A first look at YouTube’s new TV stars
16 Feb 2012 6:17pm GMT Dozens of premium content channels bankrolled by YouTube have been launching on the video site since January. So how have the first few weeks been for YouTube's new TV stars? We caught up with Philip DeFranco, John Green and Felix Salmon to find out.
5 ways to harness info tech to fight climate change
16 Feb 2012 5:57pm GMT This is Jonathan Koomey's fourth essay in a series of four this week that highlights, and excerpts from, his upcoming book, "Cold Cash, Cool Climate," which discusses how entrepreneurs and investors can profit from tackling climate change, one of this century’s greatest challenges.
Hands on with Messages for Mac
16 Feb 2012 5:32pm GMT One of the new features of OS X Mountain Lion, coming this summer, is Messages for Mac, which replaces iChat. Apple's iMessage service is available as a beta version to download for use with OS X Lion today. Here are our first impressions.
An inside look at the high-tech awakening in Las Vegas
16 Feb 2012 5:30pm GMT Las Vegas is hardly Silicon Valley and currently has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, but Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has a plan to revitalize the city. Good thing he has hundreds of million of dollars and some promising startups to help out.
Glassmap is like Find My Friends but better
16 Feb 2012 5:00pm GMT The latest social-local-mobile app to enter the market is Glassmap, which is like a cross-platform Find My Friends, but with more features and better battery management. The app, created by a YCombinator-backed startup, also provides better privacy, messaging and notifications than the competition.