Who are the world’s most powerful women?

Nearly a dozen tech executives made Forbes magazine’s new list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” an annual ranking based on somewhat subjective assessments of the “money, media presence and impact” wielded by various female celebrities, politicians and business leaders around the globe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was rank ...

Yelp! Review site’s shares tumbling

Tech and grub, two of our favorite things. We’re talking review site Yelp, which is seeing its shares dive today. They’re down about 7.5 percent to $29.20 as of this post. Why the big dip? Investors could be spooked by what’s been called a combo-platter deal between Chicago-based GrubHub and New York-based Seamless, ...

Google’s breathing down Apple’s neck

For all you fanboys and fangals who hang on to every last twitch on every last brand-ranking listing out there, and we know there are a ton of them, here’s the latest – and it doesn’t look good for Apple: The blog headlines tell it all. First, from CNET: Customers not as happy with iPhone as they were last year And t ...

Ain’t nothing but a GIF/JIF thing: GIF creator wins Webby, issues pronunciation decree

Think peanut butter: “It’s pronounced JIF, not GIF.” That was the five-word acceptance speech of Steve Wilhite, creator of the GIF, after he was presented a lifetime achievement award Tuesday at the Webby Awards. (See video below) “End of story,” Wilhite says, according to the New York Times. That settles ...

Gov. Jerry Brown keeps pressing on the perils of climate change

California Gov. Jerry Brown is one of the most vocal politicians about the dangers of climate change. In December 2011, he convened a summit at the California Academy of Sciences that began with a blistering attack on libertarians, the Republican party and others who deny that climate change is underway despite overwhelming scientific ...

Quoted: Storm chasers in the age of smartphones and social media

“Your life is not worth a viral video.” — Neil Katz, digital editor-in-chief for The Weather Channel, on the new breed of storm chasers — those armed with small video cameras and smartphones, even as he acknowledged that amateurs can produce compelling photos and videos. A storm chaser who’s been doing it for 18 year ...