, Pinterest. The funding is...

Here's The TED Presentation About Rich People That TED Doesn't Want You To See

The National Journal reports today that TED is refusing to publish a recent talk from megarich venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, which argued that rich people actually don't create jobs, and that...

Facebook launches dedicated Pages Manager app, making it easy to, well

One of the gripes that I have about Facebook's mobile apps are that the service has simply too many features to pack into one mobile experience. I was really stoked when Facebook Messenger was...

Justice Dept. defends public's constitutional right to record cops

As police departments around the country are increasingly caught up in tussles with members of the public who record their activities, the U.S. Justice Department has come out with a strong...

U2's Bono Will Make More On Facebook IPO Than Throughout His 30-Year Music Career

Today's Facebook IPO will make U2's Bono the richest rocker on the planet, according to multiple reports. Back in 2009, the musician smartly bought 2.3 percent of shares for $90 million in the...

Drink up! Coffee associated with lower risk of death

Maria Keays Is coffee good or bad for you? If you follow the medical literature, you might think that the answer changes a few times a year. Different studies have found associations with various...

TED Finally Posted The Income Inequality Speech You Weren't Supposed To See

TED finally posted a video of Nick Hannauer's TED talk on income inequality this afternoon, caving to media pressure and criticism that the organization was trying to placate its elite audience. As...

Travel across the Roman Empire in real time with ORBIS

In a clever bit of technological legerdemain, Stanford University has combined historical research, mapping, and Web technology to bring ancient Roman Empire travel to the Internet. A...

CHART OF THE DAY: Why Facebook Never Fell Below $38 Per Share

After a white-knuckle final 20 minutes of the day, shares of Facebook managed to just keep one nostril above $38, the level where the IPO priced last night. Why did it never fall below $38?...

On Facebook, deleting an app doesn't delete your data from their system

Facebook announced some intended changes to its data use policy to "enhance transparency", according to a Friday post on its Facebook and Privacy page. The updates include better explanations,...

Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845

You can't make this stuff up, folks. Intrepid reporter (or just nosey historian) Nate St. Pierre did some digging in the grand old town of Springfield, IL where he took a tour of the Lincoln Museum...

BANNED FROM THE USA: Billionaire Facebook Cofounder Could Be Barred From America After...

Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship. Doing so, he will probably save at least $67 million in taxes. ?but he's also liable to be "excluded" from physically...

WHOA: Facebook's Testing A Feature That Charges You To Send Messages To Friends

Facebook is frantically casting around for new sources of revenue, Geoffrey Fowler and Shayndi Raice of the Wall Street Journal report. One new feature the company is testing is called "Highlight."...

Exclusive: Yahoo's Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Yahoo's embattled CEO Scott Thompson (pictured here) is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer...

After the bell was rung, Mark Zuckerberg posted this epic Facebook Timeline status update

This is awesome. Screenshot for posterity.

How To Buy Facebook Stock

Facebook goes public tomorrow. It could be worth well over $100 billion dollars. Want to get a piece of that? It's going to be very tricky for mere mortals to get Facebook stock in the IPO. If you...

Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year

The auto-correct feature on mobile phones can be a blessing for catching text message typos but also a nightmare when a word is automatically replaced with an embarrassing one. Popular blog Damn...

HERE COMES FACEBOOK'S FIRST STOCK TRADE...

Facebook's first stock trade should be hitting shortly. We'll have the number as soon as possible! Click here for the latest, or just refresh your browser. In the meanwhile, check out some of our...

30 of The Best Alternatives to Helvetica

Helvetica is a tried and true typeface. It's a testament to Swiss design culture, with its clarity, flexibility and outright perfection. This famous typeface is loved for countless reasons,...

HP's Whitman to Announce Restructuring Plan Wednesday; 30,000 Jobs Targeted

The daunting task of restructuring Hewlett-Packard will begin in earnest next Wednesday when the company reports its quarterly earnings. Sources familiar with the company's plans say that CEO Meg...

WHOA: In HOLY CRAP: In Germany Already There's Bidding For Facebook At $74/share!Germany...

Trading in the US on Facebook won't start until 11:00 AM ET. But according to Bloomberg, there are bids for the stock at 58.20 in Europe, and that's $74/share! That would be a HUGE gain from the...

