Tag: mobile technology
Facebook IPO: Discussing the social network's mobile question
As the Facebook IPO approaches Friday, it's worth discussing just what is in store for Facebook in the world of mobile. While mobile use of Facebook is soaring, and already higher than desktop according to reports, Facebook hasn't figured out how to make money on mobile. Will that weigh down the stock?...
Connectivity through 'digital saturation' may come at the expense of conversation
Social networking and texting have become a large part of many of our daily interactions. It can be hard to find someone who doesn't have a cell phone or a Facebook account. Sherry Turkle believes that too much focus is put on these new technologies and that conversations are suffering a result of it....
Smartphones increase communication, decrease connection
Smartphones are powerful, convenient, and can be addictive. They help Americans stay in touch with an extended network of people at all times. But they can also create distance and make us less connected to those sitting right next to us....
Facebook announces $1 billion acquisition of Instagram
The hot photo-sharing app Instagram has been purchased by Facebook, the largest social network on the Internet, for $1 billion in cash and stock, the two companies announced on Monday....
VIDEO: Google's goggles? Search giant unveils Project Glass effort to mainstream augmented reality
Google's making waves in the tech space with its unveiling of Project Glass, an effort to build augmented reality glasses, voice controlled, that could allow people to get more information about the world they're seeing in front of them....
Retracted: Apple fans questioning manufacturing already taking important step, critic says
This article was edited to reflect new information about Mike Daisey, the critic who star in The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs....
VIDEO: British student looking to launch smartphone made with wood
At Middlesex University in London, a senior design student has built a smartphone out of wood. He's ramping up efforts to get the product produced on a mass scale and hopes to launch it by the end of this year....
Apple sends independent inspectors to suppliers’ Chinese factories
Recent reporting by The New York Times has raised concern about the conditions faced by workers in Apple’s supply factories in China. Now Apple has hired an independent labor rights organization to inspect and publish a report on the labor environment in its suppliers’ factories. The first round of inspections began Monday....
German company Carpooling.com looking to bring its service to U.S. market
Carpooling.com launched in Germany to help a couple of college students stay in love. A decade later, the business is thriving in Europe and it's starting to turn its eye toward the U.S. market....
Orthodox Jews in United Kingdom offer 'kosher' certified cell phones
Among the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, there is concern that cell phones with certain features could lead to immodesty among its community members. In an effort to combat that, but make cell phones available still, the community's rabbis have decided to review and kosher certify certain phones with limited features....
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