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The latest version of Google Maps (currently for Android) allows you to download maps and other data before you travel so you can access it even if you don’t have an Internet connection. […]

Snapchat, a media-sharing and chat app, is all about spontaneity. The text, photos and videos you send disappear seconds after they’re viewed – you get to decide how long your friends have to view them. […]

As it does every year, security firm Trend Micro has released its annual threat report, titled “Security Predictions for 2016 and Beyond.” And, to me, the most profound statement in the report is “cybercriminals don’t need to use the most advanced technologies or sophisticated […]

All the major web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, offer a private browsing mode that doesn’t record the history of where you’ve been or put any cookies on your device. But that doesn’t mean that websites […]

 Tweens average more than four and a half hours (4:36) of screen media use a day and teens more than six and a half hours (6:40) a day. A majority of teens (57%) spend more […]

Once again, social media is buzzing with dire warnings about a social media company that claims to own and commercially exploit your private posts and, once again, it’s not true. While it’s always been possible for Snaps to be screen captured and saved, Snapchat has reiterated that those snaps you send your friends are indeed private. Read the full post at Forbes.com
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The United States is about to celebrate its first Media Literacy Week (@MediaLiteracyEd) as Canadians have done for the past decade.

While the week is not directly related to the U.S. elections, it does coincide with the early stages of both parties’ primary campaigns, which strikes me as a great time to think about media literacy. Very few of us will have a chance to meet any of the candidates face-to-face so what we know about their records, their platforms and their promises comes from the debates, the sound bites we see, hear and read and the analysis of pundits, spin doctors, commentators and reporters. […]

I wrote about the Microsoft Surface Book laptop a few weeks ago, but I finally had a chance to try one out and came away impressed. The new device is a 2-in-1 hybrid that’s both […]

YouTube Red allows you to watch ad-free videos, download videos to mobile devices and play videos and music in the background even as you use other apps. But the deal sweetener that got my attention is that it comes with a free subscription to Google Play Music, which — in itself — would otherwise cost $9.99 a month.

Continue reading at the San Jose Mercury News site […]

CNET News reports that the “uncarrier,” T-Mobile is “closing the coverage gap between itself and larger rivals AT&T and Verizon.” CNET’s Marguerite Reardon cites T-Mobile executives who claim that “the carrier’s 4G LTE service is available to more […]