Ideas
When Can Your Tweet, Text or Calls Cost You Your Job?
Feds do not have a legally recognized expectation of privacy with respect to the government-owned equipment they use in and/or outside of the workplace.
Modernization
Shared service gets some blame for HUD's financial woes
The department's struggles with shared services contributed to restatement of financial data, according to HUD's inspector general.
Modernization
Video: Choosing the Right Keyboard App
Texting is too important to stick with the default keyboard.
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Amazon Broke the Internet Because Its System Couldn’t Handle a Typo
Amazon has already modified its S3 system to avoid this problem again in the future.
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SDN looms large in NSTAC report
A report under development by a government advisory board says the government must move quickly to better understand software-defined networking's effect on critical infrastructure.
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For the First Time, the Price of Bitcoin Is the Same as the Price of Gold
Two years ago, the value of Bitcoin slumped so badly that the digital currency was being written off as a failed experiment.
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A Technology Loved By Global Protestors Will Soon Be Used for Sending Messages and Music Without the Internet
The app lets users send messages to one another without cellular data or a Wi-Fi internet connection
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FirstNet's Message To Tech: First Responders Could Be The Next Big Market
Public safety officers have unique needs, and tech companies need to start thinking about them.
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Apple’s Upending the iPhone with a $1000 Model Featuring Curved Glass and—Wait for It—a USB Port
The next iPhone's different look could be intriguing for some consumers.
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Bid protest continues to stall FirstNet award
The First Responder Network Authority is preparing to announce the award for its nationwide broadband public safety network, once it settles an ongoing bid protest.
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How Long Can Border Agents Keep Your Email Password?
Some data gathered from travelers going through customs can stay in a Homeland Security database for 75 years.
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At Mobile World Congress, Industry Leaders Try Work Out What Comes After the Smartphone
Telecom, internet and manufacturing industry players are gathered in Barcelona this week.
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Close calls with unmanned aircraft increase
The number of close encounters between civilian aircraft and unmanned drones in national airspace is on the rise, the FAA reports.
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Amazon Argues That Alexa Is Protected By the First Amendment in a Murder Trial
Police in Arkansas are seeking 48 hours worth of recordings and responses made by an Amazon Echo.
Digital Government
The Man Who Led the Syrian Train-and-Equip Effort Wants A Cultural Translation App
The complex, delicate missions of today and tomorrow need a better way to bring fused intelligence to operators.
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Countries With the World’s Fastest Mobile Internet
Some places clock over 30 megabits per second on average.
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Video: These Apps Will Help You Find a Parking Spot
Avoid circling around the block for 20 minutes.
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UPS Is Testing Drones That Allow Its Delivery Trucks to Be in Two Places at Once
Spending all day waiting for a package delivery may one day be a thing of the past.
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