July 3, 2014 Swear Off Social Media, for Good or Just for Now by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Those concerned about their online profiles have a range of options, from deactivating their accounts completely to limiting who sees past…
July 3, 2014 Mixed Predictions About Wearables Like Smartwatches and Google Glass by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Several prominent research firms made predictions about where these devices were headed. Their projections were all over the map. Published:…
July 2, 2014 The Bright Side of Facebook’s Social Experiments on Users by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Studying how social media sites are used can provide valuable insight into human behavior and may also help curb their power…
July 2, 2014 Cybercrime Scheme Aims at Payments in Brazil by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Researchers say transactions worth $3.75 billion were compromised, though it is not clear how much was stolen. Published: July 3, 2014…
July 2, 2014 American Soccer Fans Dominate FIFA’s Online Audience by HIROKO TABUCHI By HIROKO TABUCHI Is the United States becoming a soccer nation? Interest in FIFA’s online outlets in the United States is running well ahead…
July 2, 2014 Facebook’s Secret Manipulation of User Emotions Under British Inquiry by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The Information Commissioner’s Office in Britain is reportedly investigating whether the social network broke data protection laws by manipulating the emotional…
July 2, 2014 Twitter’s Revolving Door Spins Again by VINDU GOEL and MIKE ISAAC By VINDU GOEL and MIKE ISAAC The continuing turmoil in Twitter’s executive suite, a hallmark of the company’s eight-year existence, suggests that the company…
July 2, 2014 Canadian Antispam Law Whips Up a Storm of Last-Minute Messages by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN An antispam law requiring proof that a recipient has consented to be sent emails has resulted in a torrent of messages…
July 2, 2014 U.S. Accuses T-Mobile Of Overbilling by EDWARD WYATT and BRIAN X. CHEN By EDWARD WYATT and BRIAN X. CHEN The Federal Trade Commission said the carrier made hundreds of millions of dollars from premium texting services…
July 1, 2014 Your Personality Type, Defined by the Internet by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY We know that we are watched online, our feelings scanned by Google and Facebook to figure out what next to sell…