Uber Drivers Are Rating You
Earlier this week, a newly-discovered hack allowed Uber users to reveal their once-secret passenger rating. While the public has known about the rating system for over a year, media outlets still analyzed the implications. Here’s what they had to say.
July 30, 2014 at 8:50PM
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Are Data Caps Prompting Consumers to Spend More Than Necessary?
Government investigators found that consumers are largely confused about how much wireless data they use each month and worried about getting socked with overage charges if they (or a family member) goes over their monthly limit.
July 30, 2014 at 5:00PM
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Exclusive: Square Bets Big on Next-Gen Credit Card Tech
Square first came to fame with a credit card reader you could plug into an iPhone jack. But next year, the company’s signature device will be on its way to obsolescence as the U.S. transitions to a new kind of credit card that verifies purchases with an embedded computer chip.
July 30, 2014 at 4:38PM
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Al igual que Facebook, este "site" acepta que realiza ciertas pruebas para conocer las reacciones de los internautas
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By FARHAD MANJOO
The Illum, made by Lytro, allows users to switch the focus between subjects after taking a photo, but it is hampered by some quirks.
Published: July 31, 2014 at 12:00AM
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Why Does Google Employ a Pro-Slavery Lunatic?
In 2011, Justine Tunney was an anti-establishment organizer within Occupy Wall Street, exhorting class warfare on the sidewalk. Today, it appears that Tunney spends much of her day ranting and railing against the poor, advocating for the overthrow of American democracy, and not least notably, working at Google’s New York branch.
July 30, 2014 at 1:15PM
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The world’s third-largest smartphone maker is weirdly cagey about its progress outside of China
Huawei has leveraged its position as the world’s biggest telecom equipment maker to quickly grab market share in the brutally competitive smartphone industry. But how is the company doing outside of its core smartphone market in China? The picture is not as clear.
July 30, 2014 at 12:15PM
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The Drone Primer You’ve Been Waiting For
This drone expert covers everything about how drones work, how to fly them and modify them. If Martha Stewart can do it, so can you!
July 30, 2014 at 12:15PM
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By MIKE ISAAC
The reader will look much the same as the current one, about the size of a box of matches; it’s what’s inside that counts.
Published: July 30, 2014 at 12:00AM
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Best Buy CEO Says Tablet Sales “Crashing”
What began as an “unbelievable phenomenon” is starting to falter says Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly.
July 30, 2014 at 11:14AM
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