It’s time to start the nomination process for creepiest boss of the year. Here’s our first nominee: In December, three law firm employees in Kansas sued their boss for invasion of privacy and “outrage.” They alleged that personal injury attorney Jeremiah Johnson encouraged them to wear “skirts and high heels” and then surreptitiously placed an iPhone (or iPad) under their desks with a delightful app called Cam-u-flage, “the best spy camera app to take pictures without anyone noticing.” The app has a “timer function” that happens to work perfectly for this sort of thing. Read More...

Want to keep your tweets among your tweeps and hidden from any old Google searcher? Twitter has some tips for you.

The microblogging company’s @Support account on Wednesday tweeted out a link to a help center page for Twitter users want to keep their posts a bit more anonymous on Google. Given Twitter’s high rank in Google Search, it’s likely that your profile there will be among the top results for your name. Read More...

As the pace of advances in mobile technology accelerates, waves of new smartphones are appearing every few months. That can mean some savings in the form of a price drop on recently launched phones by the carriers. But how long should you wait? Read More...

Finding apps is hard work. Seriously, folks, there are over 500,000 of them out there, each with their own iTunes page, ratings, and version history. It’s confusing, disheartening at times, and just plain difficult. There are several discovery apps out there, including the recently purchased Chomp and AppShopper. Today’s tip is about the discovery app that won the Best App Ever Award for Best App Bargain, the app that voters thought was worth way more than they paid for it. Read More...

Apple is likely to launch a smaller version of the iPad ahead of the coming holiday selling season, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves asserts in a research note Monday. But in the same piece, the analyst writes that he has huge doubts about whether Apple will ever really enter the TV market. Read More...

This article talks about the strengths of each operating system (OS). It starts with Android 4.0, and then list the advantages iOS has over Android. Read More...

Google’s map data has been baked into the iOS Maps app since the days of the first, thick, aluminum-backed iPhone, but that may no longer be the case once iOS 6 hits the streets. Unnamed sources told 9to5Mac that the Cupertino company would instead take that opportunity to reveal their own Maps application, and those early reports paint a pretty impressive picture. Read More...

T-Mobile may have been dealt a setback when regulators forced AT&T to scuttle its proposed acquisition of the company, but judging from its announcements today, the company is clearly still very much in the wireless game.

The country’s fourth-largest carrier revealed a plan to upgrade its network to make it more iPhone-friendly, as well as a longer-term project to deploy high-speed LTE connectivity. Read More...