Earlier this week it was reported that aerospace and defense firm Boeing is developing its own mobile phone for the James Bonds of the world — namely, the defense and intelligence communities. The phone will compete with other “highly secure communication devices,” but will have a lower price-point than what’s currently available, said the National Defense Magazine’s... 

Google launched a massive redesign of Google+ earlier today. The reaction to this new interface for the company’s fledgling social network have been generally positive, but most users are somewhat confused about why there is suddenly so much whitespace on the site. Indeed, the #whitespace hashtag is currently trending on the site and it’s probably the most discussed “feature”... 

Samsung just officially launched its Galaxy Tab 2 products, the latest additions to the company’s line of multi-sized Android tablets. The new line includes 7- and 10.1-inch models and competes aggressively on price. The new 7-inch Galaxy Tab costs just $249.99 for 8GB of storage. Looking at similarly sized competitors, the 8GB Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet goes for $199, and the BlackBerry... 

Now this is a pretty nifty use of a corporate Twitter account. Smart Car’s Argentinian division has filled practically its entire Twitter stream — which is currently 456 Tweets long — with ASCII art images that turn into a stop-action movie when you scroll through them. Check it out for yourself: While on the @SmartArg Twitter page, hit the letter “J”, which is the hot... 

There may have been champagne and celebration at Instagram and Facebook early Monday when their $1 billion acquisition deal was announced. But there was little joy in Twitterville. Twitter sentiment analysis firm Crimson Hexagon looked at 200,000 tweets that mentioned the deal — and found that just 12% of them registered any sort of approval. Some 18% of users were simply in shock.... 

Late last week, one Justin Watt discovered something suspicious going on with the wi-fi at his hotel, the Times Square Marriott. Not content to charge him hundreds for the room and $16.95 for internet access, it appeared that the service provider was using JavaScript injection to serve banner ads on every website guests visited. The story spread like wildfire for obvious reasons, and at last Marriott... 

Finding something to do around town is pretty easy. Finding something to do around town when you actually have free time, however, can sometimes pose quite the challenge. A new app called Time to Enjoy helps you discover events near you at times you’re looking for something to do. “When you think about planning something to do, it always comes down to choosing a time,” said Jan Anton,... 

“Silicon Valley is high school, except it’s only the smart kids, and everyone has a lot of money.” – Kim Taylor, “Silicon Valley” star. For an industry so reliant on the wholehearted embrace of the future, many technologists and pundits seem so completely resistant to change it’s mind-boggling. This is how I feel when people thumb their noses at Twitter’s...