Internet
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When you'll know the Internet of Things has gone too farJul 18, 2015 7:33 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - Your toaster will soon talk to your toothbrush and your bathroom scale. They will all have a direct line to your car and to the health sensors in you...
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Some subprime reviews for Amazon's Prime Day
Jul 18, 2015 7:31 am - After a week and a half of hype and a major marketing blitz, Amazon.com's one-day deals bonanza, Prime Day, appears to have pulled in a big haul of orders - but also lef...
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Flash blocked on Firefox over security issues
Jul 18, 2015 1:00 am - For Flash, the writing may finally be on the wall. Mozilla has blocked Flash on its popular Firefox browser. A message now appears saying that Flash - the plug-in that e...
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Everything you think you know about Reddit is wrong
Jul 18, 2015 1:00 am - Yishan Wong, Reddit's CEO from 2012 to 2014, has basically spent the last seven days living out every ex-employee's ultimate revenge fantasy. He's all over the comments'...
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Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move
Jul 11, 2015 7:36 am - A few hours into my first conversation with a man on Bumble - a dating app where, after there's a match, it's up to the woman to say hello - I popped the question: "So t...
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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...