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White House Updating Online Privacy Policy

A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and social media sites, and it…

Teenager Arrested for Threatening American Airlines on Twitter

Dutch police have arrested a 14-year-old girl in Rotterdam after she sent American Airlines a threatening tweet on Sunday. The message became a viral sensation on Twitter after a user…

Twitter Buys Social Data Provider Gnip

Twitter Inc said it bought social data provider Gnip to provide enhanced data analytics capabilities to its business customers. Twitter did not disclose the price it paid for Gnip. “Together…

Twitter Adds Ability to Post Multiple Photos, Tag Friends

In its continuing quest to make its service more attractive to casual users, Twitter has added the ability for users to post multiple pictures at once as well as tag…

Google Hangouts, Drive Go Down for Some Users, Twitter Panic Follows

Monday morning began with a thud for many Internet users who have reported problems with Google Hangouts and Google Drive. Users say they are experiencing issues accessing Hangouts and Drive,…

Academy Awards 2014: Twitter Nation Eagerly Awaits Oscars Night

THE ACADEMY AWARDS — Oscar to his friends — are upon us. The whole world is watching, as the kids used to say back in the Days of Rage, or…

Happy 59th Birthday, Steve Jobs

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was born 59 years ago today. His life was unusual from its very beginning. The child of a young unmarried couple, he was put up…

Pew Maps Twitter Conversations, Finds 6 Types

People take to Twitter to talk about everything from politics to breakfast to Justin Bieber in what feels like a chaotic stream of messages. So it may come as a…

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,…