Art How Instagram Imagery Is Transforming In the world of social media, "celebrity" is a combination of social status and social media presence. The more likes you receive, the more "popular" you appear to friends and followers. Up until its acquisition by Facebook, Instagram was the current site of social media celebrity. As it becomes yet another Facebook app, the photography will… Mobile Alicia Eler View comments
Apple What Look for During Apple's Earnings Call Apple will report its March quarter earnings this afternoon, including the first few weeks of new iPad sales. Be sure to join us for coverage and analysis starting after 4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT. It hasn't been the busiest of quarters for Apple, but there's at least five things we'll be paying attention to in Apple's report and earnings call. Dan Frommer View comments
mobile Shared Data Plans Make Sense for Consumers and Carriers Companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are favorite punching bags of users and advocates and the carriers are constantly looking for an edge that will prop up their consumer mindshare. The primary avenue of differentiation for each carrier is the plans they offer. As consumers adopt multiple devices, is the era of the shared data plan… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Software Guides RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit Startups face a lot of challenges, but putting together the tools and infrasture they need to get up and running shouldn't be one of them. Startups need to minimize cost and effort so they can focus on brewing their secret sauce, but they can't afford to look like amateurs. That's where ReadWriteRecommends comes in. The Startup Toolkit… Cormac Foster View comments
Cloud Computing Skytap Improves Its Remote Cloud Access Skytap, a cloud service provider that claims to have more than a million hosted VMs in its cloud, today announced three new improvements to its service that will ease testing and operating collections of new virtual machines (VMs). The three features include better remote access, customizable usage reports and a new burstable rate for heavy traffic… David Strom View comments