Stand back; Verizon has the masses in an uproar over yanking free data plan from Google Chromebook Pixel owners.When the Pixel was originally announced, buyers were promised 100MB of Verizon data free each month for 2 years. However, some Pixel owners recently noticed that they were losing their free data before the 2 years were…
Thomas Fox
If you’re in a coffee shop and you notice a few tables away a man is enjoying his beverage and logging into his iPad, can you steal his PIN? The answer to that question would depend on whether or not you could see his screen; thanks to new gadgets like Google Glass or smart watches…
Have you been a victim of a scam? Cybercriminals trick millions of innocent people into giving away sensitive information. Now you're wondering how “to mitigate this situation?” We all make stupid mistakes. But with these sorts of mistakes, you have to act fast to avoid disaster. What you need to do depends on how you were…
Amazon's phone on fire!
There’s a new competitor in the cut-throat world of smartphones and that competitor is already the largest e-commerce company out there. Amazon announced on June 16, 2014 that it would be introducing the Fire phone a phone that promises 3D viewing, seamless integration with practically everything around you, efficient one handed…
Electronics vendor is accused of selling signal jammers to U.S.
A Chinese electronics vendor is accused of selling signal jammers to U.S. consumers and could end up leading the market in one dubious measure: the largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC wants to impose fines upon CTS Technology of $34,912,500 for…
Health monitoring is all the rage in the mobile market these days as evinced by giants such as Apple and Google announcing new technologies with HealthKit and Google Fit, respectively, and the growing pile of wearable devices coming to the fore. A new technology from a team at MIT could either take that trend to…
Thousands of former Myspace users, who long ago grew up, got Facebook and forgot that Myspace was ever a thing, got an unsettling message from the undead social network over the weekend. The site is still around, like some sort of digital zombie. And it has billions of pictures from a time before the Internet knew…
You know how it goes when your phone slips from your hand onto the pavement. That display shatters, and you can either try and make the cracked screen work for a while or you can suck it up and drop some hard cash on a new handset. Either way, it’s a bummer. However, researchers at…
The National Security Agency is collecting millions of images intercepted from global communications for a facial-recognition program to identify and track intelligence targets, according to classified documents described by The New York Times.The agency is using sophisticated software to harvest "millions of images per day" from emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences, and other communications,…
After weeks, or maybe months, of nonstop talk and expectations regarding Android 4.4.3 KitKat, it would appear that the software is finally ready for a release date.It’s arguable that Android 4.4.3 KitKat is probably the most highly-anticipated software update ever among those that aren’t upgrades from one Android iteration to another, like Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich…
Most programming doesn't require a special brain, but it’s more frustrating and messier than anyone lets on. There are thousands of enthusiastic blog posts, classes and apps that aim to entice you with the promise of a slick, unequivocal procedure for learning to code. They rarely mention the tedium of getting your environment set up…
To keep up with the ever-changing definition of a "mobile" platform, Google wants to spread ads across devices.
Love the way your Nest Learning Thermostat just hangs on the wall like a piece of art? Or how your Samsung Gear smartwatch makes it easier to communicate? Well, they might soon be used to serve up ads,…