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The latest major victim of a malicious online attack? That would be the South African Police Service. According to a report by eNCA, the country's police website was hacked on Friday, with the attackers publishing the names and contact details of anonymous tipsters who have been informing the police of crimes since 2005.The Anonymous-affiliate who has claimed responsibility for the attack, who goes by the Twitter handle '@DomainerAnon', says the move was motivated in response to death of striking ...
This is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows. Amazon plans on building a massive biosphere for the workers in its Seattle offices.The ecommerce giant this week submitted drawings for a series of giant, domed greenhouses which will be capable of housing multiple forms of plant life as well as mature trees and are intended to provide a space where Amazon employees can “work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting”.The newly proposed domes are meant ...
Of all the world's file formats, GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format) is probably the one that resonates most with web users and last night, its creator Steve Wilhite was honoured with a lifetime achievement at the Webby Awards.The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, have been around for some 17 years now. In the world of online that’s a seriously long time. Over the years they’ve recognised some of the most innovative players ...
Yahoo has officially announced its acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1-billion cash. The news was first broken on Twitter by the Wall Street Journal, seemingly confirming rumours of the buyout, which have been floating around for a few days now from Kara Swisher and the AllThingsD crew.It's not all great news though as it seems nearly 72 000 Tumblr users have moved their blogs to rival platform WordPress following the rumours, according to WordPress founder, Matt Mullenweg.Mullenweg, wrote in ...
Mobile networking giant MTN has launched the first custom YouTube channel in Africa, something which it hopes will give it an edge in a tough industry with massive ad spend budgets.Custom channels, first unveiled in 2011, allow brands to customise their subscriber engagement and have been used by big brands as well as celebrities such Madonna, Ashton Kutcher, Amy Poehler and Tony Hawk as means of pushing original content.While any advertiser can use YouTube, custom channels provide ...
An upgrade to Google Hangouts has killed a number of features from Google Talk within Gmail, including the ability to set your availability status and make Google Voice calls.Essentially if you upgrade to Google Hangouts, you will no longer have the option to host a Google Voice call on your computer, something that's become an important part of a lot of people's work days.According to The Verge, the removal of the feature was first reported by users in ...
Yahoo has apparently approved a US$1.1-billion cash deal to buy out blogging platform Tumblr.The Wall Street Journal broke the news via Twitter, seemingly confirming rumours of the buyout, which have been floating around for a few days now.Breaking: The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr. wsj.com— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 19, 2013Tech pundits had expected Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer to announce the acquisition at a scheduled ...
The Google Glass team has moved to defend their creation against privacy concerns, saying that it was a top priority from the moment they conceptualised it."Privacy was top of mind as we designed the product," Product Director for Google Glass Steven Lee said during a fireside chat with developers during Google I/O.According to Lee, early prototypes of Glass covered the eye but the team quickly realised that eye contact was incredibly important. That's why the display on Google ...
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