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Beating a robot at rock-paper-scissors | Gaming and Culture - CNET NewsBeating a robot at rock-paper-scissors | Gaming and Culture - CNET News03-08-2011 by FelipeVargas Tags artificial intelligence, aviation, robots, social networking, tech culture, video games, virtual worlds
Competitive unease hovers over Web 2.0 | The Social - CNET NewsThe Web 2.0 Summit conference in San Francisco made plenty of attendees and speakers nervous about the level of ill will in the Valley these days. But here's a thought: Isn't that just business? Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.11-20-2010 by AbeLandeen Tags news blog, silicon valley, social networking, technology news, web 2.0 summit 2010
Facebook acquires file-sharing service Drop.io | The Social - CNET NewsThe New York-based start-up has close ties to Facebook going back to its early days; founder Sam Lessin, a college classmate of Mark Zuckerberg's, will be joining Facebook. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.11-08-2010 by ElNagual Tags facebook, news blog, social networking, technology news
Reddit head leaves Conde Nast for Hipmunk | The Social - CNET NewsChristopher Slowe, who has been running the Conde Nast site since its co-founders bailed last year, is now bailing as well--and joining his old boss' new start-up. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.11-08-2010 by FelipeVargas Tags news blog, reddit, social networking, technology news
Facebook applies for ad-targeting patent | The Social - CNET NewsThe social network theorizes that if a member hasn't adequately filled out his or her profile for sufficient targeting, that member's friends may be able to fill in the blanks. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.11-02-2010 by CliftonYoung Tags facebook, legal, news blog, social media, social networking, technology news, uspto
Is Zynga's head count higher than Facebook's? | The Social - CNET NewsEven if it isn't, they appear very close in terms of human resources. What does this mean considering Zynga is still dependent on Facebook for much of its traffic? Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.10-05-2010 by Cuchillo Tags bret taylor, employment, engineers, mark pincus, mark zuckerberg, news blog, social media, social networking
Does science education need a dose of danger? | The Social - CNET NewsMad scientists abound at World Maker Faire, from morbid carnival-ride builders to Tesla coil musicians. Kids' science education could get a boost from this, even if safety waivers have to be signed in the process. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy10-02-2010 by AbeLandeen Tags maker faire, news blog, social networking, technology news, world maker faire 2010
At Maker FaireThe crew of a human-size version of the board game Mousetrap--think bowling balls instead of those tiny metal marbles--arrived in New York this week with the aim of using the proudly inefficient machine to flatten one of the city's yellow cabs. Read this09-30-2010 by ElJefe Tags life size mousetrap, maker faire, new york city, news blog, physics, rube goldberg machines, science, social networking, technology news, world maker faire 2010
N.J.A New York Times report reveals that the Facebook CEO plans to make his first act of public philanthropy a massive donation to a troubled N.J. city's school system. Clever timing: it's slated to be announced the same day that 'The Social Network' prem09-28-2010 by LarryDurant Tags cory booker, newark, news blog, philanthropy, snooki, social networking, technology news, the social network
MySpace finally plugs into Facebook | The Social - CNET NewsIndividual users and--more importantly--artists and musicians using MySpace can now push their updates to Facebook, an effort that MySpace probably hopes will keep them from jumping ship entirely. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.09-12-2010 by JackMason and 1 other Tags news blog, social media, social networking, technology news
Meet Twitter's new developer diplomacy | The Social - CNET NewsAt the risk of looking like a big, bad tech company if it copied start-up TweetMeme's own business, Twitter put together an elaborate partnership...which forced TweetMeme to change its business model anyway. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on Th08-13-2010 by WalterHuston Tags developers, news blog, social media, social networking, strategy, technology news, tweetmeme, twitter
Google vs. Facebook: Drawing the battle lines | The Social - CNET NewsGoogle's trying to hit Facebook where it hurts, and Facebook is snapping up patents that may make Google's social-media aims harder to achieve. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.08-07-2010 by GoldHat Tags facebook, google, news blog, social networking
Ceglia: Getting arrested spurred my Facebook suit | The Social - CNET NewsMan claiming to own 84 percent of Facebook says he'd forgotten he ever employed Mark Zuckerberg--until state troopers arrested him for fraud in a wood-pellet business. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.08-07-2010 by RalphDunn Tags intellectual property, lawsuits, legal, mark zuckerberg, social networking
Facebook launches Questions product in beta | The Social - CNET NewsAfter a sneak peek hit the Web this spring, Facebook has launched the product that may put it even more head-to-head with Twitter and even Google. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.07-31-2010 by AbeLandeen Tags facebook questions, news blog, privacy, q&a, quora, social media, social networking, technology news
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