Information Technology
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Going to Lollapalooza or Coachella? Leave the selfie stick at homeApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - Everyone huddle up, I have an announcement: If you are attending Coachella and/or Lollapalooza this year, you cannot bring your selfie stick. Selfie sticks won't be allo...
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What happens when you livestream your office fridge on PeriscopeApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - The new and very trendy ability to live-stream video from your smartphone to the world at large will reportedly revolutionize entertainment, communication and news. But ...
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IBM's making a new business unit just for the Internet of ThingsApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - Weather forecasters get a bad rap for getting things wrong, but what if your insurance company had a forecast so accurate that it could send you an alert to move your ca...
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Surge in R&D spending burnishes U.S. image as innovation nationApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. companies are again putting money where their competitive advantage lies: in uncovering the products that will one day change how you work and play. Co...
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App reviews: Layout, The Silent AgeApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - Layout Sometimes one picture isn't enough to tell a story. In the old days, we'd get out scissors and glue to put together a scrapbook. Today, we have photo collage...
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California joins other states in srutinizing rebates for electric carsApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's incentives to purchase electric vehicles are under attack, as data shows most of the money goes to consumers who earn twice the nation...
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Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social mediaMar 29, 2015 7:33 am - A New Jersey student's tweet about a question on new Common Core tests was deleted after it was flagged by a testing company, spurring a national debate about how to bal...
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The sex discrimination trial that rocked Silicon Valley. What you need to know.Mar 28, 2015 7:40 am - WASHINGTON -- Over the past month, a gender discrimination trial has gripped Silicon Valley. The suit pits one of Silicon Valley's most established venture capital firms...
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How the golden age of domain trolling was bornMar 28, 2015 7:38 am - The 2016 race has scarcely begun, and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz already has an image problem. Typing tedcruz.com into your URL bar returns a black page that says "SU...
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App reviews: Meerkat, Crossy RoadMar 28, 2015 7:37 am - Meerkat Every year, the buzz at the technology and artistic confab known as South by Southwest seems to crown an unofficial app of the year. This year, that app is ...