Smart Devices, Big (and Brutally Honest) Feelings It’s 10 a.m., you shuffle into the kitchen in yesterday’s sweats, and your fridge cheerfully says “Good…
YouTube, Lenovo to send student experiments into space
YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures and space agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA),…
Tablet computers set to become ‘the brains’ of all devices
Tablet computers are set to become the central brains of almost all electronic devices. For example, a tablet computer could be docked into a…
Japanese defence firm hit by more than 50 viruses
Mitsubishi Heavy, a Japanese defence contractor, has been hit by over 50 separate computer viruses, causing concern that vital security information may have been…
Arab bloggers discuss role in ‘Arab Spring’ ahead of Nobel Peace Prize
Arab bloggers gathered in Tunis discussed the role they played in the wave of revolutions and uprisings which swept across the region, known popularly…
Alibaba CEO ‘interested’ in buying Yahoo!
Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese web giant Alibaba is reportedly “interested” in buying Yahoo! and claims to have been approached by private equity groups…
Thai PM shuts down Twitter account after hack
Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shintawatra is taking a break from Twitter after her account was hi-jacked by a hacker who mocked and criticised her….
Arab Spring bloggers to discuss web and political change
Some 200 Arab bloggers are gathering in Tunis to discuss the role of the web and social networking as an instrument of political change…
‘Unfunny, unlike’: Joke causes furore in US
Satirical news publication The Onion gets a lot of laughs by crossing the line. Even some of the most devoted fans of the popular…
‘Big Alcohol’ releases new social media marketing guidelines
A group of leading distillers in the US and Europe will adopt a new code of conduct aimed at limiting which websites they can…
China’s online population hits 500-million
China’s online population, the largest in the world, has topped the half-billion mark, reports the state-run Xinhua news agency. The agency quoted Wang Chen,…
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