FACEBOOK'S HACKER HEAVEN: This Is What A $100 Billion Company's Office Looks Like

Facebook is finally going public. It's going to be worth more than $100 billion. How did it get there? Well, for starters, it attracted some of the best software engineers in Silicon Valley. That...

Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola's Android devices

The US International Trade Commission today ordered an import ban on Motorola Mobility Android products, agreeing with Microsoft that the devices infringe a Microsoft patent on generating meeting...

Mark Zuckerberg's Hidden Talent: Firing People

You might not believe it, due to his unblinking stares and awkward personal demeanor, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is actually a very good manager of working people. You know how can tell? In...

Sony hires Woz as advisor to Steve Jobs film, which Sorkin says won't be a straight biopic

As the production gets underway for the Steve Jobs biopic being penned by Aaron Sorkin, some details are coming to light. According to a report from Reuters, via the Chicago Tribune, Apple...

Comcast suspends data caps... for now

City Year Comcast is getting rid of its 250GB monthly bandwidth caps as it trials new approaches to traffic management. First imposed in 2008, the caps were designed to limit usage by the most...

Second Indian ISP reportedly blocks video and torrent sites, citing a court order

We recently reported that Indian Internet service provides (ISP) Reliance Communication had begun blocking video sites like Vimeo and certain torrent services , and now rival Airtel is now doing...

Facial detection cameras ready to creep out San Francisco bar patrons

SceneTap uses facial detection technology to output stats on bar attendance. On Friday afternoon, about 20 bars around San Francisco are set to have special "facial detection" cameras turned on as...

Dominant in China, UCWeb Brings Its Mobile Browser to Silicon Valley

With 50 percent of the mobile browser market in its home market of China, UCWeb is now looking across the Pacific. UC's next target is the U.S., where the company released localized Android and iOS...

Feds considering allowing DVD-encryption cracking

Photo: ToastyKen/Flickr LOS ANGELES Federal regulators considered testimony Wednesday here at UCLA Law School on whether to allow citizens and filmmakers to legally crack DVD encryption meant to...

Those $22,600 W. Virginia routers were "economical"

Rep. Walden gives NTIA his "face of skepticism." At a House Energy and Commerce Committee oversight hearing yesterday, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) wanted to know why the state of West Virginia bought...

Paralyzed woman controls robotic arm, sips coffee

A tetraplegia controls a robotic arm, allowing herself to have a drink. braingate2.org Performing even a simple movement is a rather complicated process. First, the brain has to signal its intent...

Facebook makes its first post-IPO acquisition announcement with social gifting app Karma

Just after it closed its first day of IPO very close to the opening day price of $38, Facebook has made its first acquisiton with the social gifting app Karma. We got a notice in our inbox from the...

First private launch to the ISS scheduled for 5am tomorrow

The Dragon/Falcon 9 combination on their way to the launch pad. NASA After being pushed back several times, the first launch of a private vehicle to the Internaltional Space Station (ISS) is now...

Diablo III: demon-cleaving, refined

Third time's the charm? Let's draw a distinction between a sequel to a game and an installment in a franchise. In a sequel, the developers examine what made the original game work and then expand...

Vyclone: This collaborative video app is just what citizen journalists ordered

2011 was a tumultuous year for the Middle East, but the troubles also served as a reminder of the role technology can play in giving everyone a voice. Live video-streaming platform Bambuser is one...

EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Email Zuckerberg Sent To Cut His Cofounder Out Of Facebook

Billionaire Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin ? the guy everyone now hates because he's renouncing his US citizenship in order to avoid a lot of taxes ? hasn't worked at Facebook since 2005....

Streaming service Spuul brings Bollywood to the iPhone and iPad with new iOS app

Fans of Bollywood and other Indian films have a new option for watching movies on the go after streaming service Spuul launched an iOS app, bringing its catalogue of content from the Asian country...

Private: some search engines make money by not tracking users

In the United States, two out of every three searches go through Google, which serves up a total of three billion search queries per day. "Googling" has become so ubiquitous that the company has...

DATA: Google Totally Blows Away Facebook On Ad Performance

"No one ever got fired for telling clients to advertise on Facebook." That's the sarcastic mantra making its way round the digital advertising world right now. But is Facebook actually an efficient...

SOPA Is Dead: Smith Pulls Bill

Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill "until there is wider agreement on a solution." "I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns...

