Google has sent around event invitations that apparantly point to an announcement about the company’s latest music project. Things will kick off at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, November 15 in Los Angeles. According to Engadget, the event will be “Android-themed.” Indeed, Google says it will stream live on YouTube.com/Android. Invitations bore [...]

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are reportedly near a settlement over the company’s privacy policies. But Facebook is not the first social network to capture regulators’ attention, and it is unlikely to be the last, experts say. As companies use controversial methods to identify users and share their information, they are drawing increased scrutiny [...]

Doctors told Jorge Cardile of Buenos Aires that his son Ivo, 7, would never walk. And while unsuccessful surgeries may have deterred some parents, Cardile didn’t listen, according to BBC. “I said to myself, I have to do something, and well, I got the idea to put a brain in his feet, and so I [...]

Access to too much information can be information-overload for consumers. Increasingly, we want information tailored to our specific needs. The first step to providing this customized content to consumers is via the existing applications on our smart devices. Digital applications provide access to information that help us accomplish specific tasks that matter most to us. [...]

How big are the Occupy Wall Street protests on Facebook? The Huffington Post analyzed the state of activism on Facebook in response to the Occupy Wall Street protests. Over 450,000 Facebook users have joined Facebook pages related to the protests so far. These Facebook pages, found via DailyKos, show the extent to which Occupy Wall [...]