Adobe Lightroom meets Instagram with this awesome $5 preset pack

Ah, filters. Though they may be a bit over applied these days, that lofty vintage photo look has been hip for years (see Lomography) and i... Read more »

An inside look at the tech that powers LearnVest: Up close with CTO Hrishi Dixit

LearnVest is in a class of its own as a leading brand for women and their money online. The company’s mission is to empower women everywher... Read more »

Google commissions 6 developers to hack on its Hangouts API for 2 weeks

After releasing an update to its Hangouts API, the Google+ team is quite eager to see what developers are planning to do with it. They’re s... Read more »

Jumio opens Netswipe Mobile SDK, gives away $5M worth of scanning fees to startups

Digital payments startup Jumio has today released its Netswipe Mobile SDK, which allows developers to add credit card scanning capabilities... Read more »

This artist made a city out of movable type

Type City, a “metropolis created from moveable type” as NOTCOT calls it, was built by NY-based artist Hong Seon Jang. As you can see in the... Read more »

It’s complicated: Indian woman files for divorce over ‘single’ Facebook status

Love. It’s not always all you need. In a sure-tell sign that Facebook’s IPO will be a massive failure, an Indian women has reportedly filed... Read more »

Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, traffic from Facebook is up 2.5x

Since Tumblr integrated with Open Graph last month, its referral traffic from Facebook has grown by more than 2.5x, according to Jeff Sherl... Read more »

Korea’s Treum helps companies cut through the noise and find value from social media data

Social media platforms, along with the number of users, continue to grow at an incredible rate and the amount of updates, tweets and links ... Read more »

Confirmed: Pinterest raises $100 million from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, previous backers

After we broke the news that visual bookmarking and curation site Pinterest was about to announce a big funding round, with AllThingsD foll... Read more »

Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sites

Whenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the... Read more »

Apple no longer censoring the word ‘jailbreak’ in U.S. iTunes Store

Yesterday a bit of a hullabaloo was started when it was discovered that Apple was censoring the word ‘jailbreak’ in the U.S. App Store. Now... Read more »

Infinity Blade: Dungeons gameplay finally revealed, two months after teaser at Apple’s iPad launch

Revealed at Apple’s iPad 3 launch event, Epic Games’ new Infinity Blade: Dungeonstitle has been forever ‘Coming Soon.’ Today, we can finall... Read more »

Apple finishes converting 4G branding to ‘WiFi + Cellular’ for iPads across European stores

Apple has apparently completed converting the wording of all of its European stores from the old iPad ’4G’ branding, which landed it in hot... Read more »

Apple’s next iPhone will feature a new design worked on by Steve Jobs, and a bigger screen

The next iPhone, whatever it might be called, will feature an ‘overhauled’ look, including a screen larger than the current 3.5″, according... Read more »

Sony hires Woz as advisor to Steve Jobs film, which Sorkin says won’t be a ‘straight ahead biopic’

As the production gets underway for the Steve Jobs biopic being penned by Aaron Sorkin, some details are coming to light. According to a re... Read more »

India tipped to overtake the US to become the world’s biggest Facebook market by 2015

It has just seen Brazil overtake it to become Facebook’s largest overseas market, but India is being tipped to overtake the US and the Lati... Read more »

Facebook drops, kissing IPO price before rebounding

In a nail-biting bit of trading, Facebook landed at the $38 mark, and sat there, almost falling below its IPO price. The company had spiked... Read more »

See all the photos Facebook employees are posting to Instagram on IPO day

It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally happened, Facebook has gone public on NASDAQ and is offering 421,233,615 shares to investors.... Read more »

Facebook spikes 13.16% to $43 per share on NASDAQ debut; $117.7b market cap

In its public trading debut on NASDAQ, Facebook’s share price immediately jumped 13.16% to $43, instantly giving the social networking gian... Read more »

FindWatchShare: Revolver rolls out Facebook video-on-demand service in the UK and Ireland

UK independent film distributor Revolver Entertainment has launched a new Facebook video-on-demand (So-VOD) service at Cannes Film Festival... Read more »

Interested in the solar eclipse on May 20th? Check out this Google Map from NASA

You only have one shot to catch the solar eclipse on May 20th, or you’ll have to wait until next year. Thanks to technology, and some help ... Read more »

No more +1′s on YouTube, now you’ll have to share your feelings on Google+

Google has been integrating its social layer Google+ into all of its products lately. Gmail and YouTube have gotten the social treatment, b... Read more »

Google commissions 6 developers to hack on its Hangouts API for 2 weeks

After releasing an update to its Hangouts API, the Google+ team is quite eager to see what developers are planning to do with it. They’re s... Read more »

Iran plans to sue Google over leaving the Persian Gulf nameless on its Maps service

It seems that Google’s woes over its decision to leave the Persian Gulf nameless on Google Maps are far from over, with Iran saying it will... Read more »

US Senator investigates Google, NASA over use of private airfield for company jets

A deal between Google and NASA is to be investigated by US Senator Charles Grassley over ‘benefits’ the search giant’s have enjoyed followi... Read more »

FreeAppADay clears up the facts on its relationship with Socialcam (UPDATED)

UPDATE: FreeAppADay CEO Joe Bayen has issued a statement to TNW to clarify its position on its relationship with Socialcam: Socialcam use... Read more »

Vyclone: This collaborative video app is just what citizen journalists ordered

2011 was a tumultuous year for the Middle East, but the troubles also served as a reminder of the role technology can play in giving every... Read more »