Source: Theguardian

Google is going to flag censored, “right to be forgotten” search results

Google is going to flag censored, “right to be forgotten” search results

June 9, 2014

In the wake of a controversial European high court ruling last month that search providers like Google must remove “inadequate,...

It took this man seven years to Tweet every word in the English language

It took this man seven years to Tweet every word in the English language

June 6, 2014

Twitter is an interesting medium to put forth one’s ideas, and we have seen how Twitter is used to document the...

Vodafone has admitted to allowing governments to spy on its customers

Vodafone has admitted to allowing governments to spy on its customers

June 6, 2014

Now this is probably not going to sound a lot like a shocker after what we have gone through in...

Police in Egypt want to create a computer system that monitors social media

Police in Egypt want to create a computer system that monitors social media

June 3, 2014

Police in Egypt want to build a computer system that helps them track what the country's citizens are discussing on...

FCC changes its net neutrality stance… yet again

FCC changes its net neutrality stance… yet again

May 14, 2014

The FCC is changing direction more regularly than a yoyo right now: first it plans to create a fast-lane internet, then it...

UK ISPs are close to an anti-piracy deal with entertainment companies

UK ISPs are close to an anti-piracy deal with entertainment companies

May 9, 2014

Despite no real evidence of effectiveness, various U.K. ISPs have now agreed to start sending out "educational" "alerts" to subscribers that copyright...

Spotify could pass iTunes in European revenue

Spotify could pass iTunes in European revenue

April 25, 2014

Perhaps back in the day when other music services weren’t as popular, Apple’s iTunes was considered the king of the...

Facebook takes on spammy post with new algorithm update

Facebook takes on spammy post with new algorithm update

April 16, 2014

Facebook is tweaking its news feed algorithm again, this time to combat posts that contains "like-baiting," duplicate content and "spammy links." Facebook...

All data that moves between Yahoo’s data centers is now encrypted

All data that moves between Yahoo’s data centers is now encrypted

April 3, 2014

In November last year, Yahoo revealed plans to encrypt all information that moves between its data centers by the end of Q1 2014,...

Engineers are 3D printing a house in Amsterdam

Engineers are 3D printing a house in Amsterdam

March 30, 2014

Architects in Amsterdam have begun construction on what they're calling the first full-sized 3D-printed house. Using what's essentially a large-scale...

British mobile operator EE launches its own brand 4G Android phone

British mobile operator EE launches its own brand 4G Android phone

March 26, 2014

UK mobile operator EE has introduced a new range of tariffs and a low-cost, own-brand 4G LTE-equipped handset for more price-sensitive...

U.K. to implement a 20% tax on digital downloads

U.K. to implement a 20% tax on digital downloads

March 24, 2014

Buried within the latest budget plan for the UK, Chancellor George Osborne announced new laws that would ensure internet downloads...