In every large gathering or event today, you’ll see crowds of people holding up their smartphones or tablets to snap up the experience and share it with the world. To … Continue reading
NBC News has released some new information from documents it acquired via Edward Snowden, the media company has announced. According to the documents, which NBC has largely made available on … Continue reading
Network neutrality—the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data that travels over their networks equally—is a principle that EFF strongly supports. However, the power to enforce equal treatment on the Internet can easily become the power to control the Internet in less beneficent ways. Some people have condemned last week’s court decision to reject the bulk of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet Order as a threat to Internet innovation and openness. Others hailed it as a victory against dangerous government regulation of the Internet. Paradoxically, there is a lot of truth to both of these claims.
The recent deaths of prominent and inspirational personalities have probably led to the awareness of the brevity of life and of people’s memories. In that light, this new WikiVIP project … Continue reading
Gmail outage results in thousands of emails ending up in unsuspecting Hotmail inbox
Posted in: Today's ChiliBoth Google and Google users have had a rough day, with the Gmail outage leaving many without access to their inbox for a short time. As a result of this … Continue reading
It seems only yesterday Vine took off in a Twitter-fueled spat of popularity, rising through the ranks to become the stomping grounds for all those who want more than GIFs … Continue reading
AOL has announced plans to acquire Gravity, the Internet personalization company behind the Interest Graph. The move comes at a time when Yahoo has made efforts to move into the … Continue reading
Following the update allowing advertisers to target users based on email addresses and user IDs, Twitter has rolled out another update that gives its advertisers better insight — Twitter Cards … Continue reading
Pinterest adds GIF support
Posted in: Today's ChiliIf Tumblr isn’t satiating your GIF needs, Pinterest might become your new favorite stomping ground — the company has announced on its blog new support for GIFs, adding an element … Continue reading
Searching the Web is a rote task, often filled with clicking and quick scanning, followed by backtracking and trying again with a different link. Some extensions exist to make this … Continue reading