May 3, 2016 GOP debates: Trump and Fiorina were the most trending on Google Thursday night’s first Republican presidential debates of the 2016 election season generated a lot of heat both on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio and on social media. Google Trends was tracking which candidates were trending online both during and after the Fox News debates.
May 3, 2016 Tech Q&A: Safe online banking, phone police scanners, slow Internet and more Kim Komando answers your questions about finding safe online banking tools, getting a free police scanner for your phone, figuring out why your Internet is so slow, and much more.
May 3, 2016 User anger and competition from rivals drive Google+ changes Google is restructuring its social networking service as it tries to address user ire and compete with Facebook and Twitter. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said this week that it is revamping Google+ -- created four years ago to compete better in the social networking space -- to address user complaints and to move elements of Google+ into more discrete services.
May 3, 2016 Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launches charitable social network, phone service Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales thinks there’s “something really wrong with the web” and, as he wrote in a recent online “manifesto,” he wants “your help in fixing it.” For Wales, most social media networks treat users as commodities that can “be sold to advertisers,” while phone companies “spend huge amounts of money on” ads to sell users “what is essentially a commodity service.” Enter The People’s Operator. On Tuesday, Wales launched TPO, a charitable social network and phone service in the U.S.
May 3, 2016 On Prime Day, Amazon offers up some pretty big tech savings Happy Amazon Prime Day — Amazon is ringing in its 20th birthday with a big celebration for members of its premium service. For the anniversary, the company is touting “more deals than Black Friday,” offering big savings on items from toys and movies to electronics and jewelry.
May 3, 2016 'The shoe' goes viral, becomes the new 'the dress' on Twitter Is "#theshoe" the new "#thedress?" When Twitter user @totallymendes asked her followers which shade of nail polish went best with her bright pink high-heeled shoe, little did she know that the image would -- as of now -- be retweeted over 5,000 times. The image was posted Wednesday afternoon, and soon the hashtag #theshoe was trending across Twitter. Who knew soliciting for online fashion advice would cause such a stir?
May 3, 2016 Washington State court rules that anonymous online reviewers are entitled to First Amendment protection In a decision Monday, the Washington Court of Appeals ruled that anonymous reviewers on websites like lawyer review site Avvo.com are entitled to First Amendment protections. In the case, Florida-based divorce and family law attorney Deborah Thomson filed a defamation suit against a poster who published an anonymous negative review of her on the site. She asked the court to subpoena for information that could reveal the poster’s identity.
May 3, 2016 Tech Q&A: Online banking, TV as computer monitor, music streaming and more Kim Komando answers your questions about secure online banking, turning your TV into your computer monitor, streaming music services, and more.
May 3, 2016 Taylor Swift announces '1989' will come to Apple Music after all The dispute between Taylor Swift and tech giant Apple is officially over. The Grammy award-winner announced through Twitter on Thursday that her album “1989” would now be available through Apple Music – Apple’s new music streaming service.
May 3, 2016 A Facebook trick to prevent embarrassment How to use Facebook's Activity Log to avoid social media embarrassment.