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Zuckerberg's Secret IMs From College

When Mark Zuckerberg was a kid, he networked the computers in his home, and wrote a program so family members could send messages to each other. Then came America Online, and Zuckerberg, like...

Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders reach 9 million worldwide, says source

The Samsung Galaxy S III was unveiled in London at the beginning of this month but, just two weeks later, the long-awaited device is reported to have racked up 9 million pre-orders from mobile...

28 Crazy Facts You Didn't Know About Facebook

Facebook is finally going public tomorrow. It's priced its shares at $38, which means the company is worth more than $100 billion. It's already worth more than most of the tech companies publicly...

The 10 Most Attractive Startups For Bay Area Engineers

LinkedIn sent us this nifty infographic this morning, ranking the hottest startups for engineers in the Bay Area. The company mined data from LinkedIn profiles, job postings, etc., to figure out...

OH NO: Justin Bieber Is On The Cover Of Forbes...For Investing In Startups

"I wana be a billionaire, so, so bad. Buy all of the things I never had. I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine..." Bieber sings to the Forbes staff as he shoots the June cover. Yes, you read...

OMG! This Time Magazine Cover!

OMG. This is apparently the new cover of Time Magazine. Via Jack Schafer. Please follow SAI: Media on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story �

CrashPlan is cloud backup for literally everyone

We've recently spent a fair amount of time talking about cloud syncing solutions for PCs and mobile devices. In addition to syncing files and data across multiple devices, these services also...

At a $104b valuation, here's how Facebook stacks up against other public tech companies

At least on paper, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now worth more personally than all of online services pioneer Yahoo. Here's how the social networking company he co-founded some 8 years ago...

FORD: GM's Facebook Ads Don't Work Because GM Sucks -- Ours Work Fine

A funny comeback from Ford on the heels of news that GM is pulling its entire $10 million advertising campaign from Facebook... GM said it was pulling its ads because they didn't work. Ford said on...

Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep

For a long time, some Microsoft officials have privately griped that PC makers don't present Windows in its best light. They clutter desktops with icons that are often little more than ads for...

Zynga's stock drops 13% during Facebook IPO, trading halted

During Facebook's IPO event, which the world is watching, a company closely tied to it called Zynga wasn't celebrating. Its stock dropped over 13% and trading has been halted.

It's complicated: Indian woman files for divorce over single Facebook status

Love. It's not always all you need. In a sure-tell sign that Facebook's IPO will be a massive failure, an Indian women has reportedly filed for divorce after her husband failed to update the...

Streaming service Spuul brings Bollywood to the iPhone and iPad with ne iOS app launch

Fans of Bollywood and other Indian films have a new option for watching movies on the go after streaming service Spuul launched an iOS app, bringing its catalogue of content from the Asian country...

Tikly and its 22 year old CEO are turning music ticketing on its head

One of the things that I love most about returning to someplace is seeing what has changed in the time since I went there last. At this year's 4th annual Big Omaha conference, I met a hefty group...

The 25 Coolest New Businesses In San Francisco

San Francisco is known for its creative energy, and some of the city's entrepreneurs took big chances in the past few months. We spoke to friends and colleagues, and polled readers to bring you the...

EXCLUSIVE: How Mark Zuckerberg Booted His Co-Founder Out Of The Company

Ahead of Facebook's $15 billion IPO later this week, Billionaire Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship in order to avoid a boatload of taxes. One reason this is...

This Is Why Facebook Isn't Falling Below $38/Share

It strongly appears that there's a huge perma-bid at $38 on Facebook, so that it doesn't fall below the IPO price. Twitter user @Bourbon_Meyer sent us this look at the order book, showing the MASS...

Unreal Engine 4 will bring us beautiful games faster than ever

Wired A select group of people got a private demo of Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 at the Game Developers Conference in March, and Stu Horvath of Ars Technica's sister publication Wired was one of...

Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sites

Whenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the only sites that ever earn a mention. If you re judging...

Exclusive: Yahoo Finally Set to Strike Alibaba Share Deal -- Half Now, Then Half of What's...

Yahoo is in the final stages of selling a large chunk of its stake in China's Alibaba Group back to the company - in a complex deal that is set to include a multi-billion-dollar share buyback to...

