The Pirate Bay is looking to promote your band or film for free if you're willing to let other people get at it for free. The Pirate Bay today announced The Promo Bay,

Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you've got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You've only got 140 characters to make an impression.

The virtual pissing contest between Arabs and Israelis raged on today. A hacker network called "group-xp" claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and on El Al Israel Airlines. But, let's be clear.

Alongside SOPA, PIPA and OPEN, H.R. 3605 has joined the party. H.R. 3605, otherwise known as the Global Online Freedom Act of 2011 was drafted and introduced to the House on December 8 by Representative Christopher Smith from New Jersey.

Apple is getting ready to expand its retail presence in France, according to a new report. Aix-en-Provence will become home to France's second Apple Store sometime late this year, reports Aix en Dialogue, the official magazine of the city.

Tired of having those lags in loading a streaming video that interrupt your all-important viewing enjoyment? Want to be able to download gobs of torrents in the blink of an eye?

Over the weekend, the Stop Online Piracy Act was dealt a major blow as the legislation was delayed until "outstanding concerns" have been addressed.

IBM unveiled today a new set of software and services for social analytics in the enterprise. The main software product is IBM Connections for analytics, real-time data monitoring, and collaborative networks through IBM's SmartCloud services. Included in the new offerings,

The January issue of STORES magazine has an article called 20 Ideas Worth Stealing. Since they're advocating helping yourself, I figured they wouldn't mind if I borrow a few of their ideas to share here. The entire article is a great mix of basic marketing manners and innovations that use mobile and other digital options to enhance the in-store experience. But there are also ideas that the strictly online retailer can use as well.

A compilation of studies from eMarketer, PEW, and region-specific groups has examined social network use and trust for regions around the world. Emerging markets approaching more common internet access both used and trusted social networks more. ...