Articles filed under Washington Post
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Analysis: How tech's sexism shows up in the products you useAug 12, 2017 7:19 am - It's been a rough week at Google. On Aug. 4, a 10-page memo titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber" started circulating on the company's internal networks, arguing th...
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42 Disney apps are spying on your kids, lawsuit claimsAug 12, 2017 7:17 am - The Walt Disney Co. secretly collects personal information on some of their youngest customers and shares that data illegally with advertisers without parental consent, ...
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When a raise leads to higher health-care costsAug 12, 2017 7:16 am - Q: After my husband receives his annual review and cost-of-living raise, he will be in a new pay bracket. When this happens, the cost of his health insurance will increa...
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How YouTube's 'Binging With Babish' is disrupting the content industryAug 12, 2017 7:16 am - What does a 15-layer taco mean for the future of video competition? Like the list of its ingredients, the answer is: pretty much everything. Last week, up-and-coming You...
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App reviews: Touchdowners, TickTickAug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Touchdowners Touchdowners is a silly game. And that's just fine for a distraction on a summer day. Players are put in charge of a team of three football "players" -...
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Does Facebook's willingness to copy rivals' apps hurt innovation?Aug 12, 2017 7:15 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Four years ago, Facebook spent over $150 million on a free app used by millions. Today that app, called Onavo, has become a little-known weapon in Facebo...
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App reviews: Guess the Emoji, Splashy DotsAug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Guess the Emoji "Guess the Emoji" has you do pretty much exactly what you think you would: guess the meaning of strings of emoji. Sometimes the questions are essent...
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How Google is making its Play Store a little betterAug 12, 2017 7:15 am - Just this past weekend I went to the Google Play Store to download a better clock and alarm app (don't ask) and was overwhelmed by the options. Who knew there were so ma...
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Winning the doctor lottery can mean the difference between life and deathAug 12, 2017 7:00 am - When my son was 5 weeks old, he began to turn away from my breast even when hungry. He'd suck, then cry sharply and twist away. I called the office of my pediatrician, b...
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America's drinking problem is much worse this centuryAug 12, 2017 7:00 am - Americans are drinking more than they used to, a troubling trend with potentially dire implications for the country's future health care costs. The number of adults who ...