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Community Wireless: Your Next Hot Hookup?
Municipal and community wireless gurus convened in Washington, D.C. this week — via old-fashioned chairs and, of course, Skype — to discuss the state of alternative Web networks. The events in Egypt,...
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Kindle Update: Page Numbers, More Ways to (Over-)Share
Amazon is giving their Kindle a makeover with a little something old and lot of somethings new. First, the throwback. The most buzz-worthy change coming in the latest update is the addition of “real”...
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Dictionary Update: Welcome to English 2.0
As our software gets updates, so does that old-fashioned gum-flappin’ language we use to describe our techy lives. To that end, Oxford Dictionaries Online has expanded their database, giving us...
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Q: Which Has Shorter Shelf-Life: E-Books or Chocolate Syrup?
A. If the book in question is a library e-book from HarperCollins, you should be putting your money on Hershey’s. The Library Journal broke the news on Friday that all new e-books licensed from that...
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Twitter Settles With FTC Over Privacy Complaint
The charge was serious: that Twitter on more than one occasion told consumers that the company was protecting their privacy when they, in fact, were not. Which is where the hackers come in....
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Apple Products at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History doesn’t have a sample of every product Steve Jobs ever touched. Their concern is with the larger picture of how technology develops and what part...
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Company Tries to Make Airport Movie Rentals Fly
Digiboo might sound like an online dating site for hip-hop enthusiasts, but it’s actually one of the latest players getting into the video market. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company produces kiosks...
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Chart: Dating in the Texting Era
In our Wireless Issue, TIME examines how mobile technology is changing everything from politics to health care. But as anyone who's young and single knows, it's also affecting the dating game—largely...
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Cell Phone Woes: America’s 10 Worst Cities for Mobile Phone Reception
Cell phone users, are you plagued by dropped calls? Is your download speed slow as molasses? Does using your mobile phone often involve leaning out a window? Well, that could be because you live in one...
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Protecting Online Assets: 9 Ways to Safeguard Your Digital Legacy
Just because you don’t know how “the Twitter” works, don’t think you’re off the hook. Planning for digital assets is something that anyone crafting a will—or power of attorney—should consider these...
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Your Digital Legacy: States Grapple with Protecting Our Data After We Die
Who is allowed to read through your e-mails — or update your Facebook page — when you die? In many states across the U.S., there are no clear answers to such basic legal questions. That’s why Cynthia...
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Hallowed Be Thy Name: Ron Paul Tries to Retrieve RonPaul.com
Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul is waging a fight to wrest his namesake Web address from the current owners. It’s harder than it sounds… Hallowed Be Thy Name: Ron Paul Tries to Retrieve RonPaul.com | TIME.com.
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States Rush to Ban Employers from Asking for Social Media Passwords
Should your boss ever have access to your Facebook page? What about a prospective boss? Or your school administrator? via States Rush to Ban Employers from Asking for Social Media Passwords | TIME.com.
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People Are Buying Boston Marathon Bombing Domain Names and Putting Them Up...
When a high-profile act of violence occurs, certain reactions are predictable. The White House will respond with a sober statement. Reporters will throw themselves into hyperdrive. And people will...
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For Semi-Autonomous Driving, the Future Is Now
Driverless cars are the future. And that future is still years away. In the meantime, consumers can experience the building blocks of driverless cars, which are already on the market as “driver assist”...
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Why the ‘Stop Phubbing’ Campaign Is Going Viral
Even the most solicitous humans have been lured by that mysterious bleep, tugging at our gaze like a child on our sleeve. Oh sure, you might ignore it most of the time. And you may even apologize when...
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Lucky Kids: California Gives Minors the Right to Delete Things They Put Online
We’ve all had that feeling of desperately wanting to grab at something we’ve sent out into the ether—to snatch that picture or comment back off the Internet, stuff it into our pocket and walk away...
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Yet More Online Review Problems: Yelpers Sue Yelp for Wages
In their pending lawsuit, the Yelpers compare Yelp to a “slave ship.” Suing for wages, authors of online reviews for the crowdsourced site argue that Yelp could not be sustained or make profits without...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Facebook’s New Options for Gender Identity
Facebook’s message was clear when the social media network added new gender options for users on Thursday: the company is sensitive to a wide spectrum of gender identity and wants users to feel...
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