News Google Docs Adds Support for Pivot Tables Today Google announced support for pivot tables to the Google Docs spreadsheet application. According to Wikipedia, pivot tables "can automatically sort, count, total or give the average of the data stored in one table or spreadsheet. It displays the results in a second table (called a "pivot table") showing the summarized data." It's a common… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Analysis Why Bing Could Beat Google in Social Search When you look at the numbers, there's no doubt that Google is the clear leader among search engines. But if recent moves by Google and Bing, in which both added social indicators to their search algorithms, are any indication, then social search could be the thing of the future. We have to wonder then, if social search is indeed the next big… Mike Melanson View comments
Facebook Tech v. Government Over SB 242 Big Tech is fighting Big Government in California over a proposed privacy bill that would limit the amount of information that companies can share about their users. A coalition of tech companies including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Match.com, Twitter and others sent a letter to the California Senate May 16 opposing the bill, saying it is… Social Dan Rowinski View comments
Apple Avoid Data Caps and Compress Your iPhone Data with Onavo If you have to keep an eye on your iPhone data usage - whether it's due to data caps or roaming fees - then you might like Onavo, a new app that will monitor and compress your data so you can use (and pay for) less data. Once you download the Onavo app and register your device, your data is routed through Ovaco's services, which compress your data… Mobile Audrey Watters View comments
Twitter Twitter's Humble Origins If you were a child of the 1990s (and even the early 2000s), then you might remember pagers, those silly little vibrating devices you would clip to your supa-fly JNCO jeans that either flagged you as a teenage victim of overprotective parents, drug dealer, bike messenger or working stiff. Such is the birthplace of Twitter, way back in 2001… Social Mike Melanson View comments