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Tech giants to discuss online extremism with EU officials over dinner

Oct 8, 2014

The European Union will ask major US technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter to help tackle online extremism at...

Facebook is putting Facebook ads inside free apps

Oct 7, 2014

Today Facebook launched the Audience Network, its new ad network for mobile apps. Here's what that actually means: starting today,...

Nokia to cease mobile handset production in India

Oct 7, 2014

Nokia said Tuesday it will suspend manufacturing at its cellphone factory in India after a lengthy dispute with the country’s...

Toshiba is entering the smartglasses market

Oct 7, 2014

Toshiba is the latest tech company to offer smart glasses and guess what – they are also named quite similar...

Google is putting security guards on payroll

Oct 6, 2014

Google plans to bring on hundreds of security guards as own employees in a move that could help level the...

Instagram has been blocked in China due to ongoing protests

Sep 29, 2014

Popular photo-sharing site Instagram, which claims more than 150 million users worldwide, has been blocked in mainland China as Beijing...

MIT develops new swimming robot to weed out drug smugglers

Sep 26, 2014

The robot was originally designed to detect fissures in nuclear reactor tanks, but the research has found a new purpose...

The first dev kit of Oculus Rift is now fully open-source

Sep 20, 2014

The first surprise of the Oculus Connect virtual reality (VR) developer conference in Hollywood, California has been revealed. Earlier event...

Toshiba is cutting its PC workforce by 900 people due to poor sales

Sep 19, 2014

Sony recently sold off its VAIO PC business and it isn’t the only one struggling. Toshiba on Thursday announced its...

Google wants websites to function more like apps, even when offline

Sep 19, 2014

Google wants to get rid of frustrating 404 error pages and make websites still feel interactive even if you're not...

Leaked video shows Windows 9 virtual desktops

Sep 13, 2014

After having released some screenshots from Windows 9 build 9834, an early build of the forthcoming Technical Preview which is...

The Windows 9 start menu has been shown off in a new leaked video

Sep 12, 2014

Microsoft may have demonstrated its new Start menu earlier this year, but thanks to a recent “Windows 9” leak we’re...