Twitter Improvements to login verification, photos and more

Today’s Twitter for iOS and Android updates let you enroll in login verification and approve login requests directly from your mobile app. Now, in addition to the SMS-based login verification that we released in May, you can use login verification without relying on text messages.

Facebook Joins Industry in Petitioning Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

By Colin Stretch, Facebook General Counsel

Over the last several months, in the midst of press reports speculating about the nature and scope of government programs aimed at keeping people safe, we’ve repeatedly called for governments around the world to provide more details about the programs they operate. We’ve also urged them to allow companies to divulge information about the government orders and requests they receive, in a manner and to a degree that does not compromise legitimate safety concerns.

Facebook Focusing on Efficiency

In August 2013, Facebook and a coalition of other leading technology companies announced the launch of Internet.org, a global effort to make affordable Internet access available to the next 5 billion people.

Review: Sony Xperia Z Ultra

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a 6.4-inch phone-tablet hybrid designed to combine the best of your big and small screen gadgets in one device, starting at £619 off-contract.

Key Features:

• 6.4-inch, 1920x1080 screen
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset
• 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, 2 GB RAM
• 16 GB internal storage, microSD slot
• 8 MP camera
• water resistant
• 3,050 mAh battery
• Android 4.2

Review: New iOS software has features to discover

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- The changes to Apple's iOS software became apparent as I drove to the headquarters of the company's rival, Google. As I navigated using Apple's mapping app, I noticed one of my favorite attributes was missing: the directions for each next turn presented in green boxes that resemble highway signs. 

Apple, Google, and Microsoft Need to Hear This

The ascent of the tablet only continues. According to research firm IDC, Q4 of this year will mark the first time tablets outsell PCs. For the whole year, PCs will still rule, according to IDC, but by 2015 tablets will begin outselling PCs, and that's not likely to change in 2016 and beyond. Assuming the tablet trend pans out as IDC believes it will, there are two questions device manufacturers need to answer: How are tablet and smartphone owners using all those mobile devices, and do they have a product that fits their needs?

McAfee declares Lily Collins the world's most dangerous celebrity

The daughter of musician Phil Collins already gets enough negative publicity for having the former Genesis frontman as a dad, but now she also has the dubious honor of topping the anti-virus firm's annual list of risky web searches.