Breakingviews: Facebook's one-way bet

09-05-2012 • http://www.reuters.com,

Rob Cox and Robert Cyran discuss Facebook's plans to buy back stock at half the IPO price and the social network’s plans to retain staff.

Facebook Crashes Even Lower

08-31-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Jay Yarow

Facebook's stock has crashed to a new all-time low.

For Some Reason Apple Doesn't Want iPhone Users Keeping Tabs on the Drone Wars

08-31-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow

An app that alerts users to drone strikes around the world keeps getting denied by the Apple's App Store reviewers, and no one can explain why

Apple rejects Drones+, app to track U.S. drone strikes

08-30-2012 • Washington Post

Apple confirmed Thursday that it has rejected Drones+ from its App Store. The app is designed to alert users whenever someone has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. Wired’s Danger Room reported that the app, developed by New York-based developer

IBM Is Bringing Its Mega-Intelligence Watson to Your Smartphone

08-30-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle

Siri is helpful when you want to schedule a reminder or look at the forecast, but wouldn’t it be better to have a bona fide Jeopardy! champ in your pocket?

The FAA May Finally Give Up On Its Obnoxious Ban Of Using Your Phone During Takeoff

08-29-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love

The Federal Aviation Administration is revisiting the rules surrounding the use of in-flight electronics, reports Macworld.

Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. - creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software

08-28-2012 • www.wikipedia.com

In 1991, he wrote the popular Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) program, and made it available (together with its source code) through public FTP for download, the first widely available program implementing public-key cryptography.

NASA's Next Nanosatellites Will Carry HTC Smartphones

08-27-2012 • http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow

Nexus S, phoning home

Why Teens Are So Comfortable Giving Out Personal Information

08-23-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, William Wei

At Mobile Advertising Conference this summer, we talked about why teens and millennials are comfortable giving out personal information and data over the web and through mobile devices.

First Demonstration of A Quantum Router

08-20-2012 • www.technologyreview.com

Chinese physicists unveil a router that uses a quantum control signal to determine the path of a quantum data signal

The iPhone Has Passed a Key Security Threshold

08-19-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Simson L. Garfink

Does society really want extremely private mobile devices if they make life easier for criminals? Apple's newly toughened standards sharpen the focus on that question.

Apple's Spat with Google Will Only Get Worse

08-19-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Tom Simonite

The two companies seem fated to compete ever more fiercely over mobile computing.

Verizon Wins Some Spectrum Wiggle Room

08-17-2012 • Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.com

The U.S. Justice Department has approved a $3.6 billion deal for the carrier to buy airwave capacity from cable companies.

What does it mean to make something?

08-17-2012 • www.diasporaproject.org

During the last two years that we have been building Diaspora, we have uncovered lots of interesting problems related to our core mission—giving people ownership over their data.

Apple Snuck A New Feature Onto The iPhone Today

08-06-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve Kovach

After all the hubbub surrounding Apple's decision to kill the YouTube app on the iPhone and iPad today, a lot of people missed what Apple added to the beta version of iOS 6, the company's next mobile operating system.

Study Reveals a Confused View of Mobile Phone Privacy and Security

08-03-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Conor Myhrvold

Many users' perceptions are at odds with the realities, researchers show.

YouTube Fights Horrible Commenters by Naming Names

07-23-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Ryan Tate

YouTube is pushing its notorious commenters to name themselves.

New Gadget Allows Police To Jam Your Phone If Your Caught Driving While Talking

07-23-2012 • http://govtslaves.info, Doug Newcomb

There’s no shortage of devices that supposedly prevent drivers from talking or texting by blocking mobile phone signals or that alert parents and employers about the behavior.

THE TRUTH ABOUT GOOGLE'S NEXUS 7 TABLET: It's Almost As Good As The iPad

07-20-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin Smith

If you read my post last week about experiencing Android for two weeks, then you'll remember that I wasn't too impressed with Samsung's new Android phone, the Galaxy S III, and went back to my iPhone.

A Social Network Free of Ads

07-20-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Tom Simonite

The dominant social networks cater too much to advertisers, says the man behind a Twitter-style network that users would pay for.

Justice Department Sues Telecom for Challenging National Security Letter

07-19-2012 • http://www.wired.com, By Kim Zetter

Last year, when a telecommunications company received an ultra-secret demand letter from the FBI seeking information about a customer or customers, the telecom took an extraordinary step...

AT&T's Next Ridiculous Move Is Going To Outrage iPhone Users

07-17-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve Kovach

News broke today that AT&T will likely charge iPhone users extra to use FaceTime video chat over cellular (3G or 4G) networks.

Startup Uses a Smartphone Compass to Track People Indoors

07-17-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica Leber

Indoor Atlas says its technology for indoor positioning is highly accurate.

A Banking Giant Makes a Mobile Payment Bet

07-15-2012 • http://www.technologyreview.com, Jessica Leber

Backing from JPMorgan Chase will speed a startup's rise in a crowded field.

Freedom = Censorship?

07-15-2012 • http://www.commondreams.org, by Tim Karr

Think you have the right to speak freely via cellphones, websites and social media? Well, the companies that provide you with access to the Internet don’t.

Obama Now Controls All Communications Via Executive Order

07-11-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com

“The Federal Government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive missions.”

Obama gives himself control of all communication systems in America

07-10-2012 • RT.com

US President Barack Obama quietly signed his name to an Executive Order on Friday, allowing the White House to control all private communications in the country in the name of national security.

US Cell Phone Companies See Surveillance Requests Soar

07-10-2012 • http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz

Ubiquitous in the modern world, the cell phone is a very personal item and, perhaps predictably, at has become one of the favorite targets for US law enforcement fishing expeditions, according to new data released by cell phone companies.