By David Peralty Contributing Writer, [GAS] I have three stories about Facebook today, one focusing on its ads, one on its apps, and one on its popularity. The first comes to us from TechCrunch and talks about how Facebook Flyers can allow you to target your advertising on the site to certain demographics. Here is […]
By David Peralty Contributing Writer, [GAS] There are many ways to get your favorite shows, you can watch them at their scheduled time on television, record them with your PVR or VCR (does anyone use a VCR anymore?) or watch them on the broadcast companies website. If none of these choices work well for you, […]
In the following video, social psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says it’s “every bit […]
Cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch and 200 students at Kansas State University created this video summarizing the most important characteristics of students today: How they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and how the world will change during their lifetime. It’s enlightening and interesting information for […]
By Sterling Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Hey fellas, have you heard the news? If it’s been a long time since you rock and rolled, then get ready for a whole lotta love. Led Zeppelin has finally decided to open their entire music catalogue to a number of online digital distributors. Verizon wireless will provide full […]
By David Peralty Contributing Writer, [GAS] Do you think Facebook is stupid, or that it only appeals to the lowest common denominator of the people on the Internet? Would it then shock you that some people are already saying that the Facebook platform may one day be worth upwards of $100 billion dollars? From Scobleizer […]
By Fred Roth Contributing Writer, [GAS] In my daily sweep across my favorite tech news sites (next to [GAS], of course), I read an article listing 10 behaviors to adopt in order to get what you want from customer service centers. With the holiday shopping season fast approaching (believe me, we employees are already hearing […]
The Twitter-like service from Finland, Jaiku, has been purchased by search engine behemoth, Google. My first thought after finding out about this was, “why?” Google doesn’t really need a micro-blogging platform, and if they were going to purchase one, why take what most people consider to be the second best or third best, at least […]