Facebook has launched the facial recognition feature to its photo tagging feature, called Tag Suggestions. Facebook photos is one of the most popular features of this social networking site and this latest feature will automatically suggest who users should tag in photos based on facial recognition technology. Tag Suggestions will be available to U.S. users ...

Adkeeper, a new online advertising service, has today announced that it will soon release a ground-breaking new metrics tool for online advertising. It could prove highly beneficial for online advertisers, not only helping them to evaluate the online advertising performance, but also identify the most effective publishing advertisements for future ads. It is already offering ...

CloudBees, an innovation leader in Java cloud computing, announced the successful acquisition of Stax Networks,  a pioneering Java Platform-as-a-Service solutions provider. This acquisition will facilitate the delivery of CloudBees’ own Java PaaS, RUN@cloud and DEV@cloud service. The company will now become a one stop shop for the cloud environment, from the development to production solutions. ...

An IBM Supercomputer is soon going to compete with the past champions of “Jeopardy!”; Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. This first ever Man Vs. Machine show is scheduled to air on February 14, 2011. This computer “Watson” is named after IBM’s founder Thomas J. Watson. Besides this machine, one more IBM machine also defeated chess ...

For the first time ever in the US, web surfing is becoming as time-consuming as watching TV. A recent Forrester report suggests that online consumers are spending as much time on web surfing as on watching television. Besides, they are also selective about what they are doing online. Mobile Internet is also playing a significant ...

Conde Nast, a leading name in the publishing industry, is knee-deep in cash, with an eye for digital publications. This top media company owns pretty much every major magazine and TV channel you can think of, including a good chunk of Discovery Communications.  It’s getting rid of shares in Discovery to go towards this new ...

Cisco, a cornerstone company for the Information Technology sector, has reported a disappointing sales forecast and fallen earnings. The overall disappointing outlook has further lowered the company stock value. As a result of the not-so-good sales forecast, the Dow Jones industrial average  fell almost 100 points (15 per cent) with the Nasdaq composite index down ...

A recent study by Hitwise and comScore reports growing popularity of daily deal sites and apps, especially during the holiday season. As consumers prefer to shop and get bargain deals online, the popularity of deal sites is going upward. One of the most popular deal site is Groupon. It alone accounts for 79 per cent ...

Sprint is planning to expand its tablet computer portfolio, and will be soon replace the laptops by tablets by next year.  As tablets are much less expensive than laptops and are also the hottest gadgets this time. These can be easily connected with wireless internet using networks like Sprint. “There’s a lot of interest in ...

The final installment of Cisco Connected World Report has finally arrived, highlighting the increasing role of data centers, security and mobile information access as top IT trends worldwide. This study was carried out in 13 major countries of the world and finds out the behavioral trends of IT professionals. A major finding of the study ...