Part of the buzz this week about Google+ is that Google is reportedly working to lure celebrities such as Lady Gaga to its new social network service with verified accounts. Not sure if tech big shots beyond Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg count as celebrities, but the list of the technology industry’s biggest names using Google+ is on the rise.
The top free iPhone application is now Google+, the new social network system from Google, less than 24 hours after it appeared on Apple's App Store. And that's despite a foulup that apparently first published the wrong version of the app.
No, you can't buy an <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> 2 for $69, or even $179. But the mistaken, wildly low prices by a third-party reseller on Sears' website has triggered an acrimonious debate on the retailer's Facebook page, with nearly 400 customers weighing in.
Google+ may be getting some attention it doesn't want -- from Anonymous, which says it will target the new social networking site that launched last month.
As computational power rises exponentially, not linearly, so does the rate of change - and that means the next 10 years should pack in far more technological change than the last 10.
With no official corporate office or IT staff, the 30 full-time Gurnet Consulting consultants have become some of the industry's ultimate <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise3/060611-saas-tips.html">power cloud</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070511-social-networking.html">social networking</a> users.
So many pictures, so little time to tag all those <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/smartphones.html">smartphone</a>-generated memories. A pair of Microsoft interns have come up with a remedy.
The social networking scene is constantly in flux. The big 3 (Facebook, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a> and LinkedIn) are at the top of the heap right now. But challengers are springing up all the time, hoping to leverage the next big wave into a lucrative IPO.
Despite its inevitable comparisons to the popular Apple iPad, Cisco's Cius is viewed more as another entry point into Cisco's collaboration ecosystem and less as the company's entry into tablet computing.
Noah Everett really has nothing to hide: He posted overnight to Twitter, including a photo via the TwitPic service he created, almost immediately upon being picked up by the cops in Charleston, S.C., for strolling down his street in the buff.
Startup Blue Jeans Network launches its videoconferencing bridge service today, letting customers blend conferences over legacy systems as well as with video services such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2011/062011convergence1.html">Skype</a>.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced a new Vatican website, via his first Twitter post, from an Apple iPad. But you won't be able to follow him on Twitter and he probably won't be following you.
The corporate desktop has looked the same for decades: computer, keyboard, mouse, desk phone, maybe a printer. But do these tools dominate because they're the perfect combination of technology needed for work today, or is the enterprise workplace due for an extreme makeover?
Comcast has reached an agreement with Skype to bring its HD video calling capabilities into your living room television.
Immersive virtual environments - such as Second Life and some enterprise-friendly alternatives - have traditionally required users to download special software and learn a difficult user interface.