Today’s Tech Sightings: I’m 15 and Snapchat Makes Me Feel Awful About Myself Writer Ruby Karp argues that Snapchat’s latest update encourages FOMO or fear of missing out among teenagers. She says teens are obsessed with the Snapchat stories feature, which lets them “boast” about who they are with, what they’re doing — and “what […]
Snapchat & Teens; Your AI Muse; Apple; Online Reviews
Posted October 20th, 2015 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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E-Learning; Women in Tech; Cloud Culture; Kiss Your Piggy Bank Goodbye
Posted October 15th, 2015 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The Coming Trends in Online Education Online learning has benefited from new and improved tech tools during the past six years. However, these improvements have not produced better learning outcomes, claims writer William Fenton. He argues that priorities need to change as online learning shifts towards “blended initiatives with residential universities.” More […]
Connecting the World; Flash Malware; Apple; Twitter
Posted October 14th, 2015 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Ericsson CEO Explains How He’s Going to Connect the World to the Internet In an interview with Re/Code, Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg spoke about what is needed to connect the world to the Internet as hardware prices drop and mobile phones become more accessible. 4.2 Billion People Are Still Offline The world […]
Margaret Hamilton; Apple News; Google Drones; Pepsi Smartphone?
Posted October 13th, 2015 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Her Code Got Humans on the Moon — and Invented Software You might never have heard of Margaret Hamilton. In the 1960s, she landed a job as a programmer at MIT. But when the Apollo space program came along, she led an engineering feat that would land a man on the moon […]
Thailand’s Firewall; the Next Big Thing; Android; Steve Jobs
Posted October 8th, 2015 at 3:38 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Thai Military’s Plan for ‘Great Firewall’ Risks Internet Competition Free speech advocates and former officials say the proposal by Thailand’s military government to create a single, controlled Internet gateway would kill competition and be seen as the latest effort to smother freedom of expression and dissent. Android Creator Thinks the Next Big […]
Nong Kalaland; Nepal’s Drones; Internet Use & Teen Health; Microsoft
Posted October 7th, 2015 at 3:37 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Thailand’s Gamers Fight to Save Open Internet Thailand’s idea of controlling Internet traffic through one gateway is not sitting well with a lot of the country’s citizens. Several groups that include privacy activists – even gamers – have united to take down government websites with coordinated Distributed Denial of Service attacks. The […]
Satellite Internet; Twitter’s Cultural Footprint; Windows 10
Posted October 6th, 2015 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Deliver ‘Internet From Space’ to Africa Facebook’s internet.org and satellite operator Eutelsat Communications will launch a satellite next year to deliver broadband Internet services to rural communities in Africa. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his blog that the company will work with local providers to help communities access the […]
Thailands’ Internet; Freevolt; Skype; Android Blues
Posted October 1st, 2015 at 2:12 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Thai Government Faces Opposition in Bid to Build Single Internet Gateway Thailand’s plan to route all Internet traffic through one gateway is under fire. Former minister of information and communication technology, Anudith Nakornthap, a member of Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party, said the plan would slow down online services and could bring down […]
Snowden on Twitter; Nexus Phones; Security Flaws
Posted September 30th, 2015 at 3:22 pm (UTC-5)
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 […]
Google; Data Overload; Linux DDoS; iOS 9 Bugs; Windows Privacy
Posted September 29th, 2015 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Key Google Announcements Expected Today, September 29 The San Francisco event will highlight new features for Google’s Nexus 5X smartphone. The company also is expected to talk about its Android Marshmallow mobile operating system, Chromecast and other products. Study: ‘Data Overload’ Is Leaving UK Users Stressed, Sleep-Deprived A study of about 1,000 adults […]