When the Washington Post kicked off its Social Reader app last year, I was a little envious.
As the social media editor at the Bay Area News Group, I wished I had proposed something like that. I was certain that ... more

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's ... more

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and a wireless industry association say they're cooperating to combat the problem of stolen smartphones.
The FCC and the CTIA Wireless Association announced a three-part plan Tuesday to fight smartphone theft and protect consumers' personal ... more

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Those Encyclopaedia Britannica volumes on your bookshelf are now a collector's item.
After 244 years and more than 7 million printed sets, the company is announcing that it will no longer publish a print edition. The last, 32-volume print version, ... more

At least some of the rumors were true -- Apple unveiled a new model of iPad Wednesday.
The new model, referred to by Apple CEO Tim Cook simply as "the new iPad," features a sharper screen, a faster processor, 1080p ... more

Mobile devices have had a good run lately. First there was news that more wireless devices are being used in the United States than there are people to use them. Then we learned that accessing the Internet by mobile device ... more

SUCCESS OF INTERNET TV -- streaming accounts for most of the Internet's bandwidth during prime time -- is making people think about dropping their cable company. After all, they wonder, why pay for a bunch of channels I don't watch? ... more

I didn't watch the recent presentation of this year's Grammy Awards, however, I heard on a later newscast that Glen Campbell, who has Alzheimer's disease, was great on stage. As the camera panned the audience which was giving Campbell a ... more

Maybe someday the government will require automakers to develop technology that automatically updates the Facebook status of drivers who are killed in crashes while checking their Facebook pages.
But for now, faced with an array of new on-board gadgets that ... more

You say TV, I say Internet. Toe-mate-o, toe-mah-to.
Technology increasingly blurs the lines between computer, television, phone and tablet. Online video options grow almost by the hour. A screen, in the era of cyber choice, is a screen is a ... more

About a week ago my buddy Wil called to let me know his Android phone device had developed a sense of humor.
Wil was writing a sweet love text to his girlfriend. The text said, "Do you know that you're ... more

It's hard to believe broadcasters used to worry that streaming live sports online might cannibalize the TV audiences they pay huge rights fees to attract.
That hoary notion has been replaced by the idea that viewers will migrate to the ... more