The answer to the Facebook riddle that’s turning people into giraffes
No, we're not going to spoil the riddle for you here. You'll have to see it at that bottom of the Chicago Tribune story, but here's the riddle itself: It’s...
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Kentucky got the Obamacare website right. Why can’t the feds?
There have been some great things to come out of Kentucky. A working healthcare website is just the latest in this long line. Kentucky did it right. The state's online...
Apple will finally have a store in Brazil next year
It's a bigger deal than most realize. With the economy moving up and the locals enamored by Apple products, even the outrages prices that must be charged due to insane...
Apple brings 94% of tablets to schools
Education has been a staple of Apple ever since they sold computers called Macintosh. Now, their domination with the educational tablet market is even more striking. Apple CEO Tim Cook...
The Zuckerberg Files
The founder and CEO of Facebook has experienced a ton of scrutiny over the last decade, but nothing has been more comprehensive than this... Facebook famously has a lot of...
Technology has changed journalism forever
It doesn't really matter which side of the debate you're on. This is one of the most epic exchanges between journalists in recent years. Much of the speculation about the...
60 million – the number of phone calls monitored in Spain
Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has brought about more international scrutiny for the NSA than every other revelation about the agency in the past combined. Here's another item for the list of...
Google Glass 2 is coming
Google Glass is going mainstream. Google Glass 2 is coming. Google Explorers will be able trade their old hardware in. Eyeglasses will have their day as well. Lot's of news...
Apple’s awesome fourth quarter
The iPhone really saved the day for Apple as they beat the street in their fiscal fourth quarter. Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended...
Xbox One’s multitasking dashboard
Computer games say that consoles are too weak for their needs and that they can't do enough compared to a strong PC. Xbox One hopes to change this perception. It's...
Syrian hackers target Obama’s advocacy group
Nobody's safe from hackers, not even the President of the United States. Add President Obama to the list of the latest high-profile hacks. A handful of sites affiliated with the...
Kids can program robots, too
Just because many stories in science fiction are centered around the concept of robots bringing along an apocalypse and world domination doesn't mean we should be having our kids doing...
Everything you need to know about Call of Duty Ghosts
The Call of Duty franchise is so popular, it's not even worth discussing its upcoming features. You're going to buy it or you won't. In case you're just curious, here's...
Sansung Galaxy Gear being returned at alarming pace
We said that the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch was actually a not-so-smartwatch. Even Samsung has been disappointed with them. Now those who bought one are starting to see the same...
A woman may be coming to the Twitter board… after IPO
If they get their first female board member, it won't be in order to bolster the IPO. That doesn't mean they're not letting this information out in an effort to...
The NSA hub in Berlin
Yes, there's a place in the heart of Germany where everything NSA takes place. It's a prime site, a diplomat's dream. Is there any better location for an embassy than...
DARPA wants your brainwaves in real time
Big Brother. That's what we're really talking about here. Big Brother is being born around us every day. The latest project from the futurists at DARPA takes a detour from the...
Real time internet monitoring, courtesy of the US government
The ability to watch the internet has always been there. The ability to discern the important things from the junk has always been a problem at a mass scale, but...
Phablet adoption and the Galaxy Note 3
To those who think they're too large, phablets are an abomination. To those who like the larger screens, they're a lifesaver. Where do you stand on the phablet craze? "Phablets,"...
Windows XP and IE 8 pose big problems heading our way
Obsolete software is a plague, especially with adoption rates so high for newer software. As the shutters start to close on major software from the past, what challenges will they...