ATLANTA (AP) - An organ donation group says more than 100,000 people used a new Facebook feature the first day to declare they are donors.
Personal Tech
100,000 Facebook users use new organ donor option
- May 02 2012
- MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
New media earns permanent gallery at Newseum in DC
- April 27 2012
- BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - New media and the stories shaped by online culture and social networks now have a place in the Newseum, a Washington museum devoted to the history of news.
Where's a Yellowstone bear? Look on your phone
- April 18 2012
- Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Pretty soon, the best place to be on the lookout for a wolf, grizzly bear or other wildlife in Yellowstone National Park could be your phone.
5 more minutes? New clock answers resounding 'no'
- April 10 2012
- TED SHAFFREY, Associated Press
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - It could be the world's most exasperating alarm clock.
Facebook buying photo-share app Instagram for $1B
- April 09 2012
- Associated Press
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Facebook says it will spend $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing software company Instagram.
Survey ranks Google highly despite privacy fears
- March 09 2012
- MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is almost everyone's favorite search engine, despite misgivings about data-collection and advertising practices that are widely seen as intrusive.
Facebook 'friend' offer exposes man's other wife
- March 09 2012
- Associated Press
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state corrections officer has been charged with bigamy after Facebook discovered two women were connected to him and suggested they might want to "friend."
MSN adds new feature to take Internet's pulse
- February 16 2012
- MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft is hooking up MSN.com with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet's hottest topics.
Angry Birds join Facebook, hope for 800M likes
- February 14 2012
- Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Angry Birds has joined Facebook. The popular avian menace game debuted on the social network globally Tuesday.
Tech companies team up to combat email scams
- January 30 2012
- Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Google, Microsoft and other companies are working together to combat email "phishing" scams. They've formed an organization to design a system to authenticate emails from legitimate senders and weed out scams.
US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns
- January 27 2012
- LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Privacy advocates are warning that the government's plans to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry could threaten Americans' civil liberties.
Apple launches software for interactive textbooks
- January 19 2012
- Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says its launching a new version of its iBooks software, tailored to present vivid, interactive textbooks for elementary and high school students on the iPads.
No Wikipedia today
- January 18 2012
- Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Don't be surprised if you can't access Wikipedia today.
CBS Sports to open fantasy platform to developers
- January 17 2012
- OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - CBS Sports is opening its fantasy sports platform to third-party developers, allowing them to sell league-specific apps that will likely make this year's games a lot more competitive for millions of players and - developers hope - the $800 million per year fantasy sports industry even more lucrative.
Google gets more personal with search results
- January 10 2012
- MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

















