Weekend America Voices
John Moe
Recent Stories
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Google picks up data, threats, investigations, criticisms
The Federal Communications Commission confirmed Wednesday it's investigating Google in response to the company collecting information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks while taking pictures for the Google Street View service. Google says it was an accident but the issue is far from settled.
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Rosanne Cash sings a Cleartune
Our latest celebrity app review comes courtesy of singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. She has an iPhone and has come to rely on a guitar tuning app called Cleartune. She says it's better than any analog tuner she's ever had.
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Mind Blowing Monday: Digital sweatshops are hiring
As the economy struggles to rebound and unemployment continues to hover above 9 percent, it may be heartening to hear that there are plenty of jobs available online that you can do from home. But it may not be that simple.
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4G networks don't exist. Or do they?
This week, T-Mobile started advertising that it has the nation's largest 4G network. Meanwhile, Sprint, for a while now, has said it has the first wireless 4G network. Verizon's been talking up their 4G too. And it all sounds very attractive if you've been using a 3G network all this time. But what's the difference between a 3G and a 4G network?
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Is geolocation the next text messaging or the next Segway?
By all accounts, The Next Big Thing In Tech is supposed to be geolocation. Lots of businesses now offer special deals when you check in and yesterday Facebook announced a whole slew of deals for users on their Facebook Places location services. But a new study says that only 4 percent of online Americans are doing this stuff. So far.
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Robonaut blasting off to space!
You're going to be hearing a lot of election results coverage everywhere you go today. And while that stuff if probably important, we choose to focus on the story of a humanoid robot being blasted into space.
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California video game case could have huge impact on games, entertainment, society, reality
A case being argued before the Supreme Court today could have a big impact not just on video games but how we regulate entertainment and society and reality. Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association has to do with the sale of violent video games but the ruling made by the judges could reach much further than your local Xbox.
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What becomes of net neutrality after the election?
Tomorrow's elections will likely bring about a very different U.S. Congress as Republicans are set to make major gains. Where does that leave the idea of meaningful net neutrality legislation?
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Will Google TV survive if there are a bunch of shows you can't watch on it?
The idea of a company like Google teaming up with an institution like television is immediately appealing. But now that Google TV products are actually here, viewers are being blocked from seeing a lot of their favorite show. What gives?
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One fifth of the world's spam has been stopped. And you may have been helping send it.
Twenty percent of the world's spam email has vanished. Why? Because Russian cops raided the apartment of a guy named Igor Gusev. One guy! And you know who was helping him send those spams? You were.
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Firesheep may scare you off the Internet
Next time you're in a coffee shop using their Wi-Fi, you might want to avoid going on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or lots of other sites. That's because of a new Firefox add-on called Firesheep.
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Life inside a Foxconn facility
Your smartphone, laptop, and other high-tech consumer electronics items were probably made in China by a company called Foxconn. It has almost a million employees spread over multiple facilities. But a recent undercover survey paints a picture of a pretty bleak life for Foxconn workers. We talk about the lives of the people who build the gizmos we've come to rely on.
