November 4, 2015 Liftopia makes it easier for skiers to plan trips and hit the slopes As the weather gets colder and resorts ready for the coming ski season, Liftopia, a San Francisco-based resort technology platform and ski ticket purveyor, aims to make travel planning easier for those itching to hit the slopes this winter.
November 4, 2015 3 ways to dig up dirt on people We all do it. You meet someone casually or professionally, and after an exchange of pleasantries you are compelled to bring out your inner Sherlock Holmes.
November 4, 2015 Turkey moves to block YouTube, following similar move against Twitter Turkish authorities were moving to block access to YouTube on Thursday following similar action against Twitter, the country's state-run news agency said.
November 4, 2015 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address gets a digital makeover by Google The 272-word speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago today is receiving a digital makeover by the Google Cultural Institute.
November 4, 2015 Pennsylvania hospital to open country's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction A psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania is set to become the country's first facility of its kind to offer an inpatient treatment program for people it diagnosis with severe Internet addiction.
November 4, 2015 Who is the 'Syrian Electronic Army' that took down The New York Times? This is not the first time the hacker group has targeted media outlets' websites and social media accounts. In April of 2013, the SEA successfully hacked the Associated Press' Twitter page tweeting that there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Obama was injured, creating panic across the United States.
November 4, 2015 Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom 'in tears' after European firm deletes files Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.
November 4, 2015 Can you train your brain? Lumosity, BrainHQ say yes Online cognitive exercises -- or brain training -- are finding a particularly receptive audience these days. I've tried two of them, and found both to be engaging.
November 4, 2015 YouTube to charge for access to some videos The popular video-sharing website will reportedly announce it will introduce paid subscriptions as early as this week.
November 4, 2015 Google Mail and other services back after disruption, company says Following an unexplained incident that knocked Google's mail and application services offline for some users, the services are back up and working, the company claims, although there were still reports of outages.