Now California State Wants to Ban Sale of Encrypted Smartphones California’s assembly member Jim Cooper introduced legislation to ban the sale of smartphone devices that come with unbreakable encryption. The state is home to the world’s biggest technology companies. If approved, the legislation would require any smartphone manufactured “on or after January 1, 2017, and […]
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Encrypted Smartphone Sales Banned in California; iHeartRadio Reaches 80mil
Twitter Outages; Worst Passwords of 2015
Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter Hit by Sporadic Outages in Many Parts of Globe Twitter said on Tuesday its social network was suffering ongoing outages on computers and phones and it was working towards a resolution. Outages were reported across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. Users were told: “Some users are currently experiencing […]
Toxic Web User Warnings; 2015 Technology in Review
Today’s Tech Sightings: Vietnam Warns of ‘Toxic’ Web Use Ahead of Party Shakeup Using its new Facebook page, Vietnam’s government vows to tackle an anticipated increase in “toxic” activity on social media ahead of the country’s Communist Party congress in January. The Internet is hugely popular in Vietnam, used by nearly half of its 90-million-strong […]
Retailers Lights Have Eyes; Google Launches ‘About Me’
Tech Sightings: Editors Note: Techtonics is taking November 13 off. Will return next week. We’re Watching You: Carrefour Lights Have Eyes Almost three-quarters of British retailers are using new technologies, including facial recognition software, to track customers in stores. French retailer, Carrefour, started using a marketing tool that tracks your movements and beams data to […]
Education Tuition Reimbursement; Facebook Blocking Rival
Tech Sightings: Udacity Now has 1,000 Graduates and is Valued at $1 billion Launched only 13 months ago, for-profit online educational organization Udacity has seen its 1,000th student graduate from a current total enrollment of 10,000 across 168 countries. It has also accepted a $105 million investment, giving it a $1 billion valuation. Udacity offers […]
Goodbye Betamax; Hackers Charged in ‘Largest Theft of Consumer Data’
Today’s Tech Sightings: That’s A Wrap: Sony To Kill Off Betamax Tapes It’s the final chapter in a long-running “format war” which began in the 1970s. Sony announced it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. New tapes have been available only in Japan for several years — even though the company discontinued Betamax […]
Interactive Movie Watching; Android Adware Not Removable
Today’s Tech Sightings: Hollywood Studios Wade Into Virtual Reality Over the next year, movie goers might enjoy the same interactive experience as video gamers have long ago, by wearing virtual reality headsets. Innovators are creating headgear, specifically for film. Viewers can experience being dropped into the middle of the world of the film. Rather than […]
Dinotrux 5-Minute Favorites; TV Networks Reading Minds
Today’s Tech Sightings: Netflix, DreamWorks Have Videos to Help Parents Get Kids in Bed Sooner Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have teamed up to give Mom and Dad an upper hand when kids often want to watch ”one more show,” before retiring, Netflix now has three new 5 Minute Favorites based on the animated series Dinotrux — each one […]
Drone Package Delivery; Twitter’s Heart-Shaped Like
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Aims to Begin Drone Package Deliveries in 2017 David Vos, the leader for Alphabet’s Project Wing, the new holding company for Google is in talks with the FAA and other stakeholders about setting up an air traffic control system for drones that would use cellular and Internet technology to coordinate unmanned […]
Snowden on Twitter; Nexus Phones; Security Flaws
Today’s Tech Sightings: Edward Snowden Hits 1 million Twitter Followers The former government contractor who leaked thousands of classified NSA documents, has officially joined Twitter. His opening tweet was: “Can you hear me now?” The profile bears the blue check mark, meaning Twitter has verified that Snowden is the true owner of the account. He […]