Internet
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Colleges help students scrub online footprintsDec 29, 2012 10:00 pm - BUFFALO, N.Y. — Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. “It wasn't anything too horrible,” she said. “I j...
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High prices, slow speeds for U.S. Internet usersDec 29, 2012 6:49 am - Editor’s note: Excerpted from “Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.” Terry Huval is a large, friendly man with a lilting Sout...
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Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller spaceDec 29, 2012 6:02 am - NEW YORK (AP) — A woman I haven’t spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate lik...
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FCC eases U.S. licensing rules for Internet access on airlinersDec 29, 2012 6:00 am - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today moved to ease licensing requirements for in-flight Internet services. “These new rules will help airlines and broadband ...
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Facebook's pokey chat appDec 29, 2012 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It's pretty brassy to call your sexting app Poke. That was my first reaction to the news last week that Facebook had launched a clone of Snapchat, th...
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Netflix streaming service back online after outageDec 25, 2012 7:00 am - Those hoping to spend the holiday watching streaming video from Netflix can now get back in front of their TVs, tablets and PCs after a Christmas Eve outage. A Netflix I...
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Google launches ‘scan and match’ music serviceDec 25, 2012 6:12 am - LOS ANGELES — Google is turning on a “scan and match” service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 a ye...
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Yahoo upgrades e-mail to lure back customersDec 23, 2012 10:00 pm - Yahoo! Inc. upgraded its e-mail service to woo mobile users, the first major product unveiling since Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer took over with a mandate to im...
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Facebook, Twitter threats should be crimes, U.K. prosecutors sayDec 19, 2012 5:00 am - Facebook and Twitter users who threaten violence online will face criminal charges in Britain, while people posting “grossly offensive” comments may avoid punishment by ...
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Instagram backlash prompts reversal on adsDec 19, 2012 5:00 am - Facebook Inc.'s policy changes to its Instagram photo-sharing site has drawn withering criticism from consumers, photographers and privacy advocates who said the update ...