General Motors pulls annual $10 million worth of ads from Facebook

General Motors has announced that it would be pulling its paid advertising from Facebook, saying that it had too little impact. The announcement could not come at a worse time for the social media...

JUST MISSED MILLIONS: These People Walked Away From Early Jobs At Billion-Dollar Companies

Ali Fedotowsky walked away from Facebook (and probably most of her stock options) when she opted to be ABC's Bachelorette. Robert Cezar Matei missed his chance to join early Facebook, Square and...

Facebook drops, kissing IPO price before rebounding

In a nail-biting bit of trading, Facebook landed at the $38 mark, and sat there, almost falling below its IPO price. The company had spiked as high as $43.20 this morning, according to Google...

It's Not Just GM That Thinks Facebook Ads Don't Work--Others Say Facebook Is "Getting...

On the eve of the Facebook IP), the country's third-biggest advertiser, GM , announced that it was pulling its entire $10 million ad campaign from Facebook because the ads don't work. This was...

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs biopic, jOBS, to begin filming in original Apple garage

If you're interested in the upcoming Ashton Kutcher movie version of Steve Jobs' life, it is set to begin filming in June. The first place that filming will take place is the original "Apple...

The story of the secret room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs and many other celebrities

Truthfully, I thought everyone knew about the 'Lucky 7 Lounge'. It's a secret room at Pixar that's really not so secret now. But I took a quick poll of some friends and coworkers and drew a blank,...

Exporting copyright: Inside the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership

"Git Haversall" tried to present the Corporate Power Tool Award to USTR Ron Kirk TX Corporate Power Partnership The scene last week at the Intercontinental Dallas Hotel looked like any generic...

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs biopic, jOBS, to begin filming in original Apple garage

If you're interested in the upcoming Ashton Kutcher movie version of Steve Jobs' life, it is set to begin filming in June. The first place that filming will take place is the original Apple garage,...

VIDEO: Watch Mark Zuckerberg And The Rest Of Facebook Ring The NASDAQ Bell

Here's Mark Zuckerberg ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story �

10 Huge Companies That Facebook Is Now Worth More Than

Facebook is finally going public. It'll be worth about $105 billion when it debuts at $38 a share, and there's guaranteed to be a pop once it starts trading. That means that Facebook ? an eight...

The state of particle physics a report from Pheno 2012

So far, the CMS detector hasn't found any indications of supersymmetric particles. CMS/CERN I spent three days last week at the Phenomenology 2012 Symposium in Pittsburgh, known as Pheno 2012....

Android fragmentation: one developer encounters 3,997 devices

A map of all the thousands of separate device models that downloaded OpenSignalMaps in a six month period. OpenSignalMaps One developer can do business with nearly 4,000 distinct Android ROMs,...

19-year-old girl in Egypt invents a spacecraft propulsion device

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The propulsion...

Check Out Mark Zuckerberg's Epic Status Update On Facebook This Morning

We're pretty sure no one is ever going to top this status update. Here are the "4 others": Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story �

Massive DDoS attack keeps The Pirate Bay offline for over a day

The Pirate Bay has been down for about the past 24 hours, and says it has been hit by a "quite big" distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The controversial website for torrent downloaders...

Apple no longer censoring the word jailbreak in U.S. iTunes Store

Yesterday a bit of a hullabaloo was started when it was discovered that Apple was censoring the word 'jailbreak' in the U.S. App Store. Now, that censoring has been corrected, and the word is...

Facebook's pre-IPO hackathon kicks off with a standing ovation, hoodies and lots and lots...

Facebook announced that it is seeing in its impending IPO with one final hackathon as a private company. With the listing set to be the biggest tech IPO ever, we thought it only right to show a few...

Best Buy's surprisingly insecure approach to new PC setup

Enlarge / Want Geek Squad to set up your PC? Just write your e-mail password in that box on the left A basic rule of password-based security is "don't write down your password." A second rule might...

Twitter chooses NASCAR as first sports league partner, launches new interactive product

During a live press conference today, NASCAR announced that it is now the first professional sports league that Twitter has partnered directly with. The partnership will allow Twitter to bring fans...

Meet The 10 Billionaires Of The Facebook IPO

Facebook made a lot of people millionaires but it made 10 people billionaires. The stock opened today at $38 per share. Using that price, Bloomberg calculated the net worth of Facebook's richest...

