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- IBM worries Siri has loose lips
If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
- TV remote inventor dies
The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.
- A look at Apple's 'spaceship' campus
It will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design.
- A 'Leap' forward in gesture control
You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?
- Behind Apple's 'upside-down' logo
Those new to the cult of Mac may not realize it, but there once was a time when that iconic logo that shines from the top of Apple notebooks used to be positioned, well, upside down. Anyone gazing at the back of an open PowerBook or iBook saw Apple's logo balancing on its stem, almost as if in the middle of a pirouette.
- Daughter punished for Instagram pic
A Texas mom is raising some eyebrows with her punishment for an inappropriate photo that her daughter posted online.
- Apple designer 'winces' over some choices
Apple's prized product designer Jonathan ("Jony") Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press -- doubly so after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
- How to connect online with your kids
It's one of the pivotal scenes in "The Social Network," a eureka moment that implied a parting of the clouds, a spotlight-like beam of sun and a soft chord of angel voices: "Eduardo, I'm not talking about a dating site," says a chiseled version of Mark Zuckerberg. "I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online."
- How video games and porn are ruining a generation of guys
Is the overuse of video games and pervasiveness of online porn causing the demise of guys?
- No, Abraham Lincoln didn't invent Facebook
To quote "The Social Network," if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook. But in a tall tale that would have made the Great Emancipator proud, a blog post fooled some media outlets by saying he did just that.
- The future of gaming: It's now
Experts on a recent panel agree we're currently in a new 'golden age' of video gaming. "They [today's developers] don't want to make games that are art," one panelist said. "They want to make games that are awesome."
- E-books spur reading among Americans
E-book users tend to read more often than people who read only print material, a new survey finds. A typical e-book user read 24 books in the past year, compared with the 15 books reported by typical non-e-book users.
- Hey Bravo, Silicon Valley is too boring for TV
"Silicon Valley," an upcoming Bravo reality show that documents the lives of five aspiring tech entrepreneurs, seems to depict the startup world as one big, boozy party. It's not like that at all.
- How to behave on Instagram
We're asking you, dear readers, to take stock of your own Instagrammed souls. Dig deep and evaluate how you can help stave off the horror that is blurry shots of food-caked children and one's sparkly manicure.
- Web tips for the newly unemployed
The Web is critical to a thorough job search, but when you get the boot you must clomp around a trickier minefield than if you were simply seeking to switch jobs. Career experts offer these wise digital moves for the newly unemployed.