Machines are going social. What does that mean for your business?

By 2016, over 90% of new vehicles sold in America are expected to come equipped with Internet-connected technology features. As car manufacturers race to build the "iPad on Wheels," are we heading toward safety through hands-free technology, or a new wave of distracted drivers making the roads more dangerous?

In what's becoming a predictable move, Syria has shut down Internet access in an attempt to quash the organization of a national uprising, and to stop the flow of images of events to the outside world.

Despite a seemingly stout business plan, and all the well-known financial, social and educational benefits it would bring, the FCC's just turned down M2Z's application for a coast-to-coast free wireless broadband system.

 We've been connecting our iPods up to our car stereos for a few years now, and BMW plans a next-gen iDevice interface that may even let you control apps while you drive. 

Today's hot rumor is that Yahoo and Nokia are poised to announce a partnership deal on Monday next week, with the goal of reinjecting some spice into Nokia's phones and giving Yahoo a bigger audience. But really, it's all about Apple.

XAuth, the supposed competitor to Facebook Connect that made headlines yesterday, turns out to be less a competitor and more powerful than anyone realized. We spoke to one of its key creators, Seth Sternberg, who's also Meebo's CEO, to find out more.

Facebook, in its ceaseless quest to attract traffic to its site and sew up as much of the social Web as it possibly can, is soon to release a new tool that lets you embed elements of a Facebook page into any normal Web page.

Facebook's latest design and interface changes have been variously despised and applauded by its members. One of the biggest and most controversial changes was to make every user's homepage look and feel more like Twitter, which is a continuous "stream" of data that updates in real time. Read More »