See our live notes from today's Google Buzz event here. Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they've never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. Yes, they have Orkut and OpenSocial, but no one actually uses them. Okay, some people use them, but not in the meaningful social ways that people use Facebook or even Twitter. Today, Google may have just solved their social problem. Google Buzz is easily the company's boldest attempt yet to build a social network. Imagine taking elements of Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp, and other social services, and shoving them together into one package. Full story...
I didn't have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did. Was it too crowded at some events? Sure.
During my recent trip to India, I flew down to Bangalore for one reason: To meet N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Back in June, Google launched Sputnik, a suite of tools that runs over 5,000 tests to check a web browser's JavaScript conformance.
If you're a photographer and use a Mac, chances are you're using Lightroom or Aperture. Probably Lightroom, since Aperture is less popular among pros — and the latest version seems to be an acknowledgment of that.
Last month we wrote about Crocodoc, a new Y Combinator-funded company that makes it very easy to upload a text document or PowerPoint deck and mark it up online to share with your colleagues.
Back in January, Google announced that it would follow Mozilla's lead and start offering cash bounties for bugs found in the code of Chromium (the open-source browser behind Chrome), or Chrome by the community.
Banks, cable companies, and utilities all want to get rid of their paper bills and get customers on their electronic billing systems.
Editor's note: This post was written by Joe Stump, the co-founder of SimpleGeo, a geolocation infrastructure company.
There are only two weeks left until the iPad's April 3 launch date, and Apple has just started reaching out to developers to say that they're accepting applications that were developed specifically for the device.
One of Yahoo's key chief technologists, Sam Pullara, is leaving the company to become an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Benchmark Capital.