Daily Archives: February 25, 2016
ALL DEALS February 25, 2016 Why the US Government and Tech Firms Can’t Agree About Encryption
By: sristy SahaYour phone is getting better and better at protecting your privacy. But Uncle Sam isn’t totally comfortable with that, because it’s also complicating the work of tracking criminals and potential national-security threats. For decades, tech companies have steadily expanded the use of encryption – a data-scrambling technology that shields information from prying eyes, whether it’s […]
ALL DEALS February 25, 2016 Apple’s Failed Retail Revolution: Beacons Still Won’t Be Big on Black Friday
By: sristy SahaHari Gottipati, an independent tech consultant, saw the future of shopping in 2013. In its annual update to the software for its mobile devices, Apple had just made it possible for its phones to allow super-precise location services-and that would be a major coup for the staid world of coupons. While the global positioning system […]
ALL DEALS February 25, 2016 Black Friday Sales: The Best Online Deals for International Buyers
By: sristy SahaWondering how you can make the most of Black Friday deals that are available right now in the US? While you can’t really get hold of most of the heavy appliances, you can easily buy other gadgets online and have them delivered to your place in India. Below are some of the best deals we […]
ALL DEALS February 25, 2016 For Some People, the Older the Smartphone, the Better
By: sristy SahaBetween splashy launches, lavish new-phone offers (get a free HDTV on activation!) and frequent software updates that slow down your old handset, it sometimes feels like the entire technology industry is pushing you to buy the latest smartphone. Yet some holdouts resist. Take Zak Sommerfield, 35, a software analyst in New York, who has hung […]
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