Yes, unemployment is still hovering around 10 percent in the U.S., but that doesn’t change the fact that things have been quite sunny for freelancers, according to Elance.

According to comScore’s latest figures, Google’s competitors gobbled up its lost market share in March, as Bing continued its upward climb. Meanwhile, Facebook sustained its rapid growth as a search entity in the U.S.

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Ladies, Are you tired of showing up to conferences in smart business attire only to find your male counterparts lounging in jeans and sneakers?

If the performance marketing sector could act as a predictor for the broader markets, it would suggest an incredibly active mergers and acquisitions market in the year ahead. Google and Apple have…

A recent WebBizIdeas.com poll found that more than a quarter of Twitter business users would be willing to pony up some extra cash for additional business functionality on the social networking site.

According to a survey conducted by Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, the majority of iPad buyers are already Apple users and nearly all of them do not plan on replacing their computers with the newfangled device.

According to a recent report released by comScore, Motorola remains the top handset maker in the U.S. despite losing ground recently, while LG and Samsung remain close behind. Meanwhile, Google’s Android mobile platform continues to grab more market share.

A recent bit of research released by GigaOM Pro found that a big chunk of online video viewers are younger and tend to be early adopters of new technologies.

Poor Google, at least that’s how we feel recently, given that so much of our attention has of late focused on Facebook and not the company that commands 30 to 40x of their ad dollars. The latter’s platform is one…