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…
Textbooks now for rent on Kindle
Amazon.com has begun letting students rent textbooks on Kindle electronic readers. Kindle Textbook Rentals lets students pay based on how long they want to…
Twitter now looking to monetise from ecommerce
Twittter chief executive Dick Costolo has announced that in addition to its current money-maker, advertising, Twitter — in keeping with its monetisation drive —…
Members of Anonymous arrested in US for Wikileaks revenge attacks
The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of 16 people for cyber crimes. Of those 16, 14 have been connected to an…
Athletes embrace Chinese microblogs during aquatics world champs
World aquatics championships athletes faced with China’s bans on Twitter and Facebook are opening accounts with local equivalents, boosting their profile in the country….
China’s Baidu launches web music service in deal with music giants
Ending a prolonged legal battle over copyright infringements, Chinese search engine Baidu has announced it will distribute music from three major firms online. One-Stop…
Anonymous launches social network after Google snub
Infamous hacker group Anonymous has launched its own social network after being rejected by Google’s freshly-launched online community. “Today we welcome you to begin…
Opera Mini taking advantage of shifts in global mobile-data business
Opera Mini web-browsing software for smartphones has become an antidote for congested telecom networks and carrier bills that rise along with the amount of…
Apple makes first pay-out to iPhone tracking victim
US technology giant Apple announced that it had made its first compensation payment in South Korea on Thursday, over a feature on its iPhone…
Google profits soar as the company goes social
Google has released blockbuster earnings figures along with word that more than 10 million people have already joined its freshly-launched online social network. Google…
China whiz builds homebrew D-I-Y-pad
An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford…
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