Kudos to Facebook for introducing a bunch of new privacy controls. Users may now review tagged photos, easily control who sees each post and change who sees a post after it’s gone live. Facebook has also cleaned up the way privacy options are displayed in several areas of the site.
Although Facebook claims these privacy changes have …
Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive officer of Apple. The reason is presumably health-related—Jobs went on indefinite medical leave in January—but neither Jobs nor Apple gave specifics in their statements. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief operating officer, will replace Jobs as CEO, while Jobs will serve as chairman. Cook was already …
A Federal court judge has done his part to fend off an Orwellian future, ruling that the government can’t collect citizens’ cell phone location data without a warrant.
The government had ordered Verizon Wireless to hand over 113 days worth of cell site location data for a criminal suspect without probable cause. In its argument, the …
If you’re the kind of person that trawls tech blogs for the latest gadget news, Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Curve smartphones probably won’t do anything for you.
The latest BlackBerry Curves—model numbers 9350, 9360 and 9370—look like unremarkable upgrades to the standard BlackBerry formula. They’ve got 2.44-inch screens …
Slowly, Google+ is working its way into other Google services. Earlier today we reported on the ability to start Google+ hangouts directly from YouTube, and now Gmail is getting the Google+ treatment.
If the sender of an e-mail has shared any Google+ posts with you, a link to the most recent post will appear in Gmail’s “people …
Amazon’s next Kindle might not just be for bookworms. The company has registered the “kindlescribe.com” and “kindlescribes.com” domains, leading to speculation that the next Kindle will include a stylus for note taking.
Fusible discovered the domains, which Amazon registered on August 20. As Business Insider notes, the e-reader could …
Go ahead and watch that funny cat video your co-worker sent. Chances are you’ll both be more productive afterward.
A new study found that browsing the Internet refreshes tired workers, more so than checking e-mail, sending text messages or making phone calls. Don J.Q. Chen and Vivien K.G Lim, of the National University of Singapore, …
With HP’s decision to stop making WebOS phones and tablets, one thing is painfully clear: Being like Apple is tougher than it looks.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously said that his company “creates the whole widget,” from hardware to software to services. By comparison, hardware makers like Dell, Samsung and Lenovo are at the whim of …
Get ready for a big smartphone battle in October, when Google’s Nexus Prime Android phone is rumored to lock horns with Apple’s iPhone 5.
The Nexus Prime will reportedly run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which will merge Google’s smartphone and tablet operating systems into a single version of software. Like previous “Nexus” phones, we …
Not content with Hollywood fame and a bit of entrepreneurship, Ashton Kutcher decided to try magazine editing, putting together a special online edition of Details that included two features on hot tech startups. Just one problem: Kutcher’s an investor in most of the companies he writes about, and doesn’t disclose the conflict of …
For a company in peril, Research in Motion sure looks gutsy right now. RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone will cost $300 with a two-year T-Mobile contract—after a $50 mail-in rebate—when it launches for consumers on August 31.
The $300 price makes T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 the most expensive on-contract smartphone in the …
On August 21, AT&T will once again “streamline” its text messaging plans, leaving only unlimited and pay-per-text options for new subscribers.
AT&T is removing a plan that offered 1,000 text messages for $10 per month plus 10 cents for additional messages. AT&T’s other texting prices will remain the same, at $20 per month for unlimited
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