NewsWires 
Atari Challenges Indie Game Developers to Recreate ‘Pong’ for iOS
Atari has invited indie game developers to create an iOS version of Pong for a chance to win $100,000 and a development contract with Atari. Forty years ago, Pong became the first commercially successful video game ever, driving thousands to … Continue reading
NASCAR Driver Tweets From Car, Gains Over 100,000 Followers in Two Hours
When the Daytona 500 ran into a protracted delay following an explosion and fire on the track Monday night, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski did what any social media addict would: grabbed his phone and began posting status updates to Twitter. … Continue reading
NASCAR Driver Tweets From Car, Gains More Than 100,000 Followers in Two Hours
When the Daytona 500 ran into a protracted delay following an explosion and fire on the track Monday night, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski did what any social media addict would: grabbed his phone and began posting status updates to Twitter. … Continue reading
iPad Event Confirmed: Apple Invites Press to ‘Touch’ Something
Apple just sent out invitations to an event next Wednesday to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Besides the time and location information, the invite only says “We have something you really need … Continue reading
Designer Jason Wu Tops Online Buzz Charts During New York Fashion Week [STUDY]
Nordstrom live-streamed Jason Wu’s Fall 2012 collection on its website. New York and London fashion weeks have drawn to a close, and the data is in. Fashion designer Jason Wu’s Fall/Winter 2012 collection garnered the most attention across blogs, Facebook … Continue reading
Google+ Users Spent Just 3.3 Minutes There Last Month
Users spent just 3.3 minutes on Google+ in January compared to 7.5 hours for Facebook, according to a new comScore report. The gulf between usage on G+ and Facebook has always been large, but comScore’s numbers show a downward trend … Continue reading
Google Android Welcomes Windows Phone Competition
BARCELONA: Android is on a tear. It has now has, according to Google’s Mobile and Digital Content division lead Andy Rubin, 300 million activations, with 850,000 new Android devices coming on line each day. There are now at least 1,000 … Continue reading
With Second Cohort, NewMe Continues Accelerating Minority Entrepreneurship
In a tech world where just 1% of startup founders are African American, it’s easy for young minority entrepreneurs to feel discouraged trying to navigate Silicon Valley. But that sense of alienation is on its way out if the digital … Continue reading
Apple to Unveil iPad 3 in New York Next Week, Says CNBC
According to CNBC, Apple will reveal the iPad 3 at an event next week in New York City. Sources reportedly told CNBC that the next-generation iPad will be a quad-core iPad 3 with 4G LTE. So far those are all … Continue reading
Apple to Unveil iPad 3 Next Week [UPDATED]
UPDATE, 12:10 p.m. ET: Apple has sent invitations to the event, which will be March 7 in San Francisco. According to CNBC, Apple will reveal the iPad 3 at an event next week in New York City. Sources reportedly told … Continue reading
