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Pentatonix: The Evolution of Vocals

      Move over Glee, there’s a new sensation hitting the nation: Pentatonix. This group, so named for “the  world’s most widely recognized five-note music scale,” is a quintent comprised of members Scott…

Twitter Stock May Not Fly so High for Long

Shares of Twitter have rocketed from their November 2013 IPO and enjoyed a breathless run for months. Shares of the online service for small messages were initially sold to investors…

Waze CEO: We’re Completely Different from Google

“I’ve never worked at a large company. I never had a badge,” said Waze CEO Noam Bardin, who led the navigation company to acquisition by Google last year, addressing the…

Tech Industry: Obama’s NSA Reforms ‘Insufficient’

SAN FRANCISCO – Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama’s speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more…

Major Tech Companies Unite to Fight Government Surveillance

Eight of the world’s largest technology companies have combined efforts to launch a website called “Reform Government Surveillance,” designed to expose and counter governmental violations of people’s privacy. The companies…

Twitter Tips for Beginning and Aspiring Tweeters

Twitter tips for beginners Twitter has long been the province of the technorati. But after its IPO last month, it’s a good bet that a whole new cadre of folks…

Top Business Story in 2013: Booming Stock Markets

It was an easy year to emulate Warren Buffett even as Congress almost wrecked the U.S. economy. U.S. stocks rocketed to new heights, and markets in Japan and Europe jumped,…

Commentary: The Year that Was in Tech

Is it the beginning or the end? As 2013 hurtles to its conclusion, the debate on 2014 has just begun: Is the tech industry on the verge of a renaissance,…

Obama to Meet with Tech CEOs Amid NSA Concerns

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is meeting Tuesday with executives from leading technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Apple. The White House says the meeting will focus on efforts to…

Tech Giants Call on President and Congress to Rein in Internet Spy Programs

In an unusual joint statement, leading Internet companies called Monday for new legal restrictions on government spy programs that the companies view as an increasing threat both to their customers’…

Twitter IPO Makes San Francisco the Sexy New Face of Silicon Valley

In case you haven’t noticed, Silicon Valley has been pulling up some of its roots and moving north. With a now publicly traded Twitter as the brash emcee, San Francisco…

Twitter to Shutter Music App?

Earlier this year, Twitter announced that it had finally made the leap into music discovery with its #Music app. Now six months later, the app might be nearing its final…

Win Some Cool iPhone 5 Gear

Who Likes Winning Cool iPhone 5 Gear? All of us, right? I know I do. TimaruCases.com is partnering with us and allowing us to give away one of their exclusive…

Vine video sharing app now ‘adult’ rated

Twitter says its iPhone video sharing app Vine that ran afoul of censors at Apple due to pornographic content will now carry a 17+ “adult” rating. That means prospective users…

How to create and share videos with Vine

Feb. 07–It’s easy to see why Twitter purchased Vine, a mobile service that lets you create and share short looping videos. Now you can tweet your message in 140 characters…