Seeking to transform the energy efficiency of global data centers, Facebook today launched the Open Compute Project, an initiative to share the custom-engineered technology in its first dedicated data center in Prineville, Oregon. This advanced technology delivered a 38 percent increase in energy efficiency at 24 percent lower cost for Facebook, and the specifications and best practices behind those gains [...]

eBay is announcing the acquisition of Turkish auction marketplace GittiGidiyor. The deal follows eBay’s acquisition of a minority stake in the company in 2007. With the new investment, eBay now owns approximately 93% of the outstanding shares of GittiGidiyor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launched in, 2001, GittiGidiyor has more than 6.4 million registered users. GittoGidyor is essentially [...]

LinkedIn’s “People You May Know” contact recommendation engine has gotten a surprise for April Fools of 2011. User can see some highly famous historical characters (some are just fictional) as Albert Einstein,  Werner Heisenberg, Dr. Watson,  Wizard of In,  Ernest Hemingway,  J.R.R. Tolkien, Robin Hood, and Sherlock Holmes. LinkedIn has begun recommending people that clearly wouldn’t want to become my [...]

İstanbul’un en yüksek binası İstanbul Sapphire, artık ziyaretçilerini Milliyet.com.tr haberleri ile karşılıyor. Bugün başlayan uygulamada, bina girişine konan dev ekranlardan Milliyet.com.tr’nin haberleri tüm caddeye görünür şekilde yayına başladı. Outdoor pazarlama için özellikle Sapphire teras turunun da çok gözde olduğu bu günlerde çok şık bir örnek diye düşünüyorum. Hazırladığınız haberlerin, içeriklerin böylesine güzel mecralarda, bilgisayar başında olmayanlara bile anında ulaşması ise [...]