Hands-free technology is not safe because it also distracts the brain, according to a fresh study by AAA.

The study revealed that even hands-free use of a phone or social-network like Facebook can distract motorists' brain so much that they sometimes don't notice stop signs or pedestrians straight in front of their vehicles.

Apple did not care what prices US publishers fixed for e-books, Apple Inc executive Eddy Cue testified in federal court.

Cue admitted that he was not surprised when US publishers hiked prices for new and best-selling e-books following Apple's entry into the e-books market in 2010, but claimed that that Apple did not play any role in causing industry-wide increase in prices.

Social-networking giant Facebook and software major Microsoft on Friday disclosed the total number of legal orders they received for user data from various U. S. government entities.

Facebook disclosed that it 9,000 to 10,000 legal orders during the second half of 2012, asking for user data relating to 18,000 to 19,000 accounts.

Apple's iTunes Store on Friday started offering an iPhone version of Microsoft Office app, allowing iPhone users to reap benefits of the popular suite.

The app allows users to edit documents started on other screens in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It will make it much easier for users to incorporate last-ditch changes or suggestions into shared materials that everybody in a group can see.

Japanese tech giant Sony on Thursday announced the launch of a new experimental project, called Open SmartWatch, to allow developers to create and flash their own alternative firmware to the Android-based smart timepiece.

Acclaimed mobile games developer Rovio on Wednesday launched a teaser website for its upcoming game Angry Birds Go!

The single teaser released by the Finnish game developer hinted that Angry Birds Go would incorporate some elements of a racing game.  It teaser features an animated snippet with three words, viz. ready, set and go, which are widely used words for racing.

Google has assured that it would not allow any facial recognition apps on its upcoming wearable computer Glass to protect people’s privacy.