In a deal that will reshape the mobile phone industry dramatically, AT&T is purchasing T-Mobile USA from parent company Deutsche Telekom for a reported $39 billion. What's it going to mean for you?
Global Hawk drone aircraft are flying over Japan, inspecting damage from the earthquake and tsunami. We look at what a drone can do that a plane with people can't and where the drones might be used next.
A whale did not get flung out of the sea by heavy waves and smash into a building. If you see a link to a video of that, don't click on it. It's a scam — one of several circulating after the events in Japan.
It's common for phone lines and cell networks to overload in times of widespread disaster, as was the case recently in Japan. But a technology being tested and implemented around the world may mean more people can get quicker warnings without the system shutting down as a result.
Within an hour of the earthquake in Japan, Google's Person Finder online tool was already up and running. Meanwhile, people in Japan were gathering and sharing information and resources online.
Maxwell Sim is on Facebook. He has email. He sends text messages and spends plenty of time online. But he has practically no human relationships. A talk with the author of "The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim."
If your plans for this weekend include digging through a shoebox full of receipts and collecting all your tax forms, we have news. This year, you may be able to do some or even all of your tax prep work on your smartphone.
Nah. At least not completely. Well, that is — it's complicated. Recent legislation in Congress combined with recent events in the Middle East have people wondering who controls the Internet in this country and who can shut it down.
The situations in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, and elsewhere are volatile and fluid. Twitter offers a real time way of staying up to date but how can you make sense of a flood of tweets?
