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Netflix gobbles up one-third of bandwidth in the US

By Staff Reporter - Nov 21, 2014 07:32 PM EST

Whether it's Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad or House of Cards, millions of viewers are hooked on Netflix's streaming service. New research found Netflix takes up more than one third of downstream Internet traffic during hours of peak use.

Get Rid Of WhatsApp’s Blue Ticks On Android Phones

By Sarah Price - Nov 20, 2014 11:55 AM EST

If you are among the furious ones who found WhatsApp’s newest addition of two blue ticks annoying, follow these steps to disable them on your Android phones.

Mozilla Firefox drops Google as default search engine, choses to use Yahoo instead

By Staff Reporter - Nov 20, 2014 03:10 AM EST

Mozilla Corp. said Wednesday it will drop Google as the global default search engine for the open-source Firefox browser.

Uber debuts new privacy policy in wake of scandal surrounding executive; CEO issues apology through Twitter

By Robert Christie - Nov 19, 2014 02:45 AM EST

Amidst news that an Uber executive proposed using trip data to look into journalists who cover the company, the social car-pooling service has released a new privacy policy. The policy, which can be seen here, says a user's rider or driver data will only be accessed for "legitimate business purposes" The examples the policy lays out are

Entire archive of tweets from 2006 now searchable on Twitter

By Staff Reporter - Nov 19, 2014 02:23 AM EST

Twitter, the giant micro-blogging company, announced that it has launched a new, searchable index of every public tweet ever made since the company first launched the popular service in 2006.

WhatsApp unveils end-to-end encryption for Android devices

By Staff Reporter - Nov 18, 2014 11:56 AM EST

Encryption is an important element in all technology software and hardware. WhatsApp, the wildly popular messaging app, has partnered with the crypto gurus at Open WhisperSystems to implement strong end-to-end encryption on all WhatsApp text messages.

Nokia to use its trustworthy brand to roll out new products

By Staff Reporter - Nov 17, 2014 01:16 PM EST

Nokia is planning to make a big announcement on Tuesday, according to reports. Following Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services division in April of this year, the company has been working on a new project.

Sony releases autofocus tracking to smartphone image sensor

By Staff Reporter - Nov 17, 2014 12:51 PM EST

Tech company Sony has developed an imaging sensor for smartphones that's designed to take photos of objects that move fast such as kids and animals.

Android Lollipop Update Arrives On Nexus 4 Smartphones; Flash Guide For Quick Update

By Sarah Price - Nov 17, 2014 11:54 AM EST

Google has finally started pushing out its most-awaited Android 5.0 Lollipop update to 2012's flagship Nexus 4 smartphone in its standard OTA method.

Microsoft Windows Apps For PC and Phone Surpass 525,000 Combined

By Sarah Price - Nov 17, 2014 11:18 AM EST

Microsoft has revealed the latest statistics of its app stores for PC and smartphones, which puts the total number of apps at more than half a million.

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