Mobile payment systems like Apple Pay are gaining users, but security concerns might mean you’ll have to hang onto your credit cards and cash for the time being. While mobile payments still make up only a small fraction of online transactions, their use is growing quickly. That presents a moving target in terms of assessing […]
Mobile Payments Gaining Ground, But Hold on to Your Wallet
Posted October 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 pm (UTC-5)
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Online Harassment; Apps for the Blind; Bitcoin; iOS 9.1
Posted October 22nd, 2015 at 12:02 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Experts Address How Silicon Valley Can Solve Online Harassment Despite all the wonders of the Internet, it remains a playground for abusers looking to silence minority voices. Wired talks to six experts about what Silicon Valley can do to help put an end to online harassment. How One Woman is Using Instagram […]
#BlackLivesMatter; Palmyra; Twitter Polls; Back to October 21, 2015
Posted October 21st, 2015 at 12:01 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: How #BlackLivesMatter Uses Social Media to Fight the Power #BlackLivesMatter is a Twitter hashtag created in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed young African American Trayvon Martin in Florida. The hashtag has since become a rallying cry for millions of people looking for change. Jailed […]
Snapchat & Teens; Your AI Muse; Apple; Online Reviews
Posted October 20th, 2015 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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 […]
Laser-Beaming the Internet of the Future
Posted October 15th, 2015 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Several tech companies are looking at laser or a combination of radio and laser technologies to take Internet connectivity the next level. Spearheading the effort are Google and Facebook. Google, which is deploying helium balloons in the stratosphere to provide Internet connectivity in remote areas as part of Project Loon, wants to use radio or […]
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 […]