Technology :: Personal Technology
Google Snaps up Waze to Add to Mapping Service
Google is buying online mapping service Waze in a $1.03 billion deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while allowing it to gain technology that could improve the accuracy and usefulness of its own popular navigation system.
World’s First Transgender Hackathon Planned for September
This September, software developers, designers, and LGBT activists will meet in Oakland, CA., for Trans*H4CK, the world’s first transgender hackathon aimed to address issues specific to the transgender community.
Music Service, Mobile Software Expected from Apple
The next version of Mac OS X will be called "Mavericks," after an undersea rock formation that produces big waves near Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Internet’s best wedding dance videos
The Feed compiles the Internet’s best wedding dance videos, including a surprise performance to Justin Bieber’s "Baby," a new twist on the father-daughter dance and Jill and Kevin’s lively wedding entrance - viewed over 80 million times.
Is Big Data Turning Government into ’Big Brother’?
With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials.
Google’s Glimpse into the Future
As Google continues to expand into new territories, the search giant is making a big push to become the center of your digital life. Chenda Ngak reports.
DHS: A Hunch is Enough for Searching your Laptop
The Homeland Security Department is defending its policy of relying on a hunch to search laptops and copy digital files at the border.
Tech Tips: Ways to Improve Online Life, Save Money
It took some discipline over a few months to get my digital life in order. As a result, I’m due to save more than $2,000 a year, money I can spend on a nice vacation.
Rebekah Brooks Denies Phone Hacking Charges
Rebekah Brooks - a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron and once one of the most powerful people in the British media - on Wednesday formally denied charges of phone hacking, bribing public officials and trying to thwart a police investigation.

