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Googling the flu and going high speed cable in China
David Brancaccio Jan 14, 2013
Is this a regular flu season or one for the record books? It depends a bit on whether your metric is the official numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or Google. In China, the government is requiring each new home close to necessary infrastructure to get a fiber optic cable hookup.
California passes social media privacy law
Amy Quinton Dec 31, 2012
Under a new California law, it is illegal for employers or admissions officers to require applicants to hand over their social media usernames and passwords.
Online privacy in 2013 and trading old school correspondence on Lettrs.com
Ben Johnson Dec 28, 2012
Gizmodo's managing editor Brian Barrett talks his tech predictions for 2013, and Lettrs.com offers a new way to trade old school correspondence online.
New Instagram privacy policy frustrates users
Bob Moon Dec 18, 2012
Photo-sharing site says it has the right to sell user photos to advertisers.
Using websites to manage your finances
Paddy Hirsch Dec 12, 2012
The holiday season might be a time of year when you don't even want to look at your personal finances because money is going out the door right and left. You certainly don't want to go to a website that puts all your financial accounts in one place and makes charts and graphs out of your money - or do you?
The latest Internet craze: Porting
Jeremy Hobson Dec 10, 2012
Watch out coning - you aren't the only kid on the Internet block anymore.
Online world anxious over new U.N. regulations
Bob Moon Dec 3, 2012
Heavy hitters in the online world worry that U.N. regulation could stifle the Internet's future.
Texting turns 20, U.N. group begins talks over Internet control
David Brancaccio Dec 4, 2012
Celebrating the text message as the technology turns twenty, and waiting on results from a UN summit on controlling the Internet.
The growing art of data dodging
Stacey Vanek Smith Dec 6, 2012
As paranoia about online tracking grows, so too the number of businesses that help consumers prevent marketers from mining their personal data.
Top 10 ways to avoid being tracked online
Stacey Vanek Smith Nov 29, 2012
There's a growing backlash against this data mining by people who are trying to keep their online lives private. Here are some tips to help.
