Having learned of three separate rape cases in which adults used its app to target teens, Skout, a location-based app for flirting with nearby strangers, has shut down its under-18 community.“We recently became aware of some abus…
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Skout suspends under-18 service after it’s linked to rapes
(Credit: Skout)Skout suspended its 17-and-under community following reports of men posing as teenagers to prey on minors on the mobile social network.The creators of the popular location-based flirting app suspended the site at 1 …
Fermented fashion: Dress made out of wine scum
Like a fine wine.(Credit: Ray Scott)I have often held a nice glass of red wine up into the light and said, “What a pretty color!” I just didn’t take my thinking as far as Bioalloy has. The result of its idea — creating textiles f…
Amazon’s cloud music service will soon be licensed (scoop)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.(Credit: CBS 60 Minutes)Amazon executives are close to striking license deals with music studios to cover the company’s cloud music service, numerous music industry sources told CNET.Amazon already has reache…
Amazon’s cloud music service will soon be licensed (scoop)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.(Credit: CBS 60 Minutes)Amazon executives are close to striking license deals with music studios to cover the company’s cloud music service, numerous music industry sources told CNET.Amazon already has reache…
New Dell Vostro laptops: Small, cheap, Ivy Bridge
The Dell Vostro 3360(Credit: Dell)Before there were ultrabooks, we always had a soft spot in our heart for the Vostro, a smartly designed, slim, and surprisingly affordable small-business laptop line from Dell that borrowed some d…
Why go Retina? Apple dishes out lots of reasons
Apple’s Final Cut Pro X screen which can now show full 1080P HD video in the top right corner.(Credit: Apple)Wondering whether you should part with $2,199 for a MacBook Pro Retina? That is, after all, a lot for a laptop these days…
HTC to move forward with S3 Graphics acquisition
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC says it plans to go ahead with its planned purchase of computer graphics company S3 Graphics.HTC had announced last July that it planned to buy the California-based company for $300 million. S3 was a…
Zynga Brings ‘Draw Something’ to China, But Will It Help?
Social game company Zynga announced Tuesday that Draw Something was being made available in 12 new languages, including simplified and traditional Chinese, on all platforms.The announcement comes as Zynga tries to fight aga…
Zynga Brings ‘Draw Something’ to China, But Will It Help?
Social game company Zynga announced Tuesday that Draw Something was being made available in 12 new languages, including simplified and traditional Chinese, on all platforms.The announcement comes as Zynga tries to fight aga…
Why Sweden Was Right to Hand Over Its Twitter Account
On the Internet, as the famous New Yorker cartoon put it, no one knows you’re a dog. But if you’re a nutcase, that’s another story.For instance, it became apparent pretty quickly this week that Sonja Abrahamsson is either a …
First Look: Huffington Post to Launch Weekly Longform Magazine
The Huffington Post is exploring beyond its free, ad-supported content model with the launch of a weekly longform tablet magazine Thursday.Huffington magazine will debut exclusively on the iPad with both a free preview issue …
Five ways to spend $2,199 on a MacBook
The MacBook Pro with Retina display is Apple’s new high-end flagship laptop. It’s thin, powerful, includes an Nvidia graphics card, solid state storage, and even has a unique high-res retina display.Related storiesThe best alterna…
C Spire nabs its own Samsung Galaxy S III
(Credit: Samsung) It’s clear that Samsung wants its flagship Samsung Galaxy S III to be ubiquitous.In addition to selling it on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular in the upcoming weeks, the Android 4.0 Ice Crea…
Which City Is Most Stressed Out?
Los Angeles, not New York, is truly the city that never sleeps — at least according to the digital evidence.In a recent analysis of social media and search behaviors, Los Angeles Internet users were the most likely to mentio…