Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 22 at 4:55 pm PT
The Internet is full of identity thieves, stalkers and people generally trying to take advantage of you. In other words, it can be creepy.
Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT
Speakers? We got your
D10 speakers.
Liz Gannes in News on March 23 at 7:00 am PT
I want to live in a world where I can use the best tools and they work together.
Kara Swisher in News on January 4 at 7:01 am PT
Mind your P’s and Q’s and Y’s too!
Liz Gannes in Social on October 17, 2011 at 4:55 pm PT
“We all have multiple identities. It’s not abnormal; it’s just part of being human,” 4chan founder Christopher Poole said at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on August 31, 2011 at 4:59 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at
Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 15, 2011 at 11:40 am PT
Airbnb continues to roll out new security features at a breakneck pace to thwart mounting concerns over whether the site is a safe way to rent out your primary residence to travelers.
Liz Gannes in Social on August 2, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT
Managing online identities used to be a niche cause full of acronyms and hypotheticals, but now that the Web is getting more personalized it’s become obvious how integral this topic is.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 13, 2010 at 2:37 pm PT
Google has acquired Zetawire, a Toronto-based start-up that has been working on technology that turns a cellphone into a virtual wallet.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 10, 2010 at 9:46 pm PT
As a larger question in the battle between Facebook and Google over data reciprocity, what captivates me is how much value people are putting on user email addresses. Are our email addresses really the best proxy for who we are?