Timehop has just admitted more personal information was compromised than they initially thought when their data was breached on July 4th. Timehop is a popular app that shows users exactly what they we…
Have you seen Snapchat’s privacy video?
Privacy settings and personal data are both topics of conversation at the moment. It all started with Facebook and Instagram with the Cambridge Analytica disaster. Since then many other services such …
Are we being exploited by social media?
Facebook has been under fire recently for harvesting people’s data using a company called Cambridge Analytica. The company has ties to President Trump and has personal information from over 50 million…
Apple To Use Drones To Capture Map Data
According to a report from Bloomberg and an anonymous source from Apple Inc, the company is making efforts to rehaul their Maps service with the use of drones. Apple applied for FAA approval to fly dr…
IBM, Twitter to Partner on Business Data Analytics
IBM on Wednesday announced a partnership with Twitter to help shape business decisions using data collected from tweets worldwide. IBM will help businesses predict trends in the marketplace and consum…
Verizon Posts Higher Revenue as Consumers Use More Data
Verizon Communications quarterly revenue rose 4.3 percent, matching forecasts, as price cuts attracted more customers and growing mobile video traffic boosted data usage. Subscribers’ tendency t…
Apple Able to Extract Personal Data Via iPhone
Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week. The…
Sher.ly, Sherlybox Makes a Personal Cloud Possible
Ever since it was revealed that the NSA can access people’s computers and tap into private information, alarmed United States citizens have been turning to private clouds for data security. What…
Google to Release Diversity Data About Workforce
Google is planning to release statistics documenting the diversity of its workforce for the first time amid escalating pressure on the technology industry to hire more minorities and women. The number…
Crowd Reporting Now Available in Weather Underground App for iPhone and iPod touch
Users Can Now Verify Weather Conditions From Their iPhone or iPod touch SAN Weather Underground, the world’s first online weather service, announced today the launch of a new crowd reporting fea…
T-Mobile offers free data to buyers of newest Apple LTE-enabled iPads
T-Mobile is hoping to attract consumers interested in Apple’s latest tablets by offering them free monthly data. A day after Apple’s announcement of the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Ret…
Made in IBM Labs: IBM Lights Up Silicon Chips to Tackle Big Data
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a major advance in the ability to use light instead of electrical signals to transmit information for future computing. The breakthrough technolog…