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The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon Communications is investigating similar security breaches at two more as-yet-unnamed retailers that occurred around the same time as the massive Target credit card hack late last year. The two retailers affected by the newly-discovered attack have not yet announced the event to customers. Verizon’s Bryan Sartin did not Continue Reading →

Google on Wednesday announced deeper integration between AdWords and Google Analytics for Mobile Apps. In short, you can now link your AdWords and Google Analytics accounts and enable auto-tagging. By doing so, you can start receiving a new set of automatic detailed reports on things like day parts, destination URLs, and keyword positions. Google hopes Continue Reading →

Have you ever needed to get in touch with someone whose phone was on silent? A new app and service called UrgentCall will help get you connected. UrgentCall is a service created to make sure you are available to your loved ones when they need you most. Designed to notify call recipients of an emergency Continue Reading →

A study released by PBS KIDS on Tuesday has found that media and technology are an essential part of preparing children to enter elementary school. From TV, computer games, websites and apps, all are vital to preparing children to enter elementary school: 89% of parents understand the educational benefits of exposing their children to media Continue Reading →

Are you curious why everyone is talking about the Internet of everything? Cisco CEO John Chambers gives 19 trillion really good reasons. Chambers believes the Internet of everything, also known as the Internet of things, will create $19 trillion (yes, that’s with a “t”) in economic benefit and value over the next decade. The Internet Continue Reading →

A Democratic U.S. senator is asking the federal government to take this remarkable step: completely ban Bitcoin. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia sent a letter today to the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and other regulators characterizing the virtual currency as encouraging “illicit activity” as well as being “highly unstable and disruptive to our Continue Reading →

The Dogecoin started off as a penniless Internet joke. But Matt Thompson plans on selling his vacation home for this meme-inspired currency. The 27-year-old entrepreneur has been selling games and gadgets over the Internet for years, but nothing as big as his Wisconsin vacation home, which he is offering for 100 million Dogecoins. Dogecoin (pronounced Continue Reading →

Before it became de rigueur for cable companies to offer subscribers heaps of video on demand, it was TiVo that started breaking down the hegemony of TV programming, giving viewers the chance to control what, when, and how they watched. Now, with a new venture called Qplay, the guys who founded TiVo are trying to Continue Reading →

Motorola didn’t show off any new devices, but it did have a lot to say about its plans for the future at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Moto Maker, which until now has been available exclusively to U.S. customers, will open shop in Western Europe and Mexico next quarter, according to Rick Osterloh, Continue Reading →

Administration lawyers have presented the White House with four options for restructuring the National Security Agency’s phone-surveillance program, from ditching the controversial collection altogether to running it through the telephone companies, according to officials familiar with the discussions. President Barack Obama in January asked U.S. intelligence agencies and the attorney general to report by March Continue Reading →