Biometric technology that identifies people by their faces or other physical features finally is gaining traction in the Bay Area and elsewhere, to the dismay of privacy advocates.
Nine in 10 American adults own a mobile phone, according to the Pew Internet Project, and of those nearly half own smartphones. What to do with all the e-waste?
Troy Wolverton writes: If you’re shopping for a smartphone and aren’t an iPhone fan, you’d do well to take a close look at the Samsung Galaxy S III. I’ve been playing around with the Galaxy S III since it came out in late June, and I’ve been impressed.
Larry Magid writes: I’ve been covering the PC industry since IBM introduced its first PC in 1981 and, for the most part, the news coming from PC makers has been pretty ho-hum. But things are about to change next month, when Microsoft is expected to release Windows 8.
Chris O’Brien writes about this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt: What made it most noteworthy is the almost total absence of social media and social networking from the conference. With the exception of such upstarts as Path, the mobile social network, the lineup was dominated by companies defined by mobile, big data or cloud technologies.
Hewlett-Packard is trying to move back into the mobile-device space as its core personal computer and printer businesses face serious challenges, with CEO Meg Whitman revealing Friday in a TV interview that the company is developing a new smartphone in addition to tablets.
Mercury News interview: Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar is a numbers guy by training. But he’s also in charge of the giant social network’s foray into what it calls “compassion research” — using advanced social science tools to help Facebook’s 950 million users resolve some of their differences.
Zynga on Friday charged that Electronic Arts illegally sought to bar the rival social game company from hiring EA workers. Zynga is seeking an unspecified amount of monetary damages and an injunction against EA that would bar it from threatening to sue Zynga or EA employees who pursue jobs at the social gaming company.
It would be fun to say that after a brief catnap, Cougar Night was in full roar on Thursday night and that the drinking den at the Rosewood Hotel was once again purring with activity. Remember: A satirical website recently posted a report that big-name venture capitalists had been busted at Madera for solicitation.
In the latest sign that the housing market is on the mend, last month was the hottest August for Bay Area home sales in six years, with many properties attracting a dozen or more bids from would-be buyers.
