ARTICLES BY BARBARA ORTUTAY/AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER

Facebook isn't forever

NEW YORK - Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Got battery?

NEW YORK - At a cozy watering hole in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, bartender Kathy Conway counted four different phone chargers behind the bar. Call it the scourge of the red zone, call it battery anxiety. Smartphone users are tired of begging to charge devices behind bars or hunting for hidden …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Swipe right for Mr. Right

So, a lady walks into a bar...Wait, scratch that. A lady takes out her phone. With a left swipe of her finger she dismisses Alex, 25 and Robert, 48. She swipes right when a photo of James, 24, pops up. It's a match. James had swiped right too. They chat, …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Privacy at a premium

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Snapchat suffers security breach

NEW YORK - Snapchat, the disappearing-message service popular with young people, has been quiet following a security breach that allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of some 4.6 million of its users.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Gift Guide: Fitness bands for aspiring health nuts

NEW YORK - The latest fitness gadgets record much more than how many steps you take on any given day. From sleep patterns to mood, calorie intake and progress toward exercise goals, few aspects of life are left un-tracked for those searching for a more quantified self.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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