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With the holidays and the year end approaching, many anticipated the business technology online chatter to remain relatively quiet this week. Enter Microsoft, the federal government and any analyst concerned about security in the mobile workforce, and the industry has plenty to discuss over eggnog and fruitcake this weekend. Microsoft sneakily revealed its sales numbers… Read more »
Though the holiday season usually brings plenty of happy engagement announcements, this week online entertainment news hounds were buzzing about celebrity splits. Fans of the hit Showtime series Dexter took to the web earlier this week when the news broke that Michael C. Hall, the star of the program, and his wife, costar Jennifer Carpenter,… Read more »
Much of this week's biggest news involved the aftermath of the repeal of the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, with President Barack Obama signing a law that will allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military. In addition, there were a number of off-beat legal stories around the country that generated online buzz. Late… Read more »
This week, the online marketing community was buzzing about new search engine developments and studies reporting the marketing power of various platforms. Here's Brafton's take on the top internet marketing news for the week ending December 17. Early in the week, marketers couldn't get enough of headlines revolving around rumors of a Microsoft/Twitter alliance. The… Read more »
In recent years, companies, such as Google, Apple and Microsoft, have developed and unveiled new technologies many believed may struggle to find a niche in the consumer market. For Apple, the iPad appeared to be one of these products. However, the iPads utility as an e-reader is expected to have some interesting effects on the… Read more »
As was the case last week, most of the trending online legal news over the past seven days has involved Julian Assange. The Wikileaks founder has faced legal scrutiny not only from Swedish courts over alleged sex crimes but also from the United States, which is currently mulling the prospect of indicting the Australian native… Read more »
This week in internet marketing news, many seemed to eagerly anticipate the conclusions to Google stories that hit the web last week, as well as insight on trends for 2011. Here's Brafton's take on the top internet marketing headlines for the week ending December 10. On Monday, news broke that the business owner whose site… Read more »
WikiLeaks continues to dominate the online conversation in business tech, spurring a brand new trending search term that has both federal and enterprise security experts nervous. Throw in predictions for global IT spending growth, Salesforce.com CEO Mark Benioff's rockstar antics and Google's allegations against Microsoft's new federal cloud contract, and the business tech world had… Read more »
This week, online entertainment enthusiasts saw plenty of engaging industry reveals as well as few moments worthy of pause and reflection. On Monday the week began on a somber note when breast-cancer victim "Elizabeth Edwards" hit the top of Google Trends. The wife of former democratic presidential candidate John Edwards announced that she had stopped… Read more »
As it has throughout 2010, the consumer smartphone market significantly dominated tech chatter on the web this week. With the holiday shopping season and the end of the year looming, the week's hottest technology news reveals that major technology companies, such as Apple and Research In Motion, have a lot to gain – and lose… Read more »