All the stories tagged with: General
Twitter ‘Home’ Like App Is A Possibility
04/16/2013, Only recently Facebook announced Home, its latest software offering for Android. Its a custom skin that sits on top of the core Android OS, without making any changes to the underlying OS, Home presents its users a new way to [...]
WhatsApp CEO Says They Have More Users Than Twitter
04/16/2013, After Facebook and its 1 billion plus users, Twitter is perhaps the most widely used social network. Back in December Twitter announced that it had more than 200 million monthly users. Today at a conference WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed [...]
Outlook.com Android App Update Brings New UI And Features
04/16/2013, The Outlook.com Android app was previously updated back in November last year. Today Microsoft has announced a new update for this app, which brings an overhaul for the entire user interface as well as new features. Microsoft says that the [...]
Android Malware Infections Tripled In 2012
04/15/2013, The smartphone used to be a safe environment to develop for, especially in its early days when there was no such thing as malware or viruses, or other kinds of malicious code. Well, times have definitely changed over the years, [...]
Taiwan Investigating Samsung For Using Dirty Advertisement Tricks Against HTC
04/15/2013, Samsung is in the news again, the controversial side of it. Taiwanese authorities are investigating Samsung over allegations that it used dirty advertisement tactics against HTC. Samsung is accused of hiring students to post malicious comments about HTC online. The [...]
Star Wars Guitars Places Millennium Falcon At Your Fingertips
04/15/2013, We’ve seen some impressive guitar mods in the past couple of months as we’ve seen one that is shaped like an NES, while another types out certain keys on a computer depending on what notes you play. But have you seen [...]
Spotify Reportedly Expanding To Eight New Markets
04/15/2013, Spotify is a very popular music streaming service, boasting over 24 million users which it gained in a short span of one and a half years. Launched in the U.S. Spotify is the fastest growing digital music company and out [...]
Skype For Windows Phone 8 Loses Beta Tag In New Update
04/15/2013, Today Microsoft has released a new update of the Skype for Windows Phone 8 app. The beta tag that previously accompanied this app has now been dropped in the latest update, which brings the version number up to 2.5. Despite [...]
Comcast Encrypting Basic Cable In The Near Future
04/15/2013, The FCC permitted cable providers to encrypt basic cable towards the end of last year and now Comcast has detailed its plans for moving ahead with cable encryption. Those who do not use a CableCard enabled device or a Comcast [...]
Sony Backed ISP In Japan Offers Double The Speed Of Google Fiber
04/15/2013, If you thought Google Fiber with its 1Gbps speeds was fast, think again. A Japanese ISP, which is backed by Sony, is now offering plans with 2Gbps download and 1Gbps upload speeds in Tokyo and six districts surrounding it. So-net Entertainment [...]
Land For Thirty Meter Telescope Finally Okayed By Hawaii
04/14/2013, The Hawaiian Board of Land and Natural Resources announced on Thursday that it had granted a land permit for Thirty Meter Telescope, which is a next generation observatory being built close to the summit of Mauna Kea. With the grant of [...]
U.S. To Form Working Group With China On Cybersecurity
04/14/2013, In recent months we have heard both U.S. and China bicker back and forth on cyber attacks originating from the other’s homeland, but now both of them will be collectively working on cybersecurity. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, during [...]
Bathroom Usage Monitor (BUM) Should Be Compulsory In Offices
04/11/2013, You know what they say, when nature calls, you simply got to go without taking detours. The thing is, if you happen to work in a huge office with limited bathrooms, timing is of the essence, not to mention the [...]
