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Twitter Gets Privacy Cred

Twitter Gets Privacy Cred

Only one tech company seemed exempt from the U.S. government surveillance project PRISM -- Twitter. Read »

Jun 7, 2013
Apps Find Your Way

Apps Find Your Way

Tech guru PC Mike Wendland checks out apps that work with your GPS device to find "points of interest". Watch »

Jun 7, 2013
Cutting Cable: Rise of Internet TV

Cutting Cable: Rise of Internet TV

Millions of people are tuning out cable providers and signing up for internet Watch »

Jun 8, 2013
Police Warn About Buying, Selling Online

Police Warn About Buying, Selling Online

Police in various cities across the Metroplex are warning people who buy or sell items online to be careful. Read th Watch »

Jun 7, 2013
Google Likes

Google Likes "The Internship" Even If Others Don't

Google product placement in "The Internship" made the tech titan OK the film, but critics aren't... Watch »

Jun 6, 2013
Teen Uses Technology to Fight Hunger in California

Teen Uses Technology to Fight Hunger in California

At the same time millions of people in America go hungry for lack of food, billions of pounds of food goes wasted fo... Watch »

Jun 6, 2013
Robber IDs Self by Posting Instagram Photo on Stolen Phone

Robber IDs Self by Posting Instagram Photo on Stolen Phone

A Brooklyn musician is thanking a popular social media app for helping him locate the man who robbed him... Watch »

Jun 6, 2013
Emerging Technology Turns Cameras Into Intelligent Sensors

Emerging Technology Turns Cameras Into Intelligent Sensors

Facial detection software helping shape marketing industry, but some consumers have concerns with new technology. Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
Casinos Ban Gamblers From Wearing Google Glass

Casinos Ban Gamblers From Wearing Google Glass

Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted... Read »

Jun 5, 2013

People Using Google Glass

People Using Google Glass View »

Jun 5, 2013
Biotech Giant Opens Silicon Valley Research Center

Biotech Giant Opens Silicon Valley Research Center

Johnson & Johnson opens research center in Silicon Valley Watch »

Jun 6, 2013
Cameras, Face Detection and Your Data

Cameras, Face Detection and Your Data

Experts say that technology like Cara, a facial detection software program that turns any web cam into a... Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
New Cellphone Slugfest

New Cellphone Slugfest

The iPhone remains the world's top selling smartphone likely to arrive before year's Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
Bioengineers Invent Light-Controlled Gel

Bioengineers Invent Light-Controlled Gel

Modeled after the way plants cells expand and shrink in the sun, bioengineers at UC Berkeley have created a new gel... Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
3D Scanner Turns Woman From Model to Video Game Character

3D Scanner Turns Woman From Model to Video Game Character

A Palo Alto company is using 3D technology to design video game characters. Scott Budman reports. Read the full stor Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
Apple Poised for Hiring Spree in Silicon Valley

Apple Poised for Hiring Spree in Silicon Valley

Apple expects to expand its Silicon Valley workforce by nearly 50 percent during the next three years in a sign... Read »

Jun 5, 2013
3D Scanner Turns Woman From Model to Video Game Character

3D Scanner Turns Woman From Model to Video Game Character

It is the next wave of video game design thanks to a cool product designed here in Silicon Valley. Watch »

Jun 5, 2013
Twitter Blamed For Turkish Uprising

Twitter Blamed For Turkish Uprising

The Turkish prime minister blasted Twitter as a "menace," and went on to describe social media as "th... Read »

Jun 4, 2013
Netflix to Expand in Los Gatos

Netflix to Expand in Los Gatos

The Los Gatos Town Council voted Monday night to approve expanding a controversial business park, to allow... Read »

Jun 4, 2013
Teen Invents Quick-Charging Device

Teen Invents Quick-Charging Device

A California high school student, Eesha Khare, has created a new type of "supercapacitor." The San Jose... Watch »

Jun 4, 2013
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