February 7, 2014 California Bill Would Require Antitheft Technology for Cellphones by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A smartphone is sleek, compact and valuable, which makes it the perfect target for a thief. Californian lawmakers want to…
February 7, 2014 Government Demands for Data About Twitter Users Continue to Grow by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Globally, government requests for Twitter data grew 22 percent in the last six months of 2013, compared to the first half…
February 7, 2014 Picking a Flavor of Linux by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, opting out of Google Plus auto backup. Published: February 7, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://nyti.ms/1ay883d via IFTTT
February 7, 2014 Daily Report: After Years in Philanthropy, a Different Gates Returns to Microsoft by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Many wonder how Bill Gates, a luminary of the tech world, will choose to position Microsoft going forward. Published:…
February 7, 2014 Twitter’s Stock Crashes Back to Reality by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Shares of the social network dropped 24 percent on Thursday following the company’s financial results, which disclosed a slowdown in user…
February 7, 2014 Tinder, a Dating App With a Difference by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM A new mobile dating application called Tinder appears to be taking off among college students for its simple and flirty interface….
February 6, 2014 The History of Programming Languages and 9 Security Tips [INFOGRAPHIC] Programming languages provide common information structures that enable developers to write programs that fulfill specific computations or algorithms. There are over 1.2 million computer…
February 6, 2014 Aereo Reopens Service For New Users In NYC, Just In Time For The Olympics Streaming TV startup Aereo has reopened service in NYC after closing down new registrations last week. Bloomberg reports that the company has regained enough…
February 6, 2014 When Identity Theft Hits Home by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD What happens when your credit card information is among the millions stolen from a major retailer? Nothing good. Published: February 6,…
February 6, 2014 F.C.C. to Change Program That Connects Schools to High-Speed Internet Service by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT In an address Wednesday, F.C.C. Chairman Tom Wheeler raised the possibility of increasing taxes on phone services to pay for the…