Internet

The data trail we leave behind in the digital age keeps growing. Professor Andreas Weigend talks with Kai Ryssdal about how businesses are trying to figure out how to use that data effectively.

Have Facebook friend requests, cell-phone messages, incessant emails and texts made it impossible to disconnect? Feel overwhelmed? Sally Herships reports on one solution.

A new YouTube platform called YouTube Direct allows news organizations to solicit and verify footage from individual users, connecting amateur journalists with professional news outlets. Jennifer Collins reports.

Post-transaction offers are becoming an increasingly popular way for online retailers to snag customers into hidden credit card charges. A Senate committee will be taking a deeper look, as Bob Moon reports.

The FDA is considering developing rules for how drug companies can advertise online. Reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.

The Justice Department has indicted eight computer hackers who prosecutors say pulled off a global ATM heist last year. Jeremy Hobson explores the modern age of bank robbery and the more commonplace presence of digital financial fraud.

Google is buying a company called AdMob, which specializes in placing ads on mobile devices. Smart phones and the like are expected to be the new frontier for marketers. With Google in the game, the stakes just got higher. Joel Rose reports.

Got any good ideas for making life a little more hassle-free? A Web site may help make your idea the next big thing. Simone Orendain reports.

Amazon, Walmart and Target have been trying to out-price each other online with the latest book hits, allowing customers to get a $25 book for $9. Some independent bookstores are taking advantage of the deals. Jeremy Hobson reports.

A California court has awarded Facebook $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.