HOW TO: Launch a Successful Twitter Contest

Everyone loves a good contest, and Twitter is a valuable platform on which to run one. If your followers already like your brand, they’ll typically be willing to enter a contest in exchange for the chance to win your products, recognition or prizes.

End of the line for Kodachrome Film

It’s the end of the line for Kodachrome, the first commercially successful color film, created by Kodak in 1935. The iconic film will no longer be processed, as Thursday marked the last time Dwayne’s Photo — a lab in Parsons, Kansas — was willing to accept Kodachrome rolls that needed developing.

Google to delay launch of TV sets: report

Google Inc has asked some manufacturers to delay the launch of TV sets based on the internet company's software, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans.

HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search [VIDEO]

For the past few years, online search has been dominated by Google and Yahoo. Bing, Microsoft’s revamped search engine is slowly gaining traction as well. But in a world of carefully controlled algorithms, your results will most likely be determined by popularity, rather than personality. That is, until now.

Twitter’s advanced search feature takes your query and sends back data that’s based on what the community’s tweeting about it right now. And the results can be pretty insightful. Would you use it to plan a vacation… or perhaps a pub crawl? Check out the video and tell us, in the comments section below, what you think of this feature.

Multiple Gmail accounts just got a lot easier to manage

Google's announced yet another awesome Gmail feature today. Called e-mail delegation, the feature will allow you to easily manage multiple Gmail accounts without signing in and out of Gmail and switching accounts manually.

What's the most popular car colour?

Silver and black are in close competition for the world's most popular car color this year. DuPont's 58th global automotive-color report showed just two percentage points separating silver from black as the preferred color--with black being substantially popular outside of North America.

Microsoft "tracking protection" browser,

Microsoft Corp plans to give users of its new Internet browser the ability to stop certain sites from gathering information from users as the company looks to head off federal online privacy legislation.

Google Unwaraps Chrome PCs

The first laptops powered by Google Inc's Chrome operating system will reach store shelves months later than expected and miss the holiday shopping season as the Internet company fixes software issues.

Google changes 'to tackle piracy'

Google has said it will tweak its search service in an attempt to tackle online piracy, following lobbying by the music industry.