After more than 15 months winding its way through the Federal Court, the case between Dallas Buyers Club and iiNet is finally over, with lawyers for the film’s rights holders opting not to take further legal action in its pursuit of pirates. In April last year, DBC was granted the right to the personal details …

Imagine not being able to buy an iPhone in your state because the device’s data is protected by encryption. A couple of Congressmen are trying to make sure that can’t happen. The Encrypt Act of 2016, short for Ensuring National Constitutional Rights of Your Private Telecommunications Act, would deny states the power to block the sale of encrypted smartphones or …

AirPlay Mirroring was first introduced to the Mac with the release of OS X Mountain Lion in 2012. The feature makes it possible to take whatever is on your Mac’s screen and display it on a nearby television that’s connected to an Apple TV. But what if you want to share audio without someone else seeing your screen, or you …

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Now’s your chance to catch an original show about YouTube mega-star PewDiePie, if you’re willing to pony up $10 a month. The video site, known mainly for cat videos and other amateur efforts, is kicking off four original programs with more on the way, according to a YouTube blog post Wednesday. The programs are available through YouTube Red, a subscription-only …

Twitter needs more people to tweet. In its desperation to make that happen, it’s taking a page from old cookbooks on how to make pasta: Throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. So far not much is sticking, and that’s bad news for Twitter because it needs to win over people who have little interest in tweeting. In …

Carly Fiorina had some bad news to share. So, the Republican presidential candidate turned to everyone’s favorite place to commiserate, Facebook. Fiorina, the former CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard, suspended her bid for the White House on Wednesday after finishing seventh in the New Hampshire primary. She skipped a major morning TV news outlet to deliver the news, instead posting …

Your Twitter timeline is definitely getting a new look. It’s up to you what to make of it. The social network on Wednesday unveiled a feature that gives users the option of modifying their timelines to highlight tweets. Like Twitter’s “while you were away” recap launched a year ago, the new timeline will present key tweets at the top of …

When you allow iMessage to mark messages as read, the person you are talking with is able to see when you viewed a message. This can be a handy feature, sure, but it also can make you look like you’re avoiding someone, even if you’re just busy and can’t answer right away. For that reason, I’ve disabled read receipts in …

A regular watch can’t get messages, nor can it make phone calls from your wrist. But there are companies out there trying to make dumb watches smarter…mainly via straps. Hot Band is one of them. Hot Band hits Kickstarter today, and it’s basically a strap you pop a little “smart fob” into that has notifications and fitness tracking. It charges …