U.S. Using Fake Cell Phone Towers On Planes To Gather Data: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An agency of the U.S. Justice Department is gathering data from thousands of cell phones, including both criminal suspects and innocent Americans, by using fake communications...
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The Insane New Technology Harnessing The Ultimate Green Energy Source: The...
Forget about your smartphone or your Google Glass: The most sophisticated piece of machinery that any of us tote around on a regular basis is the human body. But despite their valiant attempts — we...
View ArticleThis New Platform Allows You To See Your Doctor Without Leaving Your Couch
Hospital visits are typically marked by the traditional magazine read in the waiting room and face-to-face chats with nurses, but more and more people are turning to their computer screens to find...
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From Ebola to Stroke, Timing Is Everything
By Dr. Eric Van Giesen Dr. Eric Van Giesen was a Nokia Sensing XCHALLENEGE Competition #2 Judge. It seems ridiculous to ask anyone with a fever to wait in a holding pen full of people who are...
View Article'No Control' Documentary Explores Layered Absurdity Of The Gun Control Debate
In "No Control," an arresting documentary debuting at DOC NYC, director Jessica Solce aims her camera at a contentious debate roaring in America. Solce explores the murky waters of gun rights, giving...
View ArticleAmericans Kind Of Support Net Neutrality, But How You Ask The Question Matters
Americans across the political spectrum agree on some of the basic concepts of net neutrality, but their ideas about government regulation to enforce it are considerably more mixed -- perhaps...
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Bay Area's Most Influential Biz-Tech Figure, Clerical Error?
Folks, it seems I've won the Bay Area's Most Influential Biz-Tech Figure... (clerical error?) (you can see a bigger version of the image here...) And, on that note... I thought this photo seemed...
View ArticleNaked Kim Kardashian Didn't 'Break The Internet,' But She Did Drive Web...
So did Paper Magazine's nude Kim Kardashian photos really "break the Internet" as promised? As evidenced by the fact that you're reading this on the internet, the answer is: Not literally, no. But it...
View Article150,000 Cable Subscribers Cut The Cord Last Quarter
People are moving away from cable TV, but the industry is not going down without a fight. A report released Friday by the Leichtman Research Group says the 13 largest pay-TV providers -- a group that...
View ArticleAT&T Stops Using Undeletable Phone Tracking IDs
AT&T says it has stopped its controversial practice of adding a hidden, undeletable tracking number to its mobile customers' Internet activity. "It has been phased off our network," said Emily J....
View ArticleRepublicans Could Be Gambling Silicon Valley's Support Over Net Neutrality
Republicans are courting Silicon Valley, eager to make inroads with tech companies and the millennials who love them. The Silicon Valley ethos overlaps in tantalizing ways with the GOP agenda: Both...
View ArticleDave Grohl Doesn't 'F--king Care' About Taylor Swift Vs. Spotify
The ever eloquent Dave Grohl has weighed in on Taylor Swift's decision to pull her music from Spotify. The Foo Fighters frontman explained his position while speaking to Digital Spy. "Me personally? I...
View ArticleReddit's CEO Says He Resigned Because He Was Exhausted
It's not easy being in charge of "the front page of the Internet." When Yishan Wong stepped down as Reddit's chief executive officer earlier this week, it wasn't quite clear why. It was suggested that...
View ArticleThe Funniest Someecards Of The Week
That's it. We're done. We've decided to quit the Internet. Kim Kardashian officially ruined it for us. Oh, wait. What's that? We work for the Internet? Fine, instead we'll cope by laughing away our...
View ArticleSnapchat Threatens To Lock Accounts That Use Third-Party Apps
Last month, 200,000 private Snapchat photos were leaked via one of the photo messaging app's many third-party apps. Now, the company is taking steps to punish individuals who use those apps. A blog...
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This App Can Track Your Drunk Night Out And Recover Snapchats
It all started with a drunk dial. When Joshua Anton was at his first party at the University of Virginia, having recently transferred from Northern Virginia Community College, he received a call from a...
View ArticleTed Cruz Knows Exactly What To Say To Cause An Obama Internet Freakout
So, that happened: This week, President Barack Obama announced his full-throated support for "net neutrality," a term that basically means "don't let Comcast turn the Internet into a dystopian mess" --...
View Article7 Platforms for Free Conference Calls
The word conference used to be something that only business magnates used to use, people with high rankings in the business scene. Nowadays, anyone can create a quick conference call with anyone they...
View ArticleTinder and 1984
The following blog post is from an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded filmmaker. From Nov. 14-16, the Sloan Foundation and Film Independent will host the 2014 Sloan Film Summit at L.A. Live in Los...
View ArticleCrisis and Context for Virgin Galactic
Richard Branson had it right when he complained about people who knew nothing about the crash of SpaceShipTwo diving in front of cameras to analyze what must have gone wrong in the Mojave Desert....
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