Sketchpad

Online Paint/Drawing application

Shorty Awards spotlight best of Twitter

The Shorty Awards - the real-time Web's version of the Oscars - has released its list of finalists. Check out the list here. You can vote on your favorites until Friday at noon ET. (More on how to...

House Passes Cybersecurity Bill

The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States’ cybersecurity army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the country’s vulnerability online.

Google Asks Spy Agency for Help With Inquiry Into Cyberattacks

Google has turned to the National Security Agency for technical assistance to learn more about the computer network attackers who breached the company’s cybersecurity defenses last year, a person...

Google searches getting more social

(CNN) -- Google's move to include social networking information in its searches has gotten personal. The search-engine giant has announced that, with a few tweaks, people using Google can now see...

15 Must-Have Web Apps for Students

Using free web apps is an easy and cost-effective way to increase your academic productivity. A well-designed app can also replace expensive software products and free up space on your computer. Here...

Survey of Executives Finds a Growing Fear of Cyberattacks

A survey of 600 computing and computer-security executives in 14 countries suggests that attacks on the Internet pose a growing threat to the energy and communication systems that underlie modern...

Three Reasons Why the iPad WON’T Kill Amazon’s Kindle

It may be suddenly fashionable to say so, but the new Apple iPad tablet won’t kill the Kindle from Amazon. Here are three reasons.

Top 10 Best Social Media Presentations

Hi woorkuppers, this is Stefano. I’m new on woorkup, from now I will start writing posts about Social Media highlighting specific topics (Marketing, Strategies, Monitoring, Trends). So let’s start....

'Cult' of Apple hangs on Wednesday announcement

Apple Inc., the Cupertino, California, company that's the darling of the gadget world right now, is widely expected to release a touch-screen "slate" computer on Wednesday at an invite-only event in...

Wheelchair mobility at the tip of the tongue

Shepherd joined forces with scientists from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology to try out a new wheelchair, powered not by a keyboard, buttons or...

Trapped father survives with help of phone app

Alone in the darkness beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood streaming from his head and leg. Then he remembered -- he had an app for that.

List of Top 50 Websites in December 2009

Last week, Compete released its ranking of the top 50 Web sites in December 2009. During the final month of the year, winter weather blasted the country and drove holiday travelers into an online...

Social Media overtakes Search Engines

In our recent report on Social Media in Australia, ‘The Rise and Rise of the Social Network”, I highlighted Social Networking and Forums growth and predicted that it would overtake Search Engines in...

Yelp’s Divide Between Businesses and Reviewers

In the February issue of Inc. magazine, Max Chafkin writes about the sometimes bitter split between reviewers on Yelp and the businesses they critique.