I’ve often found myself countering the argument that the Internet is making us dumber by citing Google as a second brain: the search engine lets us remember stuff that we didn’t actually know, which is sort of true as connectivity becomes ubiquitous. But what if there was a service designed specifically to retrieve information that [...]

How Social Media Can Help Toyota With Its’ Recall TORRANCE, Calif., January 26, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator pedal, announced on January 21, 2010. “Helping ensure the safety of our [...]

As we’re now less than a day away from Apple’s surprise iPhone 4 press conference, speculation is at a fever pitch. Depending on what you read, Apple is either going to recall the device, offer users to trade it in for a new version, offer free bumpers, offer gift cards, simply explain the problem — [...]

Yesterday, a reader claimed that—after exchanging his iPhone 4—he couldn’t reproduce the sharp signal drop caused by the antenna problem. Now, some readers have confirmed the story. However, others haven’t seen any improvement in their replacement units. [Updating] More » Gizmodo: top

Shiv Singh is the VP & Global Social Media Lead at Razorfish.com. For more information on social influence marketing, you can read his book Social Media Marketing for Dummies, visit his blog, and follow him on Twitter. There’s no question that Toyota is in deep trouble with its current recall crisis. But could these issues [...]

Reuters – Toyota Motor Corp, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a dealer said Sunday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Technology News