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:…
WikiLeaks makes its archives available for download
WikiLeaks, the website infuriating Washington for releasing hundreds of restricted US diplomatic cables, was making all its archives so far available for download as…
CrowdFlower: Providing a global 24-hour workforce
Labour-on-demand startup CrowdFlower envisions future workplaces without stifling offices and unyielding daily schedules. The San Francisco firm has taken another step in that direction…
Paypal cuts off WikiLeaks donations account
WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival on Saturday as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to…
Google intensifying efforts to combat online piracy
Google unveiled new tactics to thwart “bad apples” that post or share pirated material on the internet. “As the web has grown, we have…
WikiLeaks loses American domain name, moves to Switzerland
The noose is tightening on WikiLeaks, as it faces challenges on multiple fronts to stay operational. In the latest blow to the notorious whistleblower…
Facebook used to recruit ‘drug mules’
International drug syndicates are using social networking site Facebook to recruit young Malaysian women as “drug mules”, the deputy foreign minister said Thursday. The…
New Gowalla app syncs with Foursquare and Facebook
Gowalla on Thursday rolled out a redesign that included letting members of the location-based social network share check-ins at Foursquare, Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook…
Zynga in key mobile play
Zynga, king of online social networking games, is following its fans onto smartphones and other mobile devices with the acquisition on Thursday of rising…
South Korean gov’t to crack down on internet addiction
South Korea’s government is close to adopting a “Cinderella” law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about internet…
China’s Baidu seeks to expand across web as Google China declines
2010 has been an exceptional year for Chinese search engine “Baidu”. The name means “hundreds of times”, and comes from an ancient Chinese verse,…
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