Last week, Twitter began rolling out a big redesign of its Web interface. The company’s goal is to keep users from having to click through to other sites to see photos and videos tweeted by members, as well as to encourage more searching of its content. It’s also intended to make it easier to follow […]
The United States has called on the social micro-blogging site, Twitter, to block the Taliban’s account. US senators want to stop feeds which boast of insurgent attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan and the casualties they inflict. Aides for Joe Lieberman, chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said the move was part of a […]
WASHINGTON: The US patent for self-driving cars has been awarded to internet search giant Google. The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel. It explains how the car would know when to take control, where it is located […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has released a magazine reading application for smartphones or tablet computers powered by Android or Apple software. The California internet titan worked with more than 150 publishing partners for the US launch of “Google Currents,” which is also integrated with the Google+ online social network challenging Facebook. “Content is optimized for smartphones […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook and Google , to screen user content and remove any offensive material, information and telecoms minister Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday, but denied the move was censorship. Sibal met executives at those companies along with Yahoo and Microsoft on Monday to […]
Facebook for Android app – Of course you would be right to assume that the Facebook app for Android would be one of the top free apps downloaded for Android. With this app you can simply share status updates with your friends, chat, check out your News Feed and Events, upload photos and more. Check […]
MUMBAI: Actress Katrina Kaif could be a heartthrob of millions but she has also earned herself a sobriquet of being the ‘most dangerous Indian celebrity’ as the cyber criminals are using her name as a favourite key word that exposes computers to malicious software. The actress has emerged as the most dangerous celebrity in the […]
MUMBAI: Opera Software and MediaTek Inc have announced that mobile browser Opera Mini will be included into MediaTek’s Runtime Environment (MRE). MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. MRE is MediaTek’s middleware technology designed for mobile developers and application providers to deploy services and content for “smart-feature-phones”. The MRE […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc is considering raising about $10 billion in an initial public offering that would value the world’s largest social-networking site at more than $100 billion, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The company may file for the IPO before the end of the year, said the person, who asked not […]
Sabeer Bhatia, the founder of Hotmail.com, on Tuesday launched JaxtrSMS, a mobile application that lets users send unlimited free text messages to any other phone anywhere in the world. He claimed JaxtrSMS is the world’s first mobile-based application for sending SMS that is completely open as the recipients do not need to have the app […]
Google Knol Google launched Knol in 2007 to help improve web content by enabling experts to collaborate on in-depth articles. Knol will work as usual till April 30, 2012, and users can download their knols to a file and/or migrate them to WordPress.com. From May 1 through October 1, 2012, knols will no longer be […]
Epson has introduced its range of high performance LED printers that will replace the company’s entry-level laser printers.Comprising, both monochrome and color, single function and all-in-one devices, the new printers feature LED technology provides high speed prints with space and power savings. The new LED series will continue to sell under the AcuLaser brand. The […]