November 4, 2015 Crossing a line? California school district hires company to watch students’ social media In California, a school district is paying a social media monitoring firm to keep an eye on students' social media activity. Privacy advocates are calling foul. But when kids are at risk, where do we draw the line?
November 4, 2015 Feds launch new app to enlist public's help in catching sexual predators A new smartphone app is enlisting the public’s help to track down sexual predators. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) launched the first of its kind app today in hopes that people will leave anonymous tips that will help them catch dangerous criminals.
November 4, 2015 Google names new Android operating system after chocolate bar Gimme a break, Google. Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar.
November 4, 2015 Motorola phone made in US isn't more expensive to make, iSuppli says A research firm says Motorola's new Moto X phone doesn't cost more to make simply because it's assembled in Texas.
November 4, 2015 Review: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, among the world’s biggest smartphones AT&T began selling the Samsung Galaxy Mega today for $149.99. The phone is essentially identical to the popular Samsung Galaxy 4, with one exception: It is immense. Really immense. Make that enormous.
November 4, 2015 HTC recruits Robert Downey Jr. to fight Samsung To beat Samsung in the smartphone wars, HTC could probably use the combination of Iron Man's firepower and Sherlock Holmes' cunning.
November 4, 2015 Android smartphones dominating sales Not only has Android knocked Apple off its throne in the tablet industry, but it's also dominating the world's smartphone market as of Q2 2013.
November 4, 2015 Forget the NSA, protect your phone from thieves Forget the NSA, people need to start worrying about protecting their phones against thieves.
November 4, 2015 Samsung and Jay-Z to sign $20 million deal connected to music streaming service, rumor says Samsung is reportedly about to sign a deal with rapper Jay-Z, worth a cool $20 million, which could see the launch of a new music streaming service concentrating on Jay-Z's own record label.
November 4, 2015 New gadget can recharge a cell phone in 30 seconds A new device invented by Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif., can fit inside a cell phone’s battery and recharge it fully in less than half a minute. And the inventor of the gizmo is just 18 years old.