This week was big in social media, especially for Facebook, which announced new features in some of its apps, an entirely new stand-alone app and expanded the amount of information it can collect from you. Twitter, meanwhile, finally enabled tweeting GIFs, LinkedIn faces a lawsuit for violating privacy, and Snapchat got more social with a new sharing feature. It's time for Social Media Saturday.
After a contentious year of debate over whether and how to implement smartphone "kill switches" -- applications that allow users to disable their lost or stolen devices remotely -- it looks like most smartphones will come with that option in an attempt to deter smartphone theft. Here's good news from Apple: They work.
Will SMS Audio be as successful as Beats by Dre? "50 Cent" Curtis James Jackson and Carmelo Anthony launched an SMS Audio product line Thursday night in an invite-only event in Manhattan.
Enjoy these games on your Wii U. With Wii U sales soaring lately thanks to the release of the new Mario Kart game, now is the time to join the Wii U community.
A bipartisan amendment passed the House of Representatives that would cut funding of the National Security Agency's "backdoor surveillance" on Americans.
What's going on this week in the world of cybersecurity? For starters, we have a government hiring problem, another government agency stepping into the cyber fray, a World Cup under fire and, naturally, pizza being exploited.
The two laptops look a lot alike, but are they? The Asus Zenbook NX500 looks a lot like the MacBook Pro. They both have the same colors, and both are ultra portable.
For WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the most important information he publicly leaked is the ongoing "Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy" (PLUSD) series, which he believes had the "most impact" in court cases and elections.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has captured several towns and cities in Iraq, and the Sunni terror group's progress could be threatened due to social media. "Secret" strategies about ISIS have allegedly leaked on Twitter ranging from veiled associations and conspiratorial plots.
Why wait for the iOS 8 release? Enjoy iOS 8 features now! Are you excited for the new iOS 8 operating system? Can you wait until fall for its release? In some ways, you don't have to -- if your device is jailbroken.
Users in U.S., India, U.K., and more couldn't log in Thursday morning. Facebook was down briefly Thursday morning, causing millions of users worldwide to be without access to the hugely popular social media website.
Women are minimally represented in the world of computer sciences these days. Women are minimally represented in the world of computer sciences these days.
Chairman Tom Wheeler, of the Federal Communications Commission, has hinted that the agency might be interested in increasing Internet broadband competition by stopping local and state laws, often imposed with pressure by big incumbent Internet service providers, that outlaw municipal broadband.
On Wednesday, at a much-anticipated event in Seattle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the "Fire Phone," surprising no one, after a series of leaks and teasers all but gave away the existence of the online retail giant's new device. Here are the details.
Community Challenge mode allows gamers to customize the game and challenge other gamers. It's every baseball fan's dream to have their team come through in a critical situation like the ever-so-popular "bottom of the ninth, down one run, two outs, bases loaded" situation.
Things are really heating up in the U.S. wireless industry as a Sprint and T-Mobile merger begins looking more likely, causing some giants to go on the defensive.
Model will be slower, have less hard drive space. Apple is cutting the price of its low-end iMac by $200, but buyers will have to deal with a slower processor and smaller hard drive to save the money.
Rockstar Games released The "I'm Not a Hipster" Update for Grand Theft Auto Online yesterday and will celebrate with the Social Club "I'm Not a Hipster" Event Weekend this Friday through Sunday.
