Google Testing Live Video Chat with Doctors
Internet and technology giant Google is in the early stages of a groundbreaking pilot program that seeks to create real-time interfaces between doctors and patients. The company is currently testing real-time video links between doctors and people who use Google’s eponymous search engine to look up information about medical symptoms. In an age of instant […]
President Obama Meets Distinguished Tech Innovators in Los Angeles
The President of the United States of America visited tech co-working space Cross Campus during his latest visit to Southern California, opening up direct dialogue with local entrepreneurs to discuss the economy, tech industry concerns, and public policy. The CEO of Los Angeles based mobile app development company Dogtown Media met with President Obama during […]
Apple Watch to Offers Health and Fitness Tracking Features
Apple has finally made its move into the wearables market official with the unveiling of the Apple Watch at an industry event in Cupertino, California on September 9, 2014. As expected, the Apple Watch is built around comprehensive health and fitness tracking features, something the company’s CEO, Tim Cook, has said is “personal” to him. […]
Snapchat’s Valuation: $10 Billion and Climbing
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that old axiom is true, then the number of Snapchat clones and lookalikes popping up on the Internet suggest that website developers hold the original disappearing photo-sharing service in very high regard. Under the direction of founder Evan Spiegel and Jonathan May, Snapchat took […]
Future of Internet Technology Created by Mesh Networks
In its early years, the Internet was a completely decentralized and unregulated virtual space — and that was its intended purpose. However, with digital communications entering the mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Internet eventually evolved away from that model, becoming centralized, monitored and controlled. What’s next? The answer, according to many […]
Is iOS Really Unhackable? NSA Found Spying on US Public Through iPhone Apps
Let it be known that contradictory to earlier reports, US Government agencies have free access to spy on private information contained on your smartphone, tablet, and PC. Apple’s iOS platform is not unhackable. The National Security Administration (NSA) is perhaps America’s most mysterious and powerful Government institution. Feared by foreign nations and regarded as untrustworthy […]
How Earning Pentagon Security Clearance Makes Apple Even More Profitable
Amid the congressional corporate tax charade taking place in Washington D.C., Apple, Inc. recently received the highest praise possible from a different branch of the US government. The Pentagon officially cleared the iPhone and iPad to be used by military and government employees after a lengthy review of the devices hardware and software security features. […]
No One is Safe, Microsoft Caught Spying on Skype Messages
Showing blatant disregard for personal privacy, Microsoft has been called out for intercepting, decrypting and reading private Skype conversations. According to a research project by ARS Technica, “The corporation is intercepting, decrypting, and reading at least some Skype messages to the point where URLs embedded in Skype chat are being visited by machines.” Microsoft acquired […]
Apple iOS Given Thumbs Up by Pentagon for Security Features
The Pentagon gave Apple’s iOS platform a big seal of approval today, clearing the iPhone and iPad for use by Department of Defense employees. According to an article by Apple Insider, “The DoD will reportedly grant clearance for both iOS 6, Apple’s current mobile operating system, as well as iOS 5, the company’s previous-generation software. […]
Dogtown Media Urging Congress to Reject “CISPA” Digital Spying Law
New privacy invasion legislation moves closer to become Federal law. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act also known as CISPA gives Government agencies the ability to invade the personal digital privacy of Americans. The proposed law forces privately owned tech companies to comply with Government institutions requests for sensitive user information. The legislation also […]