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Guest Post One thing Google has going for it is that it's cool to be smart. Google Glass is actual proof that glasses make you smarter, in this case with custom apps built to optimize the "always on" experience.

As a 10-year anniversary present to its users, the Pirate Bay team created the Pirate Browser to get around censorship measures and virtual blockades around the globe.

Guest Post Social media networks are great -- until you run into other people on them.

Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on a great phone and saw stock price bumps as it launched to great reviews. And the Lumia 1020 news appears to have stolen some thunder from other smartphone players, too.

Tickets were a tough get this year -- but you can still tune in to live performances from the comfort of your own home.

Guest Post Will the connected cars of 2020 offer night vision, automatic alcohol detection via breath monitors, virtual driving simulations, and advanced lessons (remotely administered) to practice our reaction times whe...

Guest Post Ever since Black Hat USA wrapped up last week, I've been thinking about the irony of attendees going into heightened security mode during the conference itself - like never connecting to open Wi-Fi or encrypti...

Micro-lending site Kiva and online marketplace Etsy join forces.

Also, instead of giving to a nonprofit as a whole, you donate your dollar to fund a nonprofit's specific project. Nonprofits can create projects in about 10 minutes, and the more people share the project, the closer it c...

Looks like Sheryl Sandberg is pleased with the company's stock growth in the last couple weeks. The Facebook chief operating officer sold off $91 million worth of stock this week, according to a filing with the Securitie...

The last of this week's round up of funding news.

The National Security Agency can search for U.S. citizens' names and other information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, according a document Edward Snowden leaked to The Guardian. Snowden, a former NSA co...

Apple hasn't had a lot of wins lately in its global battle against Samdroid, the Samsung-Android juggernaut that has steamrolled Google's mobile operating system into an 80 percent hammerlock on global market share. But ...

Up until then, their negotiations had been perfect. "They seemed pretty excited about it," says Ethan Imboden, founder of adult toy startup Jimmyjane, about his discussions with contract manufacturers for the firm's line...

Maybe there's nowhere to go for India'a economy but up. After a few years of abject disappointment in the lack of policy reforms and the general political chaos of the national government, the rupee currency hit a low, f...

Wearable computers have generated a good deal of hype and crowdfunding dollars, but it's still early days for this technology.

People often fret about their retirement savings. Even diligent savers feel they haven't done enough.

President Barack Obama laid out a four-step plan to help the American public understand the government's surveillance programs, saying he, too, would be skeptical if he wasn't on the inside. "It's understandable people w...