Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief, said the government’s request to bypass security on the phone used by Syed Rizwan Farook had “chilling” implications.
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Not quite useless after all, hundreds of mostly empty phone booths in Manhattan have been rigged with transmitting “beacons” by an advertising company, BuzzFeed reports. The city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications apparently allowed Titan, which sells ad space outside and on public transit, to install Bluetooth devices that send signals to smartphone apps for pinpointing a user, often for delivering location-specific messages or deals. The public was not notified, which is totally not creepy at all. 
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The hot topic in wedding circles this year? Whether to request, remind or even require that guests go cold turkey on cellphones, cameras and other such technology during the event.
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Is it legal for small business owners to use Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites when hiring? Why is checking a LinkedIn profile a good choice, but looking at someone's Instagram feed or Facebook account not?
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Headphone use has hardly ever raised eyebrows. So why did Google Glass spark a recent conflict at a San Francisco bar?
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A controversial geo-location iPhone app has voluntarily removed the application from the App Store. The developer of the Girls Around Me app defends the app as misunderstood, since it drew from data the subjects posted and couldn't search for specific individuals. Yet a user reports that based on one woman's check-in he was able to discover the woman's full name, age and birthday, current location (based on a recent Foursquare check-in), marital status, where she went to school, political views, her favorite drink (based on Facebook photos), recent travels, her parents' and her brother's full names.
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