Microsoft Throws a Vine to Disaster Victims
Microsoft (MSFT) just started testing a new service, Vine, which is something like a Twitter for emergencies. It allows users to quickly notify neighbors when, say, a local river is about to flood or a...
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How to Tweak Outlook Email To Work for You
If you have a job, chances are you use Microsoft Outlook. But are you using it to your best advantage? Despite the popularity of Microsoft Outlook, several of its functions aren’t noticeable unless you...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to "Thank You," You're Not Welcome With Email
The U.K. postal strike comes on the heels of localized strikes that have disrupted Royal Mail service since June–and the disorder has begun to change behavior among some Britons, who despite...
View ArticleTrying to Save the Web's Shortcuts
The Internet Archive and more than 20 Web companies are banding together to preserve the historical records of the abbreviated Internet addresses that are passed around on services such as Twitter....
View ArticleCES: Taser’s Turn at Cellphone Safety
For parents who want to keep their kids from sexting–or just texting at the dinner table–new cellphone software called Protector keeps them in the loop. Protector, which debuts Thursday at CES, is made...
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GDrive Actually Google Docs
Google is adding some storage embellishments to its Docs service, essentially transforming the Web-based productivity suite into something akin to its long-rumored cloud storage service, GDrive, though...
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Steve Jobs Email Reply Generator
The Steve Jobs email reply generator is actually interactive on the Geek Culture Web site–check it out.
View ArticleShopping Site Groupon Buys Germany's CityDeal
Groupon Inc., a website offering daily deals at businesses in the U.S. and Canada, is expanding into Europe by buying Berlin-based City Deal GmbH. The deal, the terms of which weren’t disclosed,...
View ArticleIndia Closer to Dream of Full BlackBerry Surveillance
Access to Research in Motion’s BlackBerry messenger service evidently wasn’t enough to fully address India’s security concerns over the device. Sources in the Indian government tell Reuters that the...
View ArticleGoogle Tightens Its Privacy Practices
Acknowledging that its Street View cars inadvertently gathered not just fragmentary data from open Wi-Fi networks, but some URLs, passwords and entire emails as well, Google today again apologized and...
View ArticleWebsite for Leaked Data Shines Spotlight on WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks publishes top-secret documents about government and corporate intrigue. Then there is John Young, who publishes documents about WikiLeaks. From his apartment on New York City’s Upper West...
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Google Street View: Chronology of a Cock-Up
Much as Google would like Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to follow the Federal Trade Commission’s lead and close his inquiry into the inadvertent collection of user data by its Street...
View ArticleU.K.: Google Breached Laws
U.K. officials ruled Wednesday that Google Inc. broke the law by collecting data from wireless networks for its Street View mapping service, reflecting growing scrutiny in Europe of the U.S. Internet...
View ArticleUsing Software to Sift Digital Records
Companies in litigation pay lawyers handsome sums to pore over their vast archives of emails, documents and other electronic records. The goal of this sleuthing is to identify which records contain...
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Google Buys Phonetic Arts to Make Machines Sound Human
Google is beefing up its voice services with today’s acquisition of Cambridge, England-based Phonetic Arts. Google’s view is that voice will be critical in making mobile devices with small screens and...
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RIM, India Trade Texts, Still Not BFFs
India and Research in Motion are still struggling to find common ground in a dispute over how much access the government is given to corporate emails and instant messages. According to AFP, an Indian...
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Weathering the Storm, RIM Makes Its Business Case in Boston
Mobilized is trudging through the snow in Beantown Thursday to hear Research In Motion talk about its plans for the enterprise. RIM is set to talk about why businesses should bet on both the BlackBerry...
View ArticleInternet Access in Hotel Rooms
Q: I have a 3GS iPhone. Is there a way to connect it to the Internet cable found in hotel and motel rooms? A: Not that I know of. But you can do this indirectly by creating your own Wi-Fi network from...
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As Egypt's Last Internet Connection Goes Down, Alternatives Appear
Even as the main Internet service providers in Egypt were shut down last week in a move to quell anti-government protests, one connection remained online: The Noor Group (usually found at...
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Former Apple and PopCap Engineer Launches App to Make iPhone Camera Useful
A new app called VisualList offers a simple but natural extension of the iPhone’s camera, allowing users to organize and remember things by taking a picture of them. Many of us already pull out our...
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Zynga Says Former Employee Admits to Taking Confidential Files
A judge has granted Zynga’s request to move forward in a lawsuit it filed against a former employee, who is believed to have stolen confidential documents before joining a rival social games maker....
View ArticleSift Raises More Funding to Help Turn Your Inbox Into a Personalized Shopping...
Sift has raised $540,000 in funding to turn the deluge of offers sent to consumers via email into a shopping app for the iPad. The Burlingame, Calif.-based company, which was incubated by the Tandem...
View ArticleIn Wake of Corporate Hacks, Twitter Steps Up Email Security
Twitter has implemented a new security technology in the official emails sent to its users, the company announced on Thursday, making it less likely for users to receive fake spam emails from a...
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