Facebook acquires The Find e-commerce search engine
Facebook has acquired The Find, a nine-year-old company with a search engine that indexes products across thousands of e-commerce sites. Check this out from this link PCWorld.com
Google services disrupted by routing error
Google’s services were disrupted briefly on Thursday after a broadband provider in India made a network routing error. Check this article, click the link from PCWorld.com
Outages plague App Store, iTunes, and other Apple services
Update: As of 5:15 p.m. EST, it appears all services have been restored. Check out this article from MacWorld.com. Click the link to read it MacWorld.com
Apple’s ResearchKit helps iPhone users participate in medical research
Apple thinks its new software framework can solve some of the biggest challenges facing medical researchers, including recruiting people for studies and collecting health data more frequently. Check out this article from this link PCWorld.com
Is Text Messaging Hurting Our Grammar?
We all tend 2 write a lil diff when we r writing txt messages with friends. FYI, this shorthand might be hurting your grammar! Check out this article from this link MakeUseOf.com
How Does Encryption Work, and Is It Really Safe?
For many, the word “encryption” probably stirs up James Bond-esque images of a villain with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist with nuclear launch codes or some other action movie staple. In reality, we all use encryption technology on a daily basis, and while most of us probably don’t understand the “how” or the “why,” we are sure that data security is important, and if encryption helps us to accomplish that, then we’re definitely on board. Take a look at this article from this link MakeUseOf.com
Google officially announces Android 5.1 with HD Voice, multi-SIM, and device protection
Google has officially announced Android 5.1, about a month after it started shipping Android One phones with it. Better late than never, right? Check out this article from this link PCWorld.com