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Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to more securely protect accounts, the company announced Wednesday. The move comes after a number of hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, including The Onion, the Associated Press and E! Online. Jim O’Leary from Twitter’s … Continue reading →

LAS VEGAS — Jennifer Lopez unexpectedly took the stage at a Verizon Wireless press conference Wednesday to talk about Latinos and wireless service. “As modern Latinos we do things differently, including how we shop for mobile devices,” said Lopez. With … Continue reading →

In 1995, Tiger Electronics released a wearable video game system called the R-Zone that projected crappy beat ‘em ups directly into kids’ eyeballs. It was a flop — and obviously way ahead of its time. Fast forward to 2013, the … Continue reading →

GIFs are about to get a bit more serious Giphy, a startup that recently launched out of Betaworks, aims to empower the community of GIF creators and consumers by making it easier for users to search for GIFs and for … Continue reading →

This article was written by Elana Varon, and a version of it originally appeared on the Adobe-owned site CMO.com. For more information about BrandSpeak, click here. Agile management methods, experts say, provide a framework for making better decisions and improving … Continue reading →

Less than a week after Google+ unveiled a redesign for desktop, the social network is also getting overhauled on the mobile web. In a post on its official G+ page Tuesday, the service said that posts now appear as “cards” … Continue reading →

Police shot two assailants Wednesday in a southeastern London neighborhood after they allegedly murdered a person in public with a machete. The victim is believed to be a solider from a nearby barracks, and the British government is treating the … Continue reading →

The L.A. Kings handed its Twitter account over to a local morning show host, who ended up having to apologize for his posts Tuesday evening Kevin Ryder is co-host of L.A. radio station KROQ’s Kevin and Bean show. He took … Continue reading →

Redbox Instant is offering a free rental of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — but only on May 22 — after fans unlocked the freebie in a tweet-to-stream promotion. People who rent the movie before the clock strikes 12 a.m. … Continue reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook got specific about where in the U.S. the company would be building its Mac computers, something he promised last year. Cook said in a statement before the Senate subcommitee in Washington D.C. that a factory in … Continue reading →