Twitter launching photo-sharing service
Twitter said Wednesday that it is adding a photo-sharing option for its users, a move that could deal a blow to existing services such as Twitpic and yfrog.
View ArticleCoupons.com gets $200M investment
(AP) -- Digital coupon provider Coupons.com Inc. has received $200 million from undisclosed institutional investors, making it the latest Internet company to attract significant attention from the...
View ArticleInternet braces for '.Vegas' and other not-coms
(AP) -- Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank,"".Vegas" and ".Canon."
View ArticleImec demonstrates 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic for low-power mobile applications
Imec and its 3D integration partners have proven the potential of 3D integration of a commercial DRAM chip on top of a logic IC for next-generation low-power mobile applications. Imecs applied 3D EDA...
View ArticleMobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far
When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.
View ArticleTighter online privacy rules for preteens proposed
Many preteens have dived into the expanding worlds of social networks and smartphone apps, but federal rules designed to protect their privacy are still in the era of Web portals and flip phones.
View ArticleMilitary tests usefulness of smart devices
As a Cobra attack helicopter pilot, Marine Capt. Jim "Hottie" Carlson was running support missions above Afghanistan last summer when it occurred to him that it was taking far too long to find where...
View ArticleSU professor uncovers potential issues with apps built for Android systems
Wenliang Du, professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has had his paper accepted to be presented at the 27th Annual Computer Security...
View ArticleWant fuel cells? Think outside the hydrogen tank
(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people hear the words "fuel cell," they think of eco-friendly, hydrogen-powered cars that emit nothing more than water.
View ArticleElpida starts sample shipments of next-generation mobile RAM products
Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory manufacturer, today announced that it has begun sample shipments of 4-gigabit Wide IO Mobile RAMTM and 4-gigabit DDR3 Mobile RAM...
View ArticleYoung Indians in social network 'fatigue'
India's urban youth are suffering social-media "fatigue," prompting a number to delete their Facebook and other accounts, according to a new study.
View ArticleCalif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures
(AP) -- Mobile applications seeking to collect personal information will have to forewarn users as part of an agreement reached in California.
View ArticleAndroid Market checks out, Google Play moves in
Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.
View ArticleResearchers devise simple, inexpensive approach to making soft magnetic films...
Soft magnetic materials can be easily magnetized and demagnetized. They are widely used in microwave devices, such as absorption of electromagnetic radiations.
View ArticleStudy: Including ads in mobile apps poses privacy, security risks
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google...
View ArticleApps could fence in free-range Internet: US study
The free-ranging Internet is under assault by mobile applications that connect people exclusively to content kept in "walled gardens" online, according to a US study released Thursday.
View ArticleFacebook reports lower 1Q net income
(AP) -- Facebook's first-quarter net income fell 12 percent, weighed down by higher expenses even as its revenue soared, the social networking company said Monday, just a few weeks ahead of its...
View ArticleFacebook co-founder Saverin to stay in Singapore (Update)
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin intends to stay in Singapore but has no plans to take up citizenship after giving up his US passport, his spokesman said.
View ArticleNew approach uncovers data abuse on mobile end devices
Increasingly often, mobile applications on web-enabled mobile phones and tablet computers do more than they appear to.
View ArticleNaCl to give way to RockSalt: Computer scientists develop a tool to improve...
A team led by Harvard computer scientists, including two undergraduate students, has developed a new tool that could lead to increased security and enhanced performance for commonly used web and mobile...
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