Should tech companies help fix Boston’s mass transit?
If you want to travel in Boston, you have to choose between horrendous traffic on narrow streets, the mass transit system, or some other more manual form of transportation. They...
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Apple isn’t in your iMessages
Just because Google, Verizon, and Facebook aren't taking privacy seriously doesn't mean that Apple isn't. They are making a strong play for their users if what they say is true....
Phone theft is a hot political topic in New York
You know that sick feeling you get when you lose your phone. What about if it gets stolen. In New York, you may have an easier time soon enough. Smartphone...
Who pays programmers the most in Silicon Valley? Not Google or Facebook…
If you're a talented programmer in the San Francisco Bay area and you want to make top dollar for your services, you may want to check out Juniper. Yes, Juniper....
Jeff Bezos, brilliant evil company mastermind?
Nobody would say that Amazon Jeff Bezos hasn't been successful, but is he a challenge to have as a boss? Amazon can be a uniquely challenging place to work, with...
Google stocks hit 4 digits
It's a milestone saved for old, proud juggernaut companies, not garage startups just coming off their first full decade of prominent existence. Just don't tell Google about the risks. Google...
Mobile YouTube traffic up to 40% of total viewing
It's been growing for quite a while now but has YouTube hit its mobile traffic summit? It’s hard to get people to concentrate long on anything on their phones and...
Imgur picks Yahoo as their sugardaddy
There were plenty of big companies wanting to take Imgur under their wing, but the top image hosting site ended up heading to Yahoo for support. Imgur, the image hosting...
43% of Americans have a tablet, an eReader, or both
These statistics go out the door if you enter a local coffee shop, of course. One in three Americans now owns a tablet, or 35 percent of the population aged...
Sharing your mobile bandwidth isn’t as crazy as it sounds
The days of being frugal with cell phone minutes are pretty much behind us, but data is a whole other topic. People protect their bandwidth tooth and nail. Here's an...
How to stop the LinkedIn emails in one move
Email clutter has been a problem for a couple of decades now, but as long as it's still an important part of our daily lives, companies will continue to use...
Planning beyond the map
It's important to have a proper vision of the future when building a company or planning a project, but sometimes you have to look beyond the map in order to...
Silk Road successor in the black market gun game shuts down
There are two possible outcomes in the near future. Either Silk Road and now Black Market Reloaded are harbingers to a successful crackdown of the bad worlds on the web,...
Snowden claims his secret files never entered Russia
If Edward Snowden thinks there's a chance that he could be caught by the US government, he could face even more serious charges for bringing files into Russia than the...
Samsung beat Apple by a narrow margin
The back and forth battle for king of the mobile hill went to Samsung this round, though not by as much as they would have hoped in a quarter with...
Microsoft remote desktop works well… on iOS
It's been around for a day and the reviews are in. Microsoft has a successful software launch with no major glitches reported. That's the good news. The ironic part is...
Is the NSA chief the bad guy or the fall guy
The government shutdown has brought the nefarious acts of the NSA out of the spotlight, but it will return. When it does, there's a villain that the American people can...
Custom business apps leaning towards iOS
Android has always had an edge on the custom business app realm... until now. When it comes to supporting mobile devices, businesses tend to allow both iOS and Android devices....
Elon Bond? Musk will build 007’s submarine car
Just like a big, rich kid, Elon Musk does exactly what he wants. His latest endeavor - building a car that operates under water. When the car-turned-submarine from the 007...
Mulally mum on Microsoft
Alan Mulally is probably leaving Ford. It's an assumption at this point, but if he were really going to stay, he'd say more than what he's been saying so far...