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Does Google Play Fast and Loose With App Users’ Personal Info?
Reports are circulating about a possible Google privacy issue regarding personal data sent to app developers, but this finding is nothing new. More About: apps, Google, Google Play, Mobile
Decide Where ‘Girl Rising’ Will Be Screened Before Its Premiere
Girl Rising, a film shedding light on the impact of improving education for girls around the world, could arrive in your local theater before the movie’s official March 7 rollout. How? If enough people in you specific community request an … Continue reading
1-800-Flowers Testing Credit Card-Free Mobile Payments
Mobile shoppers this Valentine’s Day may be pleasantly surprised that they can buy flowers for their beloved on their smartphones without having to enter credit card information. That is, if those shoppers are using apps from 1-800-Flowers. Since late last … Continue reading
Dubstep Violinist Rides YouTube Fame to World Tour
“Have you ever seen a violinist really rock out??” That’s the tagline on Lindsey Stirling’s YouTube channel, a page where her 1.5 million subscribers regularly help push her videos into the millions of views. And no, we’ve never really seen … Continue reading
Pair, the Social App for Couples, Adds Snapchat Feature
Tenthbit gained plenty of buzz when it launched Pair, an iPhone app that creates an ultra private social network just for couples or close friends, in March of last year. Since then, the Y Combinator-backed startup has rolled out the … Continue reading
Kids Explain the Meaning of Valentine’s Day
For years, scientists, poets, singers and writers have tried to define the concept of love. And where has that gotten us? Nowhere. So we turn instead to kids, the true philosophers, those who have yet to cloud their judgment with … Continue reading
350-Pound High School Running Back Is Freak of Nature
Highlights of 350-pound high school running back David Fangupo have gone viral this week and here’s why. More About: Sports, Watercooler
18-Year-Old’s Watch Could Beat Apple’s iWatch to Market
Simon Tian says he has in-hand a working prototype of something nearly unprecedented in consumer electronics: a smartphone the size of a watch. Not just a smart watch, but an actual, fully-featured smartphone running Google’s Android software that straps onto … Continue reading
Atari Founder’s Book on Steve Jobs to Kick Off New Publishing Platform
In 1975, Nolan Bushnell was riding high. He’d just co-founded Atari and launched the world’s first home video game, Pong. And then there was the oddball engineer he’d hired, Steve Wozniak, who’d brought his equally odd friend Steve Jobs to … Continue reading
Atari Founder’s Steve Jobs Book Will Kickstart a Publishing Platform
In 1975, Nolan Bushnell was riding high. He’d just co-founded Atari and launched the world’s first home video game, Pong. And then there was the oddball engineer he’d hired, Steve Wozniak, who’d brought his equally odd friend Steve Jobs to … Continue reading
