TechCrunch
If it seems like Twitter is growing faster and faster each day, that is because it is. ComScore has released its March numbers for the U.S., and it estimates that unique visitors to Twitter.com grew 131 percent between February and March to 9.3 million visitors. Not only did Twitter more than double the number of people t (Read More)
Submitted by Hfiebelkorn:
Google has surprised naysayers again with stronger-than-expected quarterly results, despite overall weakness in the search-advertising market.
The company posted net income of $1.42 billion ($5.16 per share)... (Read More)
VentureBeat
The other day I wrote about how the GeoEye-1 satellite would be taking images of President Obama’s inauguration from 423 miles up — in space. This could have only worked on a clear day, so that clouds weren’t blocking the view. Good news: It was a clear day, and the pictures (above and below) look great.Th (Read More)
The Long Tail
In this talk at UC Berkeley, Google's Sergey Brin confesses (at minute 1:27) that he thought Wikipedia couldn't work. Most people wouldn't contribute, he rightly assumed, and it would never reach critical mass. He was in good company. In the classic "free rider" problem, you imagine an elementary school class with 20 stud (Read More)