Digital Life

Nay Aung is the founder of Oway, a tech startup in Yangon, Myanmar. He used Taste Cafe as his unofficial office when he started his company — in part because it was one of the few places in Myanmar with a stable Internet connection.

World News

Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?

9:29am May 24, 2013

by Robert Smith

A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day.

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How That 'Nigerian Email Scam' Got Started

4:31pm May 22, 2013

You've probably seen it in your inbox before: Someone who claims to have come into a fortune needs your help. You can share in the profits — if you send along a deposit or your bank account number. Boston Globe correspondent Finn Brunton talks about the history of the "Nigerian prince" or "419" scam, which actually got its start long before email.

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David Cross and Portia de Rossi in a scene from Arrested Development, which returns on Netflix on May 26.

Arts

'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media

5:43pm May 21, 2013

by Neda Ulaby

Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.

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Tumblr Users Urge New Owner Yahoo To Keep The Site Weird

11:13am May 21, 2013

by Ilya Marritz

When news of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr first hit, Tumblr users took their reactions online. The posts were quirky and sharp with plenty of worry about the future.

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Sony's Entertainment Access Glasses, seen here in a prototype image, display captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing moviegoers.

New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies

3:30pm May 20, 2013

by Rachel Rood

This is a big moment for the deaf, many of whom haven't been to the movies in a long time. The new glasses display closed captions just for the wearer, and they're headed for 6,000 screens across the country.

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Yahoo To Buy Tumblr In An Attempt To Revitalize Itself

5:06am May 20, 2013

by Kirk Siegler

Yahoo is expected to announce Monday that it's acquiring the social media site Tumblr, in a deal The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets are reporting to be worth about $1.1 billion. Some analysts are calling the acquisition an effort by Yahoo to be "cool and relevant" again.

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A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone.

Facebook Users Question $20 Million Settlement Over Ads

5:42pm May 14, 2013

by Steve Henn

Facebook is expected to pay out $20 million in a settlement over its "Sponsored Stories" advertising service, after placing user images in personalized ads. But the settlement doesn't stop the service, and a legal expert says Facebook's option to let users opt out creates more problems.

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A visitor at the "NEXT Berlin" conference tries out Google Glass on April 24 in Berlin.

Google Fights Glass Backlash Before It Even Hits The Street

11:57am May 13, 2013

by Steve Henn

From privacy concerns to technology saturation, Google's new technology has had its fair share of criticism — and it's not even on sale yet. The company wants to change those negative perceptions of its wearable computer before it goes on sale to the public.

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National

Consumers Facing Subscription Service Overload Will Only Get More Choices

4:02pm May 09, 2013

by Laura Sydell

Consumers already have an abundance of choice when it comes to entertainment and news subscriptions. But analysts say it's still early days for all the digital subscription offerings we'll have to pay for.

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National

What We Can Learn From The Viral Spotlight On Charles Ramsey

2:40pm May 09, 2013

A compelling television interview with Charles Ramsey, who helped save three women held in captivity in Cleveland, quickly became an online meme in the vein of Antoine Dodson and Sweet Brown. Slate's Aisha Harris and Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post discuss what Harris has called the viral trend of the "hilarious black neighbor."

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