Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are. If your idea rocks and you can execute,... 

A new study from Pew Internet found that between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking site usage grew 88% among Internet users aged 55-64, and the 65 and older group’s social networking presence grew 100% in the same time frame. Young people... 

In terms of brand recognition, it’s hard to top a huge live display billboard in Las Vegas . But Foursquare has managed to do it. As you can see above, they now have a massive, multi-level and multi-angle display practically screaming about the... 

A massive array of shimmering advertisements for Foursquare has been erected in New York City’s Times Square. This picture just appeared on Flickr ; it’s pretty impressive. The ad towers over American Eagle’s Times Square retail store.... 

Looks like Motorola is back in the smartphone game! Here’s a comparison video by PhoneArena between two of Motorola’s latest devices that have been released by Verizon in the U.S. – Motorola Droid X versus Motorola Droid 2 . Regarding... 

Around this time yesterday, Cheezburger Network CEO Ben Huh publicly offered on Twitter to buy Reddit from publishing company Condé Nast . Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian responded in a blog post this morning suggesting that all the relevant parties... 

Ringtones — They are the darlings of the music industry and the bane of anyone subject to hearing a bad one. If you’re sick of your plain old telephone ringer but don’t want to download a canned tone, you don’t need to spend extra... 

We’re only a few days away from the launch of the Epic 4G, and for those of you who are interested in buying one, Amazon is offering the phone for $199.99 with a 2 year contract.  Buying from Amazon will run you $50 less than the $250 offering... 

Yes, you read that title correctly.  The team over at SDX-Developers has achieved root on the Samsung Epic 4G , before the phone is even being sold. The process involves first establishing a temporary root, and then pushing a script that sets the root... 

This is a guest post by Hunter Walk ( @hunterwalk ) who conducted a survey of 500 Foursquare users to better understand their check in behaviors and motivations. His obsession with Foursquare is unrelated to his day job leading the consumer product team...