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Here’s another high-profile ad win for Twitter as it gears up for its IPO: A big partnership with the NFL, which will bring video highlights and other content from America’s most popular sport to the social network. The pact is one of Twitter’s Amplify deals, which let TV programmers distribute short video clips, preceded by Continue Reading →

Five percent of Americans have resisted the siren song of cat listicles and hashtags. Specifically, they think the Internet is “irrelevant,” to use words of Pew, which just released a report on the demographic of Americans without Internet. In total, 15% of Americans don’t go online for a variety of reasons. By far the largest Continue Reading →

Organization is a pivotal skill that can be difficult to master, especially for children and adolescents. While there are thousands of productivity apps available for the iPad, only a precious few capably keep children organized in the classroom and at home. These five are the best. Complete Class Organizer – Student Version (iPad $4.99) Complete Class Continue Reading →

Apple has released iOS 7.0.2 over-the-air for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This is a bug fix release that focuses on rectifying an issue that could allow users to bypass the passcode unlock on the Lock screen. Another fix in this release is to re-add the Greek keyboard options for pass codes. iOS 7.0.2 brings Continue Reading →

Hulu at some point expects to introduce a subscription video plan without any advertising — and compete more aggressively with Netflix. But today, the Internet TV service doesn’t want to leave money on the table. Hulu generates $7.99 monthly per subscriber for the pay service and brings in about that much — in the “mid Continue Reading →

For the first time, Facebook is letting users edit their posts after the fact. The change will be available to some people on the web and the Android mobile app later in the day on Thursday; an iOS version is supposed to follow soon after. Like many of Facebook’s new features, this is a gradual Continue Reading →

Google has overhauled its search algorithm, the foundation of the Internet’s dominant search engine, to better cope with the longer, more complex queries it has been getting from Web users. Amit Singhal, senior vice president of search, told reporters on Thursday that the company launched its latest “Hummingbird” algorithm about a month ago and that Continue Reading →

(RED) announced early on Thursday that its partner Apple had helped it raise more than $65 million to finance programs which include prevention, treatment, counseling, HIV testing and care services. The announcement was made by U2 singer Bono at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting. The $65 million means that Apple has raised around $15 million Continue Reading →

Would you be more likely to delay texting while driving if you saw giant roadside signs alerting you to the next text-friendly rest stop? That’s what the state of New York is hoping, with a new campaign to repurpose rest stops into 91 texting zones along state highways. Nearly 300 signs will advertise the newly Continue Reading →

Following news that students at a Los Angeles high school had hacked district-issued iPads and were using them for personal use, district officials have halted home use of the Apple tablets until further notice. It took exactly one week for nearly 300 students at Theodore Roosevelt High School to hack through security so they could Continue Reading →