Is the on-demand economy dying? - CNET
On-demand startups are facing hard times, begging the question: Is the push-button economy going to collapse? Gail Mooney/Corbis I'm not going to say that SpoonRocket's food deserved to win any awards, but it got to me fast.For the last three years, the Berkeley, Califo ia-based startup delivered a ...
Twitter in 10 Tweets - CNET
The New York Stock Exchange decked out for Twitter's IPO in November of 2013. Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis Twitter is tu ing 10 on Monday. The social network has become immensely popular on a very simple theory: Say what you want in 140 characters or less. (That sentence is 122 characters, includin...
Pope joins Instagram, wants to spread mercy - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.A new jou ey for the pope. Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET No, he didn't post a picture of his puttanesca from a San Marino trattoria.At least not yet.Pope Francis, one of the more warm, outgoing papal p...
Is Google's Project Fi right for you? - CNET
Google's Project Fi mobile service can save you big bucks, especially if you're traveling inte ationally. But it might not be a good fit for everyone. In this edition of Ask Maggie I explain the ins and outs of Project Fi, Google's wireless service that runs off of the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. ...
Is Google's Project Fi right for me? - CNET
Google's Project Fi mobile service can save you big bucks, especially if you're traveling inte ationally. But it might not be a good fit for everyone. In this edition of Ask Maggie I explain the ins and outs of Project Fi, Google's wireless service that runs off of the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. ...
Apple is going to make my new iPad obsolete. Again - CNET
It happened again.Roughly four years ago, I excitedly snapped up my first iPad, the third-generation model, which featured the higher-resolution "Retina Display." Less than half a year later, however, my enthusiasm tu ed to remorse after Apple introduced an upgraded iPad, throwing our expectations f...
Twitter keeping 140-character limit on tweets after all - CNET
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says, Keep it short, OK? Andrew Gombert/EPA/Corbis So much for Twitter being home to the next Great American Novel. Jack Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder and CEO, said the San Francisco-based company won't be expanding the potential length of tweets users post on its service. In ...