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Cover letters, resumes, applications, internships and job interviews. For twenty-somethings, the act of finding work is, well, a full-time job in itself. Who has time to worry about retirement if we aren’t even employed? Apparently, a lot of us. Seventy percent to be exact. A recent study from TheStreet and GfK Public Affairs finds that 70 percent of Continue Reading →

This fall, HP will ship a laptop, the ENVY 17, which will be the first laptop to ship with Leap Motion technology embedded into the hardware. Not only that, but the Leap Motion sensor included in the laptop is dramatically smaller than previous embedded designs. If you’re unfamiliar with Leap Motion, prepare to have your Continue Reading →

Time is running out for BlackBerry. The company announced on Friday that it is cutting 4,500 jobs and that it will report a net operating loss of nearly $1 billion in its next quarterly earnings report. The company also braced investors for a major quarterly revenue miss and said its preliminary earnings results show that Continue Reading →

Apple gave its Apple TV set-top box an internal overhaul Friday, issuing a software update that adds a few new features to the device. Arriving two days after AllThingsD predicted it would, the new firmware brings with it a bunch of enhancements. Among new features included in Apple TV 6.0: Support for iTunes Radio and Continue Reading →

There’s only so much we can read into Valve’s vague plans to “connect the dots for customers who want Steam in the living room,” but the safe bet is on the Steambox. The company’s just-launched teaser site shows a countdown clock leading up to Monday’s announcement, as well as an image of a controller leading Continue Reading →

Earlier this week, we noted that Apple’s new policy of automatically serving up old versions of apps to users was good for the downloader, but not so great for the developer. On Thursday, Apple has adjusted its policy and will allow developers to choose not to offer old versions. Apple made the announcement on its Continue Reading →

Move over ad Twitter, here comes ad Pinterest. The social networking service, which allows users to “pin” items of interest (get it?) to digital boards, began offering personalized recommendations back in July. Now, it’s taking the approach one step further with plans to introduce promoted pins from business accounts in search and category results. Pinterest Continue Reading →

When it debuted Wednesday, iOS 7 brought with it a slew of bug fixes to Apple’s mobile operating system, but it brought a new vulnerability as well — one that can be exploited to bypass the lock screen on iOS devices. Like most iOS lock screen vulnerabilities, the hack to exploit it is somewhat involved Continue Reading →

If you already own an iPhone and you’re planning to upgrade to the iPhone 5s or the iPhone 5c, you probably want to carry your old data and settings along with you. Thankfully, there are two fairly easy ways to do this. If your soon-to-be-old phone is running iOS 5 or later and you have Continue Reading →

In Hong Kong, it’s all about the gold iPhone 5S. Apple has asked its suppliers to increase production of the gold-colored iPhone 5S by an additional one-third after seeing strong demand, people familiar with the situation said.  It isn’t clear whether there are currently supply constraints manufacturing the new iPhone. An Apple spokeswoman declined to Continue Reading →