Facebook Let Smartphone Companies Access Your Private Data

Ilana Novick Nov 13, 2018 The company did so without user permission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen Feb 1, 2013 Dig deeper

Ding Dong, the Democratic Party Is Dead

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2011 America mourns the death of its political parties; printed books are going extinct as ebooks take their place; meanwhile, BlackBerry Messenger plays a significant role in the London riots. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Aspiring iPad Killers Crash CES (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2011 The iPad was the little tablet that could. Now the rush to crash Apple's party is on. Here's a look at some of the upstarts turning heads at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Steve Jobs’ Rant Prompts Mega Nerd Fight

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 How do you take down the guy who gave us the iPhone, the iPad and the wrinkle-free turtleneck? It helps if you speak fluent nerd. 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 )

Obama’s E-Mail Dilemma

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2008 The president-elect is a notorious gadget hound who has been known to carry multiple cell phones, but he faces a looming downgrade. Because the public has a right to presidential records, Barack Obama will probably give up his precious Blackberry -- and quit e-mailing altogether. However, he is likely to be the first president with a laptop on his desk. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chin Up, John McCain — There’s Always Tomorrow

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 John McCain's Tuesday was so filled with gaffes and bad news that no one seemed to notice when one of his top advisers held a BlackBerry aloft and declared "you're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create." That spectacle simply couldn't compete with former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and, more significantly, the very public failure of deregulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Update

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BlackBerry Addicts Get the Night Sweats

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2007 There's a reason why it's nicknamed CrackBerry. North American BlackBerry users were dismayed Tuesday night by an overnight shutdown of the company's wireless e-mail service that left them bereft of their fix -- and forced them to communicate in passé ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )