Technology Industry

Snapchat, feeling the heat, will let users opt out of compromised feature

New controls will let people stop themselves from being searchable based on their phone numbers

Facebook faces lawsuit for allegedly scanning private messages

Facebook is charged with scanning private messages to profile users

It’s time to get over the BYOD obsession

IT's New Year's resolution should be about enablement, not fighting yesterday's wars

New year, new you: The IT slob’s road map for 2014

Predictions, schmedictions -- here are the real changes we IT workhorses can expect in the new year

IBM’s homomorphic encryption could revolutionize security

IBM gets a patent on an encryption method that could make it possible to run fully encrypted programs or VMs without first decrypting them

Global IT spending outlook ‘better but subpar’ for 2014, Forrester says

Spending is forecast to rise 6.2 percent in 2014, but growth will pick up even more in 2015, particularly for software, according to a new report

Windows 8 regains uptake mojo, XP restarts death slide

After a two-month pause, Microsoft's newest and oldest operating systems return to trend form

Android invades the enterprise

How three companies are coping -- even thriving -- amid the Android explosion

Snapchat and Skype get HACKED — NYT defends SNOWDEN — NEST raises $150M at $2B value — SWISHER & MOSSBERG’s Re/code debuts

10 likely nightmares for 2014

From China hacking the cloud to Oracle becoming open source enemy No. 1, these dark predictions should be allowed to marinate slowly