Too smart or smart enough?
One security researcher had a brilliant idea. He would take out a vanity license plate reading NULL. To everyone around him, it would be a joke. To the…
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Local marketing: Voice search; Google business listings
Voice search is on the rise. Maybe it’s because big fingers on tiny keyboards are clumsy. Or maybe just because it is so easy and becoming fairly…
Entrepreneurs: Joe Rogan – Street smart since 5; $25 million at 50
Joe Rogan is a tough guy. Born 52 years ago in Newark, N.J. Tough town. Father a cop, mother a “free spirit,” divorced when he was 5. Tough childhood….
Make sure it’s really tech support
Recently a hacker was sentenced to three years in federal prison for impersonating an Apple employee and scamming rappers and sports stars out of…
Set up Google to delete itself after you die
Make a plan for your data. Google makes it easy to assign a person to your account or to automatically delete your data when you die. Here’s how: Go to…
Apollo computing: Don’t get too snooty about today’s tech
Let’s get one thing straight before we talk Apollo computing: Our cellphones are millions of times more powerful than the Apollo 11 lunar module computer….
Online college courses: Path to degrees, low debt
Today’s students have excellent options for their pathway to higher education. They include traditional and community colleges, online courses, or…
Entrepreneurs: To impact the world in a big way
Growing up in Berkeley, Calif., in the 1970s, Reid Hoffman was entranced by role-playing tabletop games. By the age of 12, he was a paid editor at…
Record the police
Using your iPhone, you can ask Siri to record your traffic stop. First, you need to install and configure the shortcut: POLICE. When you see the blinking…
Cyberflashing on planes and trains
iPhone users on airplanes and even trains are increasingly assaulted by images that are ‘air dropped’ from nearby passengers, according to USA TODAY. Air…