On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
America’s appetite for online video jumps again
Seventy-one percent of online Americans were using video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo as of May, up from 66 percent a year ago…
Pentagon surrenders to YouTube
The US military is surrendering to YouTube. Less than three years after its launch, the Pentagon is shutting down TroopTube, a video-sharing site set…
Microsoft blasted for ‘vile’ attempt to cash in on Amy Winehouse’s death
Microsoft has been forced to apologise for a “tweet” which has been blasted as a blatant attempt to cash in on the death of…
Hackers fight back against global legal crackdown
Italian hackers claiming affiliation with Anonymous and Lulzsec have announced they had accessed the website of Italy’s cyber-police and published classified information. This is…
Finnish police to boost web surveillance following Norway attacks
Finnish police have announced that they will monitor the internet more rigorously for evidence of extremist plots following last week’s twin massacres in neighbouring…
Research In Motion to cut 2 000 jobs
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that it is cutting 2000 jobs and that its ailing chief operating officer plans to retire….
Egyptian bloggers say revolution was built on more than just tweets
Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page to…
Report: Apple considering buying Hulu
Citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was looking into a possible acquisition of video-streaming site…
‘FaceGlat’ brings orthodox judaic practices to social networking
A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online and also bars pictures or ads deemed immodest in…
Tweet-happy Michael Phelps beats Chinese great firewall
Tweet-happy Olympic-swimmer Michael Phelps expressed surprise he was unaffected by China’s ban on Twitter — and said many Chinese fans were breaching the country’s…
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