May 17, 2012
- Twitter said it would allow users to opt out of cookies that collect personal information used for advertising.
May 16, 2012
- When it comes to the underlying technology providers that matter for mobile app developers, there's Google and Apple, with Microsoft as an also-ran. But as television begins to resemble the mobile business, Microsoft is in the lead with the Xbox, according to a new report out Wednesday from Forrester Research.
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May 13, 2012
- Facebook is more tapped into the pulse of people online than any company on the planet; as a result, it has the inside track to what is becoming more popular in a way that its many competitors do not.
May 8, 2012
- In the continuing trial over whether or not Google violated copyright and patents belonging to Oracle, the biggest question is not in the lawsuit. Why is Oracle suing, and what does it really want? The answer has much to do with a once-disruptive company that now finds itself an incumbent that is being disrupted.
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May 6, 2012
- A free and increasingly popular iPhone app called Snapchat allows a person to take and send a picture and control how long it is visible by the person who receives it, up to 10 seconds. After that, the picture disappears and can't be seen again.
May 4, 2012
- A study found that people who do not look at e-mail on a regular basis at work are less stressed about their daily tasks and are more productive.
April 23, 2012
- On Monday, researchers discovered that a type of malware continued to attack Apple computers through a security hole in Java software.
- Google spent $5.03 million on lobbying between January and March of this year, a record for the company, and a 240 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago, according to disclosures filed Friday.
April 22, 2012
- Google and Facebook are being left behind in the shift toward mobile, and the amenities available to their employees might offer some explanation for a slow transition.
April 20, 2012
- AT&T Labs recently showed off a batch of prototype technologies, several of which serve as a window into how people will be able to track their friends and lovers with increased efficiency.