Twitter experimenting with customized ‘who to follow’ lists based on browsing behavior
We reported today that Twitter has begun implementing the "Do Not Track" privacy option for its users, and we're now getting a better idea of why the company may have rolled it out: it's testing "who to follow" lists custom-tailor...
Apple will not reject Mac App Store apps that use global hotkeys
Earlier today, a report from TUAW's Erica Sadun suggested Apple would be banning apps from the Mac App Store that use any global hotkeys. Fear not, Alfred and Skitch fans: according to both MacWorld and our own sources familiar wi...
White House’s top cybersecurity chief retires
With the US government's mounting concern over cybersecurity issues, White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt's retirement from his position comes at an inconvenient time. Schmidt worked two and a half years in this po...
Spotify is raising money at a $4 billion valuation, reports DealBook
Spotify is raising a ton of money that could potentially value the company at $4 billion, DealBook reports. Spotify's current valuation is $1 billion, which we learned after the company raised a round of funding in February. While...
Facebook’s Saverin responds to tax allegations: ‘I have paid and will continue to pay any taxes due’
Three days after Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin was targeted by the media for allegedly fleeing the country in order to avoid taxes on the company's IPO, Saverin has responded. He told Forbes:
"My decision to expatriate was ...
Buying a set-top box: everything you need to know
You’re so over DVDs, right? And you’re done with trying to track down every movie on BitTorrent, only to find that it’s in Russian, has Chinese subtitles, and is only 480 x 320 resolution anyway. So you’ve ...
Comcast abandons 250GB data caps, will trial tiered plans starting at 300GB
Comcast just announced that it's getting rid of its controversial 250GB data cap on home internet connections in favor of what it calls a "more flexible data usage management approach." That basically means that the company will e...
Twitter implementing ‘Do Not Track’ privacy option for users
Twitter has started allowing users to opt out of having personal information collected by its service. At a New York Internet Week privacy panel, the FTC announced that Twitter will begin using Firefox's "Do Not Track" provision, ...
Watch this: Iron Man sketched out on a 1984 Macintosh
Matt Pearce likes two things — Apple and making videos. And so his YouTube channel is filled with all sorts of goodies for fans of the platform, ranging from tips and tricks to looks at the classics. You can watch how Adobe ......
Starlite: the miracle material that was almost lost
On a 1990 episode of the BBC TV show Tomorrow's World, presenter Peter McCann showed off a new plastic named "Starlite" in a rather unusual way: by pointing blowtorches at a pair of eggs. While one egg shattered in seconds, the ot...
Monmouth in Wales becomes the world’s first ‘Wikipedia town’
Welsh county town Monmouth might not seem like a hub for technical innovation, but thanks to a collaboration with Wikipedia, that's exactly what it's become. "Monmouthpedia" was a six month project to make Monmouth "the world's fi...
‘Space Program: Mars’ exhibit brings NASA’s glory days to Park Avenue
Artist Tom Sachs' latest installation could be seen as a "what might have been" if the golden age of space exploration had been allowed to continue unabated. In Space Program: Mars, he has taken on the Park Avenue Armory in New Yo...
