All Technology
- Facebook drones? Report says yes.It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a drone with Internet access? New reports point to Facebook investing in drone technology company Titan Aerospace to get the next billion people online.
- HTC One: Cracked phone? Fix the screen for free.Broken HTC One? The company will replace cracked phone screens free of charge. HTC will even over-night the new One screen for $29.
- Apple brings iOS to cars with CarPlaySmart phone companies are in a mad dash to win over your car's dashboard. The most recent offering? CarPlay, which puts iOS on your dashboard and Siri in the passenger seat.
- Android, not Apple, dominated the tablet market in 2013For the first time ever, Apple's iOS took a backseat to Google's Android in the tablet wars.Â
- Microsoft shake-up turns former political operative into head of strategyAccording to a handful of reports, Microsoft will wave goodbye to top-ranking executives Tony Bates and Tami Reller, and promote former political operative Mark Penn to head of strategy.Â
- Spotify, iTunes, Pandora: How music-streaming services compareOld services, such as Spotify, add features. New ones, such as Beats, come online.
- AboutTheData.com asks if you recognize your online selfAcxiom's AboutTheData.com lets you see and edit what marketers think they know about you.
- AboutTheData.com asks if you recognize your online selfAcxiom's AboutTheData.com lets you see and edit what marketers think they know about you.
- How PewDiePie conquered YouTubeThe new YouTube celebrities: gamers. Millions of people love to watch other people playing games online.
- How PewDiePie conquered YouTubeThe new YouTube celebrities: gamers. Millions of people love to watch other people playing games online.
- OK Google: Hands-free search debuts on Chrome BetaNo need to wash your hands of cookie dough if you forget how many ounces are in a cup while cooking. Google has integrated its hands-free search function, OK Google, into its new Chrome Beta.
- Why would Microsoft release a free version of Windows 8.1?New reports suggest that Microsoft could bundle Windows 8.1 and Bing into a low-cost bundle.Â
- How to name a patch of Mars real estate for only $5Uwingu, a space-centric start-up, is selling naming rights to 500,000 craters. But there are a few caveats.Â
- Welcome to the Google Doodle book club Want to join Google’s book club? Look no further than its Doodles. Check out Google's reading list.
- T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon set customers 'free'T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon give clients a new option to trade up faster – at a price.
- Netflix, Amazon, Apple build kid-safe zones with parental controlsOnline playgrounds from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple give kids room to be themselves, without straying too far.
- Sony Xperia Z2: One name, two premium gadgetsSony Xperia Z2 is a tablet and it is also a phone – but they are not the same device. Very confusing. If the Sony Xperia Z2 are not your style, check out budget-friendly Xperia M2 smart phone.Â
- Meet the Boeing Black, a smart phone worthy of a spyThe Boeing Black will brick itself if unauthorized users attempt to break the casing of the device.Â
- Google doodle: Did John Steinbeck spy for the CIA?Writer John Steinbeck offered to work for the CIA during the cold war. Evidence suggests that the agency accepted.Â
- Boeing's new smartphone: Secure enough for James Bond?Better known for jetliners and fighter plans, Boeing has developed a new, secure smartphone that will encrypt calls and be rendered inoperable should someone tamper with the casing.