Internet
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You can see more of what you want on Facebook now
Jul 11, 2015 7:31 am - NEW YORK - Facebook wants you to see more of what you want to see. New tools will help you weed through the clutter of boring, unwanted information, often from long-forg...
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What will happen to the Internet if Reddit shuts down?
Jul 11, 2015 7:00 am - If Reddit went offline tomorrow, you would see immediate ripples across the Internet. First, and perhaps least importantly, traffic to porn sites would plummet. Later, m...
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In 1998, these hackers said the Internet would become a security disaster. Nobody listened
Jun 27, 2015 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - The seven young men sitting before some of Capitol Hill's most powerful lawmakers weren't graduate students or junior analysts from some think tank. No, Spa...
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App reviews: JotterPad, Fallout ShelterJun 27, 2015 5:14 am - Inspiration can strike at any time, so it's always useful to have a simple, easy-to-use writing program on hand. JotterPad is just that: elegant, clean and designed to k...
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This is what happens when you create an online community without any rules
Jun 27, 2015 5:09 am - Just as "oppressed" 4channers once fled that site for the boundless freedom of 8chan, disgruntled Redditors have lately become enamoured of a Reddit-knockoff/free-for-al...
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6 reasons why we're underhyping the Internet of Things
Jun 27, 2015 5:08 am - Just when you thought the Internet of Things couldn't possibly live up to its hype, along comes a blockbuster, 142-page report from McKinsey Global Institute ("The Inter...
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New Tinder-inspired apps will help you keep your girlfriend … then dump her
Jun 27, 2015 5:02 am - In an age when we need phones to remind us to say "happy anniversary," it's little surprise that two new apps - Binder and HeroBoyfriend - have arrived to assist with th...
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Instagram has two new features you might enjoy
Jun 27, 2015 4:55 am - Instagram hopes two new features will make its service a little easier to use: trending tags and the option to search for photos by location. The updated app, which roll...
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Meet the website where startup dreams go to die
Jun 20, 2015 7:39 am - A superhero film project with an attention-grabbing premise was listed in early 2012 on Kickstarter, a website where entrepreneurs and artists solicit funding for their ...
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App reviews: Animated GIFs, Lumosity
Jun 20, 2015 7:35 am - If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animated GIF has to be worth close to a million. Animated GIFs, for the uninitiated, are short videos often with humorous...