INSTANT TAKE: A Stunning Lack Of Enthusiasm For Facebook Stock

Facebook's stock was priced at $38 per share, and when it finally started trading it popped to just $45. Now it's settled around $40, $39. Considering some of us (ahem, me) figured the thing could...

330Mbps fiber-to-the-home coming to UK this summer

Back in 2006, BT and the British telecom regulator Ofcom reached an agreement which forced the former telco monopoly to make its copper wiring available to independent ISPs, who could then serve...

India tipped to overtake the US to become the world's biggest Facebook market by 2015

It has just seen Brazil overtake it to become Facebook's largest overseas market, but India is being tipped to overtake the US and the Latin American country to become the planet's largest...

ATTENTION FACEBOOK INVESTORS: This GM Ad Cancellation Is Big, Bad News

In what should come as a shock to potential investors, one of the world's biggest advertisers, GM, has announced that it is pulling a $10 million campaign from Facebook...because the ads don't...

Apple's Siri: the best smartphone ever is the Nokia Lumia 900. Wait, what?

When you break out your iPhone 4S and ask Siri what the 'best smartphone ever' is, your humble virtual assistant will recommend you to buy Nokia's Lumia 900. Which is, of course, a decent phone...

Facebook underwriters buying shares like crazy to hold the $38 IPO Price In The Final...

Facebook underwriters buying shares like crazy to hold the $38 IPO Price In The Final Minutes Of The Day. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story �

FACEBOOK'S WORST NIGHTMARE: After GM, Here's How The Other Dominoes Could Fall

General Motors' decision to cancel the entirety of its $10 million Facebook ad budget is, arguably, the second major shoe to drop on the social network's ad budget. Back in January, Procter &...

GOODBYE, AMERICA: Billionaire Facebook Cofounder Renounces Citizenship

Billionaire Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin is renouncing his citizenship ahead of the company's IPO at the end of next week. Saverin is the cofounder who got booted from the company WAY back in...

FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES CELEBRATE: This Is What Brand New Millionaires And Billionaires Look...

Maybe you've heard, but Facebook went public today at an astounding $104 billion valuation. Incredible! Naturally, Facebook employees and former employees are pretty ecstatic. Some of them spent...

Flat-Club leverages trust, social networks to facilitate short-term letting; lands funding

Flat-Club, a London startup that enables people to sell and book short-term accommodations in a relatively closed 'circle of trust', has secured funding. The investors joining the Series A...

Confirmed: Rakuten invests $100 million in Pinterest along with previous backers

After we broke the news that online marketplace and visual bookmarking site Pinterest was about to announce a big funding round, with AllThingsD following up with the name of new investor Rakuten,...

Existing unlimited data plans' days are numbered, Verizon says

Verizon sees a way out of unlimited data plans through its upcoming shared plans, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said at a JP Morgan conference on Wednesday. Shammo said that as...

Sheets of Virus Generate Electricity when Squished

Pressing a virus-filled device can generate power. (The gloves protect the virus, which only infects bacteria, from us.) lbl.gov Squishing a stack of virus sheets generates enough electricity to...

How to harden your smartphone against stalkers Android edition

I found you, my precious. Casey Johnston + Aurich Lawson Stop phone stalking * How to harden your smartphone against stalkers iPhone edition Stalking via mobile phone has become a favorite activity...

Your moment of Apple zen: Remember the things that Steve told us

We realize that some of you may have had your fill of Facebook news today, so this is a perfect time to break out some zen thinking thanks to the master of Apple himself: Steve Jobs. This cool site...

And, Now, If Facebook's Bankers Can't Hold The IPO Price, Stock Will Crash To Low $30s...

Facebook and its bankers priced today's IPO perfectly. This morning, when the stock finally started trading, the fair-market price for the stock was about $40--just a couple of dollars north of...

The Financial Times predicts more digital subscribers than it sells print copies by end of...

By the end of the year, the Financial Times could have more digital subscribers than it sells print copies, FT.com's managing director Rob Grimshaw predicted this week during an on-stage interview...

Here are the things that Facebook made more money than today

Facebook, investors, and journalists aren't the only ones having a hoot-and-half during today's mega-IPO event. It seems like developers who like to hack together cool little sites to commemorate...