Al Gore, Neil Young sing same tune — the Internet will free us
SAN FRANCISCO — Technology and social media are saviors that will expose corrupt politicians and help save the environment from the forces of evil. That’s the view of former Vice President Al Gore and...
View ArticleNeil Young officially unveils new high-tech music player and streaming service
SAN FRANCISCO — Rocker Neil Young officially unveiled a new music download service and a high-tech music player today at Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference. To the obvious delight of his host,...
View ArticlePost facto, Obama acts to protect U.S. financial sector after devastating...
Maybe he’s tired of dealing with the headaches. After the biggest and most prolonged period of hacking breaches against America’s biggest banks, retail giants, and food chains starting over the summer...
View ArticleDespite bumps, Facebook still working to accomodate drag queens on 'real...
Facebook is still working to resolve the issue of deactivating or suspending accounts where users deploy aliases to protect their identities against the backdrop of the company’s “real-name” policy....
View ArticleSuspected Chinese government hackers behind new iCloud account attack
Here we go again. Suspected hackers working for the Chinese government are believed to be behind a new series of attacks aimed at the accounts of iCloud users in that country. The attacks on the iCloud...
View ArticleSense6 Design plans 'smart jewelry' that can save your life
“Smart jewelry that helps keep you alive.” That very well could be the motto of San Francisco-based Sense6 Design, a producer of smart jewelry like necklaces and pendants whose built-in technology...
View ArticleAmpush's future of mobile ads: whopping growth of 233 percent year-over-year
To Ampush chief Jesse Pujji, the future of mobile advertising comes down to native ads running on Facebook and Twitter. Pujji’s company runs ad campaigns for big brands like MasterCard with his two...
View ArticleFormer SpaceX CIO leaves the space world to protect your company from...
Spikes Security founder and chief executive Branden Spikes left his position as the CIO of SpaceX to save your company from ruination. Spikes is one of Elon Musk’s most trusted lieutenants. And today,...
View ArticleTwitter unveils Fabric, an SDK for Twitter Feeds and crash tracking, at its...
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo kicked off the company’s developer conference, Twitter Flight, from the stage of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Wednesday, unveiling a...
View ArticleAt Flight, Twitter's Dick Costolo extends an app-infused olive branch to...
San Francisco — Twitter’s developer conference in the city by the Bay, called Twitter Flight, was really about extending an olive branch to app developers. At Flight, the microblogging site’s CEO Dick...
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