Third-party content is the driving force of the Internet. While you can get media off of official websites and the like, your go-to place to find media is likely on a third-party host. Think places like YouTube, Vimeo or even Google Image Search. When you're looking for high-res photos of... Read More

What's a good gadget with no apps?  In a world where people increasingly use their mobile phones for everything but making phone calls, this is a highly material question. For the second quarter of 2012, Apple made nearly $2 billion off of the App Store. While a small portion of the overall... Read More

The iPhone 5 debuted this week, causing underwhelmed responses to the latest toy from Cupertino. As the first big iPhone release since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple was under a lot of pressure to wow their audience and the general public. The result? An iPhone 4S with a slightly... Read More

The Obama administration was elected on a promise of "hope and change," with rhetoric drawing a sharp contrast with the Bush years. One area, however, where the Obama administration has not differed much from its predecessor is on the subject of surveillance. Lawyers for the administration argued Tuesday that the... Read More

While GOP candidates won't stop publicly disavowing it, all eyes are on the Republican platform. The convention, which closed Thursday, inserted a number of controversial planks regarding abortion, English-only laws and a committee to examine the possibility of returning to the gold standard. Receiving considerably less attention was the downright... Read More