Rumor: Mayer Leaving Google?

This is strictly rumor, but Valleywag is reporting the gossip that one of Google's more "famous" employees may be on the way out. That would be Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, Marissa Mayer. Owen Thomas at VW writes:Top Googlers, overheard at a holiday party, chattered about Mayer's departure as a matter of if, not when. And in some ways, it's surprising she's…

Liberty Media Unloading IAC Shares At Rapid Pace

Liberty Media - and/or its chairman, John Malone - may not have a lot of faith left in Ask.com and other IAC properties.  It seems that Liberty Media has selling the company's stock left and right, unloading 193,100 shares in the last week alone.

Microsoft’s Latest Global Problem

All of the Microsoft haters out there will love this one. When I got up this morning and went to my car to go to the office, I plugged my Zune in to get some tunes on for the drive, and to my dismay, I could not get a single thing to come up on the screen (much less out of the speakers) except the…

Israeli Military Putting Gaza Clips On YouTube

Israel is well known for both developing and buying some of the most advanced military tech in existence.  Now, arms of the nation's government have begun using two of the tech community's favorite social media sites in order to explain and defend its recent actions.

Social Media Sites Hitting Milestones Left And Right

This Christmas was a merry one indeed for many social media sites.  Fresh stats from Hitwise show that Facebook and YouTube accomplished some impressive things, while social networks as a group attracted an unprecedented amount of traffic in the UK.