With streaming platforms, next-gen gaming, and hybrid lifestyles reshaping how we consume entertainment, the humble TV is slowly being overtaken by a bigger player:…
VCs, tech incubators get on board with Twitter’s patent agreement
The tech industry has reacted positively to Twitter’s innovative patent agreement, announced earlier this week. The Innovator’s Patent Agreement, informally referred to as the…
Sergey Brin clarifies his thoughts on web freedom
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has come out on the defensive, saying that his thoughts on internet freedom “got particularly distorted” following an interview with…
Twitter won’t copy Facebook in buying photo-sharing app
When Facebook acquired Instagram for US$1-billion, some felt that Twitter had missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime. Despite this, the social network…
Samuel L Jackson, Zooey Deschanel star in new Siri spots [Video]
Apple’s not exactly renowned for using celebrity endorsements in its adverts (unless you count Santa’s Siri spot). Seems like that’s changing with Samuel L…
YouTube opens up partner programme to everyone
YouTube’s partner programme is what allows people to make money — real money that is — from the video-sharing platform. For most of its…
China to spend 350bn online by 2015
Half a billion internet users and an economy which, although not immune to international economic pressures, is still on the up means that China…
Chinese web powers vow to clamp down on rumours
Three of China’s biggest online players are vowing to clamp down even further on false rumours being spread online. Search giant Baidu, along with…
Iran denies internet shutdown
With reports that Iran is set to restrict access to the internet by August, equally fervent denials are beginning to circulate. According to news…
‘Iran-ternet’ reportedly set to roll out fully by August
Iran plans to completely block its citizens from accessing the web by August. By then it hopes to restrict access to its own sanitised,…
YouTube gets serious about 3D
YouTube is going 3D in a big way. The world’s most popular video-sharing site has added automatic 3D conversion for short-form videos uploaded in…
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