October 19, 2014 Trying to Live in the Moment (and Not on the Phone) by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM By providing a scoreboard of our smartphone use, new apps may help us change our ways. Published: October 18, 2014 at…
October 19, 2014 Swatting Spam on Twitter by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, how to wirelessly connect an old PC to the Internet. Published: October 17, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology…
October 18, 2014 Phone Use for Photos and Videos Is Increasing, Report Finds by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The Commerce Department reported that in 2012, for the first time, more than half of mobile phone users over 25 used…
October 18, 2014 Fitbit Says It Will Make Changes to Address Complaints About Allergic Reactions by RACHEL ABRAMS By RACHEL ABRAMS The wristband will now come with a warning that it contains nickel, a common allergen used in many types of products,…
October 17, 2014 Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A. by DAVID E. SANGER and BRIAN X. CHEN By DAVID E. SANGER and BRIAN X. CHEN The new iPhone creates a unique code that scrambles information, disrupting the investigative abilities of American…
October 17, 2014 Intimacy on the Web, With a Crowd by MATT RICHTEL By MATT RICHTEL Pornography by webcam is a money-making opportunity in a business eroded by the distribution of free sexual content on the Internet….
October 17, 2014 Android Lollipop contains Flappy Bird Easter egg! With each new version of Android comes a new “Easter egg” animation hidden away in the Settings app. In KitKat it was the dessert…
October 17, 2014 Here’s why Apple doesn’t have a MacBook Air with a Retina display Another Apple event has come and gone, and there’s still no MacBook Air with a Retina display. I won’t blame you if you’re frustrated…
October 17, 2014 A Look Behind the Snapchat Photo Leak Claims by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Three men who built a tool called Snapaved to store images from the messaging service have come forward to offer details…
October 17, 2014 Analysts Ask What’s Next for Google by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Even though Google has expanded beyond its core search business, nothing has been as profitable as search, its original golden goose….