Profile of Thomas Claburn
Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility
Member Since: 11/15/2013
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Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, InformationWeek, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful master's degree in film production. He wrote the original treatment for 3DO's Killing Time, a short story that appeared in On Spec, and the screenplay for an independent film called The Hanged Man, which he would later direct. He's the author of a science fiction novel, Reflecting Fires, and a sadly neglected blog, Lot 49. His iPhone game, Blocfall, is available through the iTunes App Store. His wife is a talented jazz singer; he does not sing, which is for the best.
Articles by Thomas Claburn
posted in August 2014
8/29/2014
Do you understand the consequences of California's new smartphone anti-theft law? Our FAQ will clear up the confusion.
8/28/2014
Pew Research finds that social media users are less likely to voice opinions face-to-face if they believe their Facebook followers would disagree. Call it surveillance fallout.
8/27/2014
Dogged by competition, Dropbox now gives subscribers 1 TB for $10 a month, but backing up data to an external hard drive is still cheaper.
8/26/2014
There's no shortage of ways to communicate. Unifying the many communications channels can help you keep it all straight.
8/23/2014
Sandboxing flaw let researchers hijack Gmail 92% of the time, and could also affect iOS and Windows.
8/22/2014
With help from Facebook, Mixpanel, and Parse, developers who implement App Links can now track how their links are used.
8/21/2014
Cloud-based storage is attracting business customers, despite security concerns amplified by Edward Snowden's revelations.
8/20/2014
Google's Amit Singhal looks back at 10 years of search improvements.
8/19/2014
Is Firefox really the best defense against Google's control of the Internet? Or should Mozilla just clean up its own mistakes rather than throwing stones at competitors?
8/18/2014
Many of the "improvements" to ordinary household objects promised by SmartThings, a software company just acquired by Samsung, are already available elsewhere or seem like overkill.
8/15/2014
For the first time, Apple has published its list of regulated substances for manufacturing.
8/13/2014
Mobile payment service prompts concerns about ulterior motives.
8/13/2014
The "botlr" -- a robotic butler -- will deliver small goods to hotel guests upon request.
8/12/2014
Android is gaining acceptance in business at the cost of Apple's iOS popularity while Microsoft languishes at the bottom.
8/12/2014
Videographers can create more compelling first-person videos by speeding them up with "Hyper-lapse" technology, Microsoft researchers say.
8/11/2014
More than 5.2 million Chromebooks will be sold this year, says Gartner.
8/8/2014
SyNAPSE chip aspires to be as powerful as the human brain without using much power.
8/7/2014
Websites that don't support HTTPS connections may soon be less prominent in Google search results.
8/7/2014
Emu and Directr will expand Google's messaging and video advertising businesses.
8/6/2014
Ten Apple products have been removed from a list of products that can be bought with Chinese government funds.
8/5/2014
A heads-up display promises safer access to your smartphone while driving.
8/5/2014
MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe research team demonstrate how to capture sound using video images of objects. Yes, plants will parrot what you say with more fidelity than parrots, under the right conditions.
8/2/2014
Google abandons its plans for a floating technology exhibit hall, at least on the East Coast.
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