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Poll Finds Teenagers Are Concerned About Their Mobile Privacy
A new poll suggests that while there is some room for improvement, American teens are finally starting to understand the privacy risks associated with downloading smartphone apps.
Wean Yourself Off Facebook with Shock Therapy and Harassing Phone Calls
Two MIT students were having trouble finishing their dissertations because of Facebook. Time for some high-tech weaning.
Pandora Does the Hokey Pokey, Turns Itself Around to Remove 40-Hour Mobile Listening Limit
The days of Pandora’s 40-hour monthly listening limits appear to be behind us.
Mass Transit Powers… Activate! This Ring Could Replace Your Subway and Bus Pass
Stuff a ring with the same technology that lets you into the subway or onto a bus, and you’ve got yourself a Sesame Ring.
Yahoo Tops Google in the U.S. for the First Time Since May, 2011
July found Yahoo edging Google out: roughly 196.5 million uniques for Yahoo versus roughly 192.2 million uniques for Google.
Careful What You Wish For: Faster In-Flight Internet Is Supposedly on Its Way
Streaming Netflix? Good. People Skyping? Bad.
Report: Two iPhone Versions — One High-End, One Low-End — to Ship in September
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple asked assembling partner Hon Hai “to begin shipping both a new high-end and low-end iPhone in early September.” It’s unclear whether Apple would announce both at its rumored September 10 event; Apple has yet to roll out two iPhones at once.
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— The reported decrease in global internet traffic when Google services went offline for between one and five minutes, according to web analytics firm GoSquared.
Report: New iPhone May Be Available in Gold Color
It’s apparently not a gaudy over-the-top gold, but more of a champagne hue.
New Microsoft Tech Turns Any Surface into a Touchscreen
Software startup Ubi, in conjunction with Microsoft, has begun selling a system capable of turning any surface into a touchscreen.
Amazon Rounds Up Its Favorite Funny Product Reviews
Not content to let regular people handle the funny-products-on-Amazon roundups, Amazon itself has gotten in on the action.