It's As If Apple Has Hired Don Draper
The other day I was talking to an old friend. Not only is this friend outside the tech sphere, he's just about as opposite of tech savvy as a person can be. He's basically a luddite. In fact, I was...
Techmeme Offers Tech News at Internet Speed
SAN FRANCISCO — News lovers in Washington can't live without Mike Allen at Politico. Hollywood squabbles over the relative merits of Sharon Waxman's TheWrap versus Nikki Finke's Deadline. The newspa...
AT&T handing out free 3G MicroCells to loyal customers?
While we've no clue how widespread AT&T's generosity is, or how you might get one, it appears that the company's “most valuable customers” are now receiving free range-boosting femtocells. Today, loy...
Shortages of Phone Hindering Sprint 4G
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s big bet on its super-fast 4G network is running into stronger-than-expected head winds, Chief Executive Dan Hesse said in an interview. — Sprint is still the only U.S. carrier ...
WIKILEAKS WEBSITE TO BE ABANDONED
The website has been effectively down in terms of document submissions for many weeks, and as we speak there is no way for the general public or potential whistleblowers to upload documents to the sit...
Facebook unveils child safety ‘panic button’
Facebook has announced it will allow a “panic button” application on its social networking site. — The button, aimed at children and teenagers, will report abuse to the UK Child Exploitation and Onl...
Why I Turned In My iPhone and Went Android
For such a long-time Apple believer and Mac/iPhone customer, the idea of turning my back on Steve Jobs and crew, stopping my app store and media buying preferences almost entirely and choosing a diver...
Free Spy Novel
A spy thriller from the DOJ...for free! — Instead of spending your hard-earned dollars loading your Kindle or iPad with fictional potboilers, head over to Scribd and download the Department of Justi...