Technology

Facebook Is Too Cool for E-Mail

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2010 Facebook is trying to reinvent messaging -- just don't call it e-mail Yeah, you'll get an @Facebook e-mail acount, but as CEO Mark "Maaaaark!" Zuckerberg says, "It's not e-mail" Instead the new platform will collect your entire messaging history . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Brother Is Watching, Friending, Following You Online

G.W. Schulz / Truthdig Nov 12, 2010 Everyone from employers to the Department of Homeland Security is monitoring social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, raising questions about how standards enforcing privacy online can withstand the rush of data about you and everyone else that courses through the Internet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Attack of the Monster Phones

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 13, 2010 The smart-phone boom has produced a new breed of giant phone that makes Apple's offering seem tiny by comparison. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Google Android Cheat Sheet for Normal Humans

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 13, 2010 This is a guide for my mom and everyone else who might be confused by Google's mobile phone jargon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Falling in Love With the Kindle

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 7, 2010 I hated Amazon's first Kindle as much as my dad, an avid reader, writer and collector of books, loved it. For him, it was delivery on a very old promise. For me, its monochrome screen, beige plastic body and single-mindedness represented a technological regression. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Steve Jobs Is Darth Vader

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2010 Our Chinese is a bit rusty, but it seems, judging by this video, that Steve Jobs is a Sith lord who will solve your iPhone antenna problems by light-sabering your fingers off. But don't take our word for it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cyberspace Dunderheads

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jun 9, 2010 I've come down with a bad case of the shallows. That's technology writer Nicholas Carr's term -- and the title of his new book -- for the invisible, invidious impact of computers on the modern brain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Oh, to Be a 9-Year-Old Computer Genius

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2010 Meet Marco Calasan, the world's youngest Microsoft systems engineer and official computer genius. At the advanced age of 9, Marco, who calls Macedonia his home, is already the author of a book on Windows 7 that he's hoping to publish and has earned four Microsoft certificates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fix Facebook Privacy Problems in 2 Minutes

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2010 Facebook has become something of a privacy nightmare (but then what did we expect when we turned over the social sphere to a private company?). Grumbles aside, here are some quick changes that can keep Grandma in photos without sharing your sexts and pokes with the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )