November 19, 2014 College Applicants Sanitizing Social Media Profiles as More Schools Pry by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Warned that colleges are increasingly investigating digital histories, high school students are cleaning up their public social media activity. Published: November…
November 19, 2014 Favorite tweets Sleeping in space is bonkers!! I talked to astronaut Marsha Ivins about what you don't hear about life in space: http://t.co/DZ9cUvWgvO — Caitlin Roper…
November 19, 2014 Fidelity Makes a Virtual City of Stocks by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The financial services giant took a look at the virtual reality goggles from Oculus Rift, and saw a three-dimensional city made…
November 19, 2014 Favorite tweets #knownews You can now order a Domino's pizza on your Xbox One http://t.co/YuYy9lCp1G http://ift.tt/1xPvpW6 — Derek T McKinney (@DerekTMcKinney) November 19, 2014 from http://ift.tt/N77xu5…
November 19, 2014 ClassDojo Adopts Deletion Policy for Student Data by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The maker of ClassDojo, a popular classroom app, said that starting in January it plans to keep students’ behavioral records for…
November 19, 2014 WhatsApp Adds Improved Encryption on Android Phones by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD The popular messaging platform is getting more secure with technology from Open Whisper Systems. Published: November 17, 2014 at 07:00PM from…
November 19, 2014 Vamo Start-Up Simplifies Booking of Complex Trips by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The start-up, whose name plays off of vámonos, Spanish for “let’s go,” is designed to be a marriage of the convenience…
November 19, 2014 AT&T and Starbucks Bring Wireless Phone Chargers to Some Coffee Shops by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Wireless power charging has been around for years, but most people do not use it. AT&T and Starbucks are teaming…
November 19, 2014 Viber Messages for the World to See by MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Viber built its name on private messaging and phone calls. But the four-year-old start-up now plans to try…
November 19, 2014 Uber, a Start-Up Going So Fast It Could Miss a Turn by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The company is facing its toughest challenge yet — curbing its ugliest, most aggressive impulses before its win-at-all-cost culture begins to…