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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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 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…
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,…
