Groupon ‘s financial history hasn’t always been this precarious, but lately, the daily deal site seems to be teetering on a stock market tightrope. In April, the company’s stock price plummeted on news that the SEC planned to investigate Groupon’s Q4 earnings restatement. Read more »
Smartphone Graphics to Soon Surpass Xbox 360? [VIDEO]
Want your phone’s graphics to match those of top gaming systems such as the Xbox 360? Read more »
For Love or Money: Does Online Dating Really Work? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Online dating is booming. The industry has doubled since 2007, currently boasting 40 million users and $1.9 billion in annual revenue, according Match.com. Read more »
Survey: Telecommuting Becoming More Prevalent [INFOGRAPHIC]
Working from home is on the rise, and more companies are trusting their employees to be more productive in their own home offices than they might be at the workplace. Read more »
Why iPad Textbooks Are Still Too Expensive for Schools [INFOGRAPHIC]
When Apple announced its initiative to bring iPads into schools and provide textbooks in digital format, the reaction among many was enthusiastic . iPad textbooks are more interactive, they can be easily updated and they can’t be easily vandalized. Read more »
Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These Words [INFOGRAPHIC]
Next time you write an email subject line, think twice about the words you’re using. Loading your message with words such as “confirm,” “join,” “press,” or “invite” is not a good idea if you want a response, says data from Baydin , the makers of email plugin Boomerang . Baydin recently extracted data from five million emails its users handled — either using the company’s “ email game ” or scheduled for later via Boomerang Read more »
How Much Do Tech Companies Make Per Employee? [CHARTS]
As the U.S. limps back from recession, the tech industry has been hailed as a boon for growth and job creation. Read more »
How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Schools are on a short list of organizations that have been notoriously slow to adopt emerging tech. But within the last few years, as social media becomes more integral to students’ lives, educational institutions are finally catching on, and catching up Read more »
How 9 Tech Giants Traded After Going Public [INFOGRAPHIC]
Now that Facebook has filed paperwork for its Initial Public Offering , the world will be watching the company’s value. Assuming the SEC approves the filing, stocks will likely begin trading in May. The social network will be offering $5 billion in stock, and some estimates of market value place the company at a whopping $100 billion Read more »
SOPA and Hollywood: Standing in the Way of Technological Innovation [INFOGRAPHIC]
In case you’re still unclear about the U.S. Congress’s hapless SOPA legislation that went down in flames earlier this month, the Matador Network sums it up neatly with this angry infographic. Once you’ve read this infographic about SOPA , you might become angry, too. Read more »