At least 22 retailers have been driven into bankruptcy protection during this recession, including RedEnvelope and Eddie Bauer, or gone out of business altogether, like Circuit City. Blockbuster, ...

If you use Facebook, your phone number may not be as private as you think. A way in which Facebook privacy can be abused has come to light that will shock many users, but that the social network ...

If you use two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure your Facebook account, you likely, at some point, gave Facebook your phone number. 2FA adds an almost impenetrable layer of security to your ...

Late last night, while Betabeat was pretty much killing a heartfelt rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit at this janky Chinatown karaoke joint, we got an email from a norm friend. “I know I’m late to ...

If the Facebook data scandal has taught us anything, it's that we also need to be vigilant about how social media can be used as a means to capture personal data and spread false information. Never is ...

Fresh off a blockbuster quarter for the social networking giant, a deeper dive into Facebook’s numbers for the first quarter of 2016 shows that its users are increasingly turning to their phones to ...

There are nearly more cell phones on the planet than there are people, and about three-quarters of those phones are not smart. They don’t have data plans, nor are they connected to the web. But that ...