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• How Twitter's Iconic 'Fail Whale' Was Born

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 23/1/12

  In an interview with PandoDaily, Twitter "Fail Whale" creator Yiying Lu spilled the beans on how the Fail Whale came to be.

  • Twitter
  • iStockphoto
  • Facebook
  • Flickr

• Here's How Google Search Is Destroying Our Memory

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 22/1/12

  "We are becoming symbiotic with our computer tools, growing into interconnected systems that remember less by knowing information than by knowing where the information can be found. ".

  • Harvard University
  • Columbia University
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Here Are The 10 Best Free Apps For Your iPhone (AAPL)

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 22/1/12

  We've become pretty accustomed to shelling out a dollar or two for the best iPhone apps, but many of the best apps are free.

  • Apple
  • The Business Insider
  • Microsoft Photosynth
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Microsoft
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

• Another Analyst Firm Says That Windows Phone Will Beat The iPhone By 2015 (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 22/1/12

  iSuppli attributes the giant increase in market share over the next few years "largely" to the introduction of the Nokia Lumia 900, which Nokia launched at CES last week in Las Vegas.

  • Apple
  • Nokia
  • Windows Phone 7
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Consumer Electronics Show
  • iPhone
  • Gartner
  • Twitter
  • International Data Corporation

• Facebook And A Chicago Company Are Going To War Over The Word 'Timeline'

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 22/1/12

  Facebook says that "timeline" is too generic of a word to trademark, while Timelines. com says that Facebook is about to destroy its business.

  • Facebook
  • Lawsuit
  • Twitter

• MegaUpload's Playboy Founder Kim Dotcom Is Also One Of The Best Gamers In The World

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 22/1/12

  Between jetsetting around the world, hanging with Bruce Willis, and buying up sportscars, MegaUpload founder and multimillionaire Kim Dotcom had time to cultivate some other hobbies.

  • Millionaire
  • Playboy
  • Bruce Willis
  • BitTorrent
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Megaupload

• Here Are The Best iPhone And iPad Apps You Missed This Week (AAPL)

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 21/1/12

  After a little hiatus due to the Consumer Electronics Show last week, we're back with our favorite apps that you may've missed this week.

  • Consumer Electronics Show
  • The Business Insider
  • Apple
  • iPad
  • Soul Calibur
  • iPhone
  • Facebook
  • GIF
  • Twitter

• Microsoft And Nokia Have A Crazy Deal To Stick 'Nokia' On Every Bing Maps Page (MSFT, NOK)

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 19/1/12

  ". . . part of the relationship we established with Microsoft is that we are clearly placing a bet on the Windows Phone platform. [In return] they are placing a bet on our location-based platform: mapping, navigation and so forth. ".

  • Windows Phone 7
  • Nokia
  • Microsoft
  • Bing Maps
  • Research In Motion
  • BlackBerry
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

• Inside Facebook's Biggest Product Launch In The Last Year

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 19/1/12

  Timeline, Facebook's new profile view that lets you make a collage out of your life, started as an overnight "hack" built by four people.

  • Windows Phone 7
  • Apple
  • Android
  • Facebook
  • Product design
  • iPhone
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

• EXCLUSIVE: How Nokia Built The Phone That Will Save Windows Phone (NOK, MSFT)

  Ellis Hamburger @ Silicon Alley Insider - on 18/1/12

  At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, Nokia absolutely blew away the competition.

  • Consumer Electronics Show
  • Nokia
  • Microsoft
  • Product marketing
  • Windows Phone 7
  • AT&T
  • Twitter
  • T-Mobile
  • Carl Zeiss