Articles by Nicole Arce
Granny groovy: New York woman celebrates 100th birthday skydiving
A 100-year-old woman from New York takes to the skies and jumps out of a plane to celebrate her birthday – for the third time in her life.
Freak accident death: Ohio bowling alley worker gets crushed by bowling-alley machine, prompting federal probe
The OSHA is conducting an investigation on a bowling alley in Fairfield, Ohio after a 53-year-old worker was crushed while fixing 50-year-old bowling machinery.
Apple gives Fitbit products the boot from Apple Store: Here's why
Apple will reportedly no longer be selling Fitbit fitness trackers because Fitbit will not be providing support for HealthKit.
Loretta Lynch will succeed Eric Holder as next US Attorney General: Here's what you should know
Top New York federal prosecutor and civil rights defender Loretta Lynch is the first black woman to be nominated to become the next U.S. Attorney General.
Robin Williams death cause: Coroner rules out illegal drugs and alcohol
The coroner’s report on Robin William’s death confirms it was a suicide. He died from asphyxia due to hanging.
Real reason why Google barge dream sank: Fire hazard
Google's mysterious barges were already a dead project by the time the media started buzzing around them. The Coast Guard said they were fire hazards waiting to be set ablaze.
Real reason why Microsoft decided to make Office apps free for Android and iOS
Microsoft was not feeling generous when it decided to make Word, Excel and PowerPoint free for Android and iOS. It’s all for the bottom line, of course.
Amazon Echo is a cylindrical personal digital assistant for the living room [Video]
Amazon is taking an unexpected foray into the home automation industry with a cylindrical speaker that can do everything that Siri, Google Now and Cortana can do.
NYC slaps 25 mph speed limit to reduce traffic-related accidents
New York City drivers will need to step on the brakes. A new law mandating the default speed limit at 25 miles per hour was enforced on Nov. 7.
Facebook has just made it easier to clean up the mess it created in News Feed: Here's how [Video]
If your Facebook News Feed is a jumble of posts from people you don’t really interact with, Facebook will now let you change all that with its new settings.
'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' review roundup: A very sweet deal for gamers
Reviews are in on Microsoft's remaster of four top-selling 'Halo' titles. The verdict? 'Halo' is still the 'definitive first-person shooter game.'
EFF tests mass-market messaging apps: The most (and least) secure ones are...
EFF releases a new scorecard that grades dozens of messaging apps on their security. The results may surprise you.
Mark Zuckerberg holds live Facebook Q&A session with public: Questions he answered and those he didn't
Facebook CEO answers questions from the public and shares his thoughts about everything from Messenger to his identical grey t-shirts.
Natural Machines' 3D printer Foodini promises to whip up delicious meals in a jiffy
A new kitchen appliance that sounds like it was plucked right off “The Jetsons” will let you print your food. No more getting your hands into your meals. The machine will do that for you.
Flop Atari 2600 ET cartridges now fetching price of gold at eBay auction: Why?
“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” cartridges unearthed from the legendary Atari dump are selling for more than $600 on eBay, far more than their selling price back in the day.
Google Maps app gets cooler and more useful with Material Design and OpenTable and Uber integration
Google rolls out a revamped Google Maps in time for Android Lollipop. Now, users get nicer Maps with Material Design and deeper integration with OpenTable and Uber.
Twitter, WAM! partnership now makes it possible to report gender-based harassment on Twitter
Twitter works with a women’s rights group to create an online tool for reporting trolling, abuse and harassment on the microblogging platform.
Lytro camera tech has caught NASA's fancy: Here's what the space agency intends to do
Lytro is licensing its technology to NASA, which intends to use light field photography in developing high-tech new cameras for future explorations.
German heavyweight publisher Axel Springer concedes defeat to Google: Here's why
Axel Springer just realized that forcing Google to remove its content from Google News will wreak havoc on its web traffic. The German publisher now wants its content back up.
New malware targets Chinese Mac and iOS users and it's called WireLurker
A new malware targets Chinese users of Apple devices, including Mac computers and non-jailbroken mobile devices.
Attention Trekkies: Now get your own Star Trek communication device for $99: Say hello to OnBeep Onyx
The Onyx personal communication device is great news for Trekkies. Now, users can communicate with other people simply by pressing a button attached to their shirts.
Google, LG shake hands on 'global patent license agreement': Here's what it means
After striking a 10-year cross-licensing agreement with Samsung, Google turns to another Korean electronics maker to offer the same deal.
This bullet makes 3D printed guns genuinely dangerous weapons (but don't panic just yet)
A machinist from Pennsylvania has created a steel-reinforced bullet that can make firing unlimited rounds from a 3D printed gun possible.
Apple, Google let Disney Movie Anywhere app users watch movies anytime, from any device
Disney has accomplished what every other company failed to do – get Apple and Google to work together. This is to let users watch Disney movies downloaded from the Play Store or App Store on any device.
Facebook: Government requests for user data up by 24 percent (don't blame us)
Facebook's new transparency report shows information requests from governments increased in the first half of 2014. The social networking site, however, clarifies that it knows when to 'push back hard' when served with deficient or overly broad requests.
Amazon Prime perks coming to other shopping sites, subscribers get unlimited cloud photo storage
Irresistible new benefits now come with paying $99 as Amazon Prime members. Shoppers get unlimited photo storage on the cloud and free two-day shipping on other shopping websites.
Rivals Microsoft and Dropbox shake hands: Cloud Office apps will never be the same again
Microsoft and Dropbox collaborate in the most unholy of partnerships by integrating Office apps with Dropbox cloud storage. Now, users can edit their Word, Excel and PowerPoint files right from Dropbox.
Emoji welcomes racial diversity: Now express with more skin tones
Unicode addresses racial diversity by proposing a set of skin tone modifier characters. This will allow users to send emoji with different skin tones as defined on the Fitzpatrick scale.
Google Copresence better than AirDrop: It's not platform-exclusive
Google has a new feature in the works and it sounds pretty much like Apple’s AirDrop, except it doesn’t limit users to a single platform at all.
Android co-founder Andy Rubin says Google bye, but why?
Andy Rubin, former Android chief at Google and robotics team leader, is ready to take on new horizons. Rubin says goodbye to Google to build his own startup accelerator.
