Author: Adam Clark Estes

Amazon Is Reportedly Building a 3D Smartphone You Can Control with Your Eyeballs

Reuters

The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon is expanding its hardware offerings with a whole new line of gadgets, including a lame-sounding "audio streaming device" and a pair of next gen smartphones.

By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 31, 2011

Sony's New Tablets Are Pretty But Not That Great

The Tablet S and folding Tablet P start shipping in September

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 31, 2011

All Hail the End of Apple's App Store

Nobody seems surprised that the Financial Times is fleeing Apple's sandbox

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 31, 2011

Watch Out, News Corp: FBI Is Getting Serious About Bribery

Oracle is being investigated over allegations of bribery in Africa

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Suicide Bomber Kills 7, Injures 18 in Chechnya

The attack came during end of Ramadan celebrations in Grozny, Chechnya's capital

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Irene Brought the Weather Channel Its Best Ratings Ever

Whether warranted or not, the hype delivered viewers

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Nobody Likes Bank of America's $8.5 Billion Mortgage Settlement

The nation's largest lender got hit with three lawsuits on Tuesday

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Phone Hackers' Names Will Not Be Made Public

It would complicate on-going investigations

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

The New York Times Wants to Put the News in Your Kitchen Table

Literally! The newspaper is experimenting with the possibilities of a tabletop screen

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Exxon Is Going Drilling in the Russian Arctic

The effects global warming might actually make it easier for them to find oil

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

WikiLeaks' Nasty Little Spat With the New York Times

"There has been a grossly negligent mainstream media error, to put it generously"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

News Corp. Hunkers Down: Murdochs to Testify Under Oath

A British High Court will hear the testimonies of top News Corp. executives in October

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 29, 2011

Irene's Destruction Will Be Good for the Economy

A rush to rebuild will boost the GDP in the fourth quarter, at least

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 29, 2011

Google Wants to Own Your Identity

It makes a ton of business sense for them, but what does it mean for you?

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 29, 2011

Walmart's Facebook and Twitter-Powered Future

The world's largest retailer is using social media to boost their e-commerce business

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 29, 2011

Deconstructing the Hurricane Irene Hype

Let's not forget about the under-hyped Hurricane Katrina

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 29, 2011

Signs That WikiLeaks Is Starting to Crack

Internal strife and a scoop-free batch of cables sheds light on the troubled organization

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 26, 2011

Facebook Ditches Deals After Only Four Months

The GroupOn-like service will go dark soon but Facebook will "continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 26, 2011

New York Braces For Irene

This and more live updates from Hurricane Irene, the storm of the century (so far)

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

Bacteria Can Now Turn Newspapers Into a Gasoline Alternative

Let the jokes about the death of print begin

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs the Best He Can

The Facebook founder tips his hat to the Apple visionary, just as you'd expect he would

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

Much of the East Coast Has Declared a State of Emergency

Hurrican Irene is coming and some thing it'll be the storm of the century

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

The CIA Is Helping the NYPD Spy, Probably on Muslims

Police confirmed that an agent is teaching officers espionage techniques

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

Bernie Madoff Says He Was 'Trapped into the Greed of Others'

In other words, he's a victim, here

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

AOL Stock Spikes After They Hire Top M&A Lawyers

Adweek reports that the fledgling internet giant might want to break up

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

British Government Won't Ban Social Media After All

"We've heard from many that Twitter is an effective way to distribute crucial updates…"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

The Secret to Twitter's Hip Corporate Culture: Stationery

Twitter's head of corporate culture runs a letterpress out of her garage

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011

Tim Cook Is a Whiz, But Is He a Visionary?

Based on Apple's product pipeline, it won't matter for years

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

The Best of Steve Jobs's On-Camera Performances as CEO

Remember the time Apple made that really sweet "1984" commercial?

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO, Staying on as Chairman

Former COO Tim Cook is taking over

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Carlos Slim Can't Stop Buying Shares of The New York Times

"We just think the price of the stock is in a good point to buy," says Slim's spokesperson

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Highlights from the Army's Social Media Handbook

Some of the Army's tweeting tips are more applicable to the general public than others

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Twitter Founders Want to Make Money Encouraging People

A new "application for unlocking human potential through positive reinforcement"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Samsung Seems Happy to Play Victim to Apple

The Korean company is oddly optimistic about a new ban on selling Galaxy smartphones

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Thumbing Through WikiLeaks' Fresh Batch of Diplomatic Cables

A cache of 55,000 cables covers Libya, China, Israel, Russia and more

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Journalists Freed from the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli

The Rixos Hotel has become a prison of sorts for 35 international journalists

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 24, 2011

Samsung Suggests Apple Stole the iPad Concept from '2001'

The patent battle over tablet design is getting weirder and weirder

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

An Animated Argument Against Copyright Law

Intellectual property law is crazy complicated, so a YouTube user simplified it

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

Early Reviews of the Web's 'Hometown Newspaper'

The Daily Dot wants to cover online communities like real life communities

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

It's Official: Al Sharpton Gets His Own MSNBC Show

The former civil rights leader and minister will host "PoliticsNation" at 6 p.m.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles the East Coast

The epicenter was in Virginia but tremors were felt as far away as Vermont

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

China's Copycat Twitter Is Gaining on the Original

Weibo's bragging about its growth with a new, seven-story ad in Times Square

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 23, 2011

Facebook's Plan to Beat Google: Sweet Offices, More Startups

The social network wants to hold on to its scrappy roots

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 22, 2011

Goldman Sachs Stock Drops After CEO Hires Defense Attorney

And not just any lawyer: Reid Weingarten has also defended Enron and WorldCom

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 22, 2011

Of Course PETA's Planning to Launch a Porn Site

Years of increasingly salacious ads were bound to lead to erotica

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 22, 2011

The Strange Saga of the Woman Set to Become Russia's Number Three

The clown, ice cream, and horse-filled story of her rise

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 22, 2011

Google's Irresistible Potential as an Alternative to Cable

CEO Eric Schmidt is flirting with broadcasters and their love child could be beautiful

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 22, 2011

Criticism Over American Networks' Late Arrival to Libya Coverage

Everyone was wondering why MSNBC, CNN, and Fox didn't broadcast from Tripoli sooner

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 19, 2011

Let's Blame the Weather for the Terrible Economy

The cost of this year's natural disasters will be one of the highest in history

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 19, 2011

Mexico's President Now Has His Own PBS Adventure Show

It's about the many exciting activities that await Americans south of the border

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 19, 2011

News Corp. More Afraid of U.S. Justice Department Than Scotland Yard

Evidence of bribes could unhinge Rupert Murdoch's businesses in the U.S.

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