Date: 04/06/12 23snaps: A sweet, private social networking app for parents
Despite what Facebook would have us all believe, social networking doesn’t have to be an open forum for sharing everything with everyone we’ve (n)ever met. Back in March, we wrote about Pair, a social network for couples which had hit 50,000 downloads and one million messages in
Date: 01/06/12 Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook executive says female workers should cry at work
The chief operating officer of the newly floated technology company suggested that women should not be afraid to show their emotions in the workplace. The 42 year-old claimed female workers should be honest about their femininity rather attempting to climb the corporate ladder by behaving
Date: 01/06/12 Jobs absolutely hated the Apple iMac
It seems that when Steve Jobs was signing off on the iMac his marketing genius might have been out to lunch. In an excerpt from his upcoming book published by the Sydney Morning Herald, Kevin Segall, the bloke behind the "Think Different" campaign said that he had a devil of a job
Date: 01/06/12 Google World Wonders Project takes you to Earth's treasures in glorious Street View vision (video)
Google has already been taking us to exotic locations through Street View, but now it's hoping to enshrine the most famous places on Earth through the World Wonders Project, one car (or trike) at a time. A total of 132 sites, ranging from natural landmarks like Yosemite to
Date: 01/06/12 Fun with Knowledge Graph: Go Google “Lionel Richie” right now
A few weeks ago, Google pushed out a big search update called Knowledge Graph. The idea behind the tweak is to pull in more detailed information about what you’re searching for, to make sure that Google is bringing back the right results, and that you can see everything that’s important right away.
Date: 21/05/12 9 Years Of Mark Zuckerberg And The College Sweetheart
Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with his college sweetheart, Priscilla Chan.The wedding was a surprise for all of the guests, who thought they were attending a med school graduation party for Chan. The couple met in line for the bathroom at Zuckerberg's frat party nine years ago.
Date: 21/05/12 iPhone Engineer and Gmail Designer Team Up on Electric Imp to Connect Devices
A new start-up called Electric Imp promises to turn almost any product into a connected device with the addition of a tiny card in a slot. Former iPhone engineering manager Hugo Fiennes, former Gmail designer Kevin Fox and long-time firmware engineer Peter Hartley co-founded the start-up,
Date: 19/05/12 Computer game helps rehabilitate stroke victims
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a computer game designed to help stroke victims recuperate. The Circus Challenge game, created with a computer game studio, aims to help patients recover motor functions.
Date: 03/05/12 File-sharers look to VPNs to overcome Pirate Bay ban
Young people are increasingly turning to virtual private networks (VPNs) to anonymise their free sharing of music and movies, a new study has suggested. Sweden's Lund University indicated that there had been a 40% rise in the number of 15 to 25-year-olds using such services since 2009.
Date: 10/04/12 Egyptians flood Obama's Facebook page in election row
US President Barack Obama's Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of a candidate in Egypt's presidential election. It follows news that Hazem Abu Ismail may be barred from the poll because one of his parents held dual nationality, according to BBC.
Date: 05/04/12 Pupils 'made more violent by computer games'
Children are becoming more violent as they are being left unsupervised by their parents to play inappropriate computer games, teachers say. Pupils as young as four are acting out "graphic scenes" from games in class and in the playground, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers is to hear.
Date: 04/04/12 SMS Information Service successfully passes through test
Measures are being taken in Baku city to provide foreign visitors to the ‘Eurovision-2012’ Song Contest with necessary information. This information was provided to ‘ICTnews’ by ‘Azerfon’ LLC’s executive director for business development and communications Leyla Nasrullayeva.
Date: 29/03/12 Microchipped school uniforms notify parents when kids skip school
In Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, 20,000 grade school students have recently started wearing uniforms embedded with GPS chips similar to those used in pet trackers. The chips automatically send parents a text message as soon as their children enter the school grounds, or if their
Date: 29/03/12 Thief steals phone and posts victim’s nude photos on Facebook
A woman in Sweden who had her cell phone stolen was shocked to discover naked pictures of her that the thief had posted on to her own Facebook page. The 21-year-old woman was at a bar in the center of Sundsvall in eastern Sweden, when the phone was stolen out of her back pocket.
Date: 19/03/12 Goldman person leaked Apple, Intel secrets: lawyer
A person at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, who has not been identified or charged in a broad U.S. insider-trading probe, was caught on a wiretap leaking secrets about Intel Corp and Apple Inc, a lawyer for former Goldman board member Rajat Gupta said in court. Lawyer Gary Naftalis, in a heated exchange with
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