Internet
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Burger King's 'OK, Google,' ad is a Whopper of a problem for fast-food chain
Apr 13, 2017 1:00 am - A Burger King ad designed to trigger Google's voice-activated Home smart speaker and have the device advertise the Whopper no longer works. The ad, released Wednesday, f...
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What Facebook is doing about its 'revenge porn' problem
Apr 08, 2017 7:16 am - Facebook on Wednesday said it is taking new steps to crack down on its network's "revenge porn" problem, including a new process that prevents users from reposting intim...
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Facebook Town Hall helps you call your congressman
Apr 01, 2017 7:00 am - Since the election last November, U.S. lawmakers have seen a deluge of phone calls from Americans weighing in on the GOP's congressional agenda. Now, those floodwaters m...
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What the death of broadband privacy rules means for you
Mar 29, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK — Now that both houses of Congress have voted to block Obama-era broadband privacy rules, what does that mean for you? In the short term, not so much. The rules...
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How a Chicago man posts hundreds of pro-Trump tweets each day
Feb 06, 2017 12:00 am - Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting. But he needn't have bothere...
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Twitter security tips we can learn from the Trump administration
Jan 28, 2017 6:16 am - President Donald Trump is arguably Twitter's most prominent user. But, as many outlets have reported over the past couple of days, the people operating his administratio...
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Where is online dating headed in 2017?
Jan 07, 2017 6:15 am - To add more fuel to the anti-2016 fire, dating experts are calling it a bad year for dating trends. "I wanted so bad to say something positive, but it's mostly negative,...
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6 wacky gadgets from CES 2017
Jan 07, 2017 6:13 am - The tech industry's annual Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, is known for showing off a ton of crazy gadgets, both useful and fanciful. It's easy to dismiss some ...
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The 10 most read stories on Dailyherald.com in 2016Dec 30, 2016 9:00 am - The year on dailyherald.com started with everyone trying to get rich quick by hitting the Powerball, and it ended with Bill Murray and his brothers announcing they were ...
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Q&A: OK Go on 10 years of viral videos, the internet
Dec 17, 2016 6:19 am - The first OK Go viral video was an accidental success: the band made a tape of its intentionally goofy stage dance and put it online. It was 2005, the same year that You...