Amazon has released a new commercial for their Kindle line of e-readers and tablets. The first part of the commercial focuses on Amazon's standard response in the Kindle vs. iPad debate: the Kindle is easier to read in the sun. Then the focus shifts to the price. When the dorky iPad owner points out to the hot, bikini-clad Kindle owner that he can watch movies, she points out that her kids can do the same on their Kindle Fires,

comScore's ranking of search engines for the month of January were released today and Microsoft's Bing has held onto the title of second most-used search engine for the second month in a row. In December, Microsoft's Bing unseated Yahoo! to become the #2 rank among search engines and in January Bing cemented that second rank a little further. The percentage of shares among all search engines remained largely unchanged in January from December,

Twitter announced today that it has partnered with Iridium and Thuraya, the two largest satellite operators, so that subscribers of these services have access to Twitter SMS. "Now, even if phone lines and the Internet are inaccessible " for example, in a war zone or after a natural disaster " people will be able to share news and stay informed via Twitter," the company says on its blog . "We work with as many carriers as we can to support SMS around the world,

Late last week we brought you news that energy giant Halliburton was dropping its support for the BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iPhone and iPad. Now it seems that the beleaguered RIM is about to suffer another blow. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is going to be dropping support for BlackBerry as well. According to an internal NOAA memo obtained by The Loop's Jim Dalrymple,

YouTube has announced some new original programming that may rival the Olympics. Chris Hardwick, actor and comedian, has taken to the YouTube blog to announce Course of the Force. Nerdist Industries is partnering with Lucasfilm and Machinima to host the event which will see a five-day Olympic-torch-style lightsaber relay run that will begin on Santa Monica pier on July 7 and end in San Diego on July 11 - just in time for the San Diego Comic Con.

All those rumors swirling around the possibility of an iPad 3 release next month seem to be doing good things for Apple's stock market activity because the company's shares reached yet another all-time high this afternoon. Earlier today, shares of Apple peaked at $496.75 and as of writing this continue to hover around the $493 mark . While it's hardly surprising anymore to hear about how much money Apple has (hint: it's more than the GDP of most countries),

To simplify importing ads for AdWords to adCenter and align with industry standards, adCenter has changed the allotted character count in ad descriptions from 70 to 71. Here's a quick look at all the latest changes to Microsoft adCenter.

To simplify importing ads for AdWords to adCenter and align with industry standards, adCenter has changed the allotted character count in ad descriptions from 70 to 71. Here's a quick look at all the latest changes to Microsoft adCenter.

Last month we brought you news that more people were planning to "cut the cord" and ditch paid cable TV in favor of streaming video options like Netflix and Hulu. Now Nielsen has released their Cross-Platform Report, and the results seem to show that cord cutting really is on the rise. According to the Nielsen study , wired cable subscriptions declined 4.1% in the last year,

A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good 'ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that way. Today's videos feature a thin ice skating, a weatherman for the kids, and a Twisted f*****g Metal ad. No matter your stance on the debate, you have to hand it to Rep. (R) Maureen Walsh.