Oct 18 Google shares break $1,000 Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images If you own stock in Google, Friday's looking to be a very good day. Shares initially rose 13 percent to $1,006.17 on the heels of a strong quarterly report. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Gun safety advocates support 'smart' technology to prevent accidental deaths Gun safety advocates support 'smart' technology to prevent accidental deaths… Continue watching
Oct 17 Facebook now lets teens post publicly If you're a teen on Facebook, you know that before Wednesday you only had the option to share posts with friends, friends of friends and custom groups. But now, users between the ages of 13 and 17… Continue reading
Oct 15 Tech innovator Aaron Swartz's last project finds new life Prior to his suicide in January, technology maven Aaron Swartz had been working with Wired's Kevin Poulsen on an open-source platform that would allow whistleblowers to anonymously submit documents to news organizations. Poulsen has managed the DeadDrop project… Continue reading
Oct 10 You can run, but not hide, from Facebook search Photo by Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/GettyImages Facebook announced Thursday that it's removing the privacy feature that lets users hide from the social network's search bar. The setting was removed as an option last year for people who weren't using it, and… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Transforming teens into tomorrow's tech titans Forty-five New York City public high school students are taking big strides toward achieving their dreams by learning how to work together on creating fully functional, original cellphone apps with business plans. John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports on how… Continue watching
Oct 07 New Disney technology can add texture to completely smooth touch screens .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } By regulating a flow of… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Nobel Prize alternative celebrates the funny and unusual Every year the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for achievements in science that first make people laugh, then think. Actual Nobel laureates are drafted to present awards to research into research on topics like the effects of opera on mouse… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Enstitute: The entrepreneurial alternative to college 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
Sep 30 World Pulse's 'web' of women keeps growing By Larisa Epatko In her early 20s, Jensine Larsen was working as a freelance journalist in Burma and the Amazon region of South America, and learned that many of the stories affecting women weren't being reported in the media. She then realized that… Continue reading