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Social media and the stock markets after that one AP tweet
Amy Scott Apr 30, 2013
One tweet sent the stock market downward, but just for a minute. Now the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions is looking at how social media and the markets should interact.
Meet AppNexus: The online ad platform you already use everyday
Jeremy Hobson Apr 29, 2013
While most people haven’t heard of AppNexus, many Internet users almost certainly interact with the company on a daily basis.
AP Twitter hack: Is it getting harder to protect yourself against suspicious emails?
David Brancaccio Apr 24, 2013
A fake tweet from the AP caused the Dow to fall almost about one percent on Tuesday.
Tweeting your firing: The rise of announcing your professional demise
Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 29, 2013
Terminated employees used to go quietly. But Twitter is becoming a popular site for announcing one's own professional demise. Is that a good thing?
Twitter edges closer to TV with advertising deal
Stacey Vanek Smith Apr 23, 2013
Twitter and Starcom, sitting in a tree...bringing more advertising to your newsfeed. More on how the deal brings Twitter ever so closer to television.
A comedy festival in 140 characters and 6 seconds: Comedy Central launches #ComedyFest
Shannon Mullen Apr 22, 2013
Twitter is launching a comedy festival in conjunction with Comedy Central, and it will all be on Twitter and Vine. How funny can you be in 140 characters and six seconds?
Are 'smart guns' ready for market?
David Gura Apr 19, 2013
Technology exists where only electronically recognized users can fire a gun, but are gun buyers interested?
Bundling no more? Netflix, Hopper chip away at traditional TV
Ben Johnson Apr 17, 2013
The TV industry is changing fast -- and one of its pillars, bundling, may be about to fall.
MLB.com: America's pastime is higher tech than you think
David Brancaccio Apr 11, 2013
Baseball, with its passion for tradition, is higher tech than you think. MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman discusses live streaming and baseball's mobile strategy.
New technology lets deaf, hard of hearing make calls in HD
Ben Johnson Apr 10, 2013
A company called Purple Communications has new technology to help people who are deaf or hearing impaired communicate digitally through an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
