Nov 08 More diverse emojis coming to a smartphone near you By Rialda Zukic Some new, more diverse faces may soon be used for emoji symbols, after a push for more racial diversity earlier this year by smartphone users gained traction with developers. Continue reading
Nov 06 Twitter chat: Should teen sexting be a felony? By Nora Daly In a cover story in The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin tackled the question of “Why Kids Sext,” and the difficulty teen sexting poses to law enforcement. We took the conversation to Twitter. Continue reading
Nov 03 Undercover rover allows up close and personal observations with penguins By Justin Scuiletti Scientists have discovered a new, low-stress way to study penguins:send undercover rovers dressed as their babies. Continue reading
Nov 03 Technologically speaking, how different are midterms 2014 from 2010? By Colleen Shalby Pew Research Center found that more Americans are relying on social media and mobile devices to keep up with Election 2014 coverage than during the midterms of 2010. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Campaigning through the cloud: How politicians target voters with digital ads By PBS News Hour Much of the analysis after the 2012 presidential election focused on how the Obama campaign had made better use of technology than the Romney campaign to get its supporters to the polls. So how are both major parties doing this… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch Apple’s CEO helps open the corporate closet By PBS News Hour Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is the first Fortune 500 executive to come out. "I'm proud to be gay and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," wrote Cook in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek… Continue watching
Oct 30 Your eyes could open your bank account or play “World of Warcraft” By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy New biometrics technology could open your bank account, email, or help you play "World of Warcraft". Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Space-inspired safety gear, contamination-cleaning robots: How innovation could aid Ebola prevention By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 21 Amazon signs five-year pricing deal with Simon & Schuster By Ashira Morris The contract, which both sides have labelled a success, allows the book publisher to set the price of electronic and print books sold on Amazon. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Will Apple Pay phase out the wallet? By PBS News Hour From wristwatch to wallet, the cell phone is absorbing more and more forms of personal technology. How does Apple Pay, a new financial transaction service from Apple, affect consumers and how we pay for things? Hari Sreenivasan explores the launch… Continue watching