Author Archives: Robert Croak

Facebook Says Haters Gonna Hate, Likers Gonna Like Facebook knows what’s best for you, sometimes before you do. That’s the meaning of a new “Likers Gonna Like” inspirational mini-poster printed by the Facebook Toronto Office. If you don’t approve of … Continue reading →

Facebook to set final IPO price Thursday Facebook’s long road to an initial public offering is coming to an end. Late Thursday, it will fill in one last piece of the puzzle: Its final IPO price. That’s the price at … Continue reading →

Google Revamps Search With Massive ‘Real World Map of Things’ Google has grown a brain, and users in the U.S. will soon begin to see new search results starting Wednesday, where Google will display a widget of information about a … Continue reading →

The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon This is what I see when i think about higher education in this country today: Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough to forget isn’t … Continue reading →

Old tech on new: Kickstarter project Etcher brings Etch A Sketch to the iPad Much as we love new technologies, there’s something about nostalgia that is so persuasive that it can cross time and new ideas. This is why we … Continue reading →

Facebook App Center: More showcase than store, actually The app store model is winning the evolutionary battle for software businesses. It’s how operating system manufacturers are making ongoing money, especially on mobile devices. But now Facebook, which has a social … Continue reading →

How Amazon saved Zynga’s butt—and why Zynga built a cloud of its own Five years ago, the social gaming company Zynga was cruising along with a fairly standard IT infrastructure. Servers were racked and stacked in a retail data center … Continue reading →

Hulu To Users: Connect Your Facebook Account Or No Social For You Last month, video provider Hulu made changes to its social sharing features. For Facebook users, it was great — Hulu made it easy to turn sharing on and … Continue reading →

Facebook’s power play Facebook’s business is built on fun and games and the childhood belief that sharing is caring, but there’s nothing cute about its lobbying operation: Its D.C. shop has been built for battle. Founded in 2004, Facebook has … Continue reading →