Sociology

Where My Dogs At: A social network for man and man's best friend

2013-05-19 10:30:00

Where My Dogs At is a new social networking app angled at dog lovers and their four-legged friends looking for local dog-friendly places to go and people to meet. Think Facebook for Fido, with a "Yelp for dogs" approach, built around a location-based...

Google gives Google+ a facelift, enhances photo features

2013-05-16 11:28:00

Google is taking significant steps to differentiate Google+ from Facebook by adding dozens of new features, redoing the social network's design and adding a handful of tools that will make it easier for users to upload photo albums. In total, Google+ is...

The war for mobile messaging is on

2013-05-11 08:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door. Unlike...

South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela

2013-04-30 09:21:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...

Review: Darcy James Argue's Secret Society taps into Brooklyn

2013-04-29 19:05:00

What does Brooklyn sound like? While the fashionably clad, underemployed youth of Lena Dunham's "Girls" may spring to mind given the New York City borough's pop cultural footprint, bandleader Darcy James Argue paints a broader picture of a time and...

LinkedIn reaches 225 million users as it marks its 10th birthday

2013-05-06 10:10:00

While many people were celebrating Cinco de Mayo this weekend, LinkedIn was marking its 10th anniversary. The professionally-focused social network became a decade old Sunday. To commemorate the occasion, LinkedIn uploaded a neat visual time line...

California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills

2013-05-02 22:46:00

SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...

Give friends keys to your Facebook account with 'Trusted Contacts'

2013-05-02 09:03:00

Facebook is rolling out a new feature Thursday that lets users locked out of their accounts get back in with the help of their friends. The new feature, called "Trusted Contacts," lets a user pick up to five friends to receive security codes if the user...

Social network Path brings 'Peanuts' gang to virtual stickers

2013-04-26 10:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Good grief, Charlie Brown! The "Peanuts" character and his pals are joining the social network Path. The San Francisco start-up has struck its first brand partnership with the "Peanuts" gang, still one of the most powerful brands in...

Review: HTC One is a powerful, attractive smartphone [Video]

2013-04-20 10:30:00

Apple and Samsung, there's a new challenger. HTC, the Taiwanese phone maker, has come out with a smartphone that can go head to head with the best of them. The HTC One features an attractive all-aluminum case, large 4.7-inch screen and a speedy 1.7-...

Republican effort to rebrand the party takes a hit

2013-04-24 21:49:00

WASHINGTON — As the new Congress began this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia sought to redefine the Republican Party as focused on "making life work" for ordinary Americans. Surveys showed that the public had tired of the...

The Twist: The swivel that shook the world

2013-04-21 00:00:00

It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on...

World War II veteran Jack Goldstein, of Boca Raton, is awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France by Nicole Hirsch of the American Society of the Legion of Honor, during a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts , Sunday May 5, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

World War II veteran William Poulson, of Fort Lauderdale, is awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France by Nicole Hirsch of the American Society of the Legion of Honor, during a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts , Sunday May 5.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Charlie Brown and the whole "Peanuts" gang are now available as stickers on the social network Path.

2013-04-26 00:00:00