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I would imagine the people at Facebook weren’t happy when users of the social network began uploading huge amounts of photos using Instagram. Eventually, they gave in and bought Instagram outright for $1 billion to turn a competitor into an asset. You’d think with that purchase, they wouldn’t compete with…
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May 25th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun
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Before Facebook introduced the Timeline, every user had a Wall on their profiles where other users could leave messages or write down comments. A lot of people are crazy over Facebook- some figuratively, others literally – so it makes sense that the social network has spawned a lot of related…
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February 17th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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Parents worry a lot when their kids spend a lot of time on Facebook. There are online predators, scammers, and people who might be just out to hurt your kids.
Granted, these kind of people aren’t just on Facebook; they’re actually all over the web. The social network is just…
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February 13th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua
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The Slingplayer is a very cool way to watch all the content from your local TV stations and networks no matter where you are. Slingbox and Slingplayer work together to place-shift your DVR content to you via the web from anywhere with a connection.…
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November 18th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun
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The Tomodachi Block system is an interesting concept that allows you to stay connected with friends by using wooden blocks that act as tiny wooden displays. Remember the intro to the Brady Bunch… where they are all in a grid and yet are seemingly interacting with each other? That could
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September 2nd, 2011 by: Conner Flynn
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Glassboard is a new mobile social network app made by Sepia Labs, and was built with control and privacy in mind. Glassboard has simple and sensible rules: only the person who created the “board” – think yahoogroups or Circles in Google+ – can invite or remove members as well as…
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August 23rd, 2011 by: Lambert Varias
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I have a lot of friends who are smokers trying to quit. And it was through them that I first heard of the electronic cigarette.
I thought that it was a pretty cool innovation back then and I still do today. And e-cigarette maker Blu has just made things a…
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May 12th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua
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The webcomic xkcd has just released a new version of the map of online communities. The word is that Farmville is taking over more and more of the world. Well, maybe not, but seriously, Facebook is taking up a lot of space.
A lot of thought went into their new…
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October 6th, 2010 by: Range
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June 25th, 2009 by: Technabob
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UK Design firms Industrial Facility and luckybite recently teamed up with Panasonic Japan’s Chief mobile device designer Madori Kuroda to create this prototype digital camera specifically catering to online social networking.
The Panasonic Pixi was designed for use with Mixi, which is Japan’s closest equivalent to MySpace. The device was…
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August 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob