Jan 06 T-Mobile makes $3.3 billion deal with Verizon to improve cell coverage In March 2013, T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere bucked industry norms and eliminated annual contracts for all its monthly cell phone plans. At the 2014 CES, the carrier plans to announce further The Associated Press reported Monday that… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Can new apps lead to a new you for 2014? Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype’s social media accounts, claiming Microsoft email surveillance For who missed it. #SEA pic.twitter.com/9xG4N8kedi— SyrianElectronicArmy (@Official_SEA16) January 1, 2014 The Syrian Electronic army, a collective of hackers that support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hacked the Twitter, Facebook and WordPress accounts of… Continue reading
Jan 01 4.6 million Snapchat users’ information leaked While Snapchat users were sleeping off their New Year's Eve celebrations, their personal data may have been compromised. 4.6 million of the photo messaging application's users' phone numbers and names were leaked to an online database. The company allegedly… Continue reading
Dec 31 Apple denies reported NSA ‘backdoor’ iPhone access Tech giant Apple has responded to newly released documents claiming the National Security Agency has a method for gaining backdoor access to its iPhones. According to All Things D, Apple said it never worked with the agency… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Shields and Gerson on the political lessons of 2013 Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's top political news, including the factors that fuel economic inequality in the U.S., how Edward Snowden used technology to decentralize government power and… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Students explore an entrepreneurial alternative to higher ed with Enstitute As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with… Continue watching
Dec 23 South and west dominate wireless-only households Cord-cutters are more likely to live in the rural south and west, according to a new poll. Image from the PEW Research Center Today, 90 million adults and 33 million children live in households with wireless-only access… Continue reading
Dec 19 Social media and water don’t mix Cellphones may not only be distracting while in cars, a recent incident in Australia suggests. Photo by Flickr user Highways Agency A tourist walking along St. Kilda pier in Victoria, Australia learned Thursday that browsing social media on one's… Continue reading
Dec 19 When you’re the target of credit card theft, arm yourself with these tips Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr user Philip Taylor PT The credit and debit cards of 40 million shoppers may have been compromised in a widespread security breach at Target stores. The retail giant said customers who swiped their cards… Continue reading