Mellisa Tolentino
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Facebook to Review Hate Speech Policy, Will Ban Misogynistic Posts
Misogyny – defined as the hatred towards women and manifested through sexual discrimination, degradation of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification. They say we live in a man’s world where men are the rulers and they can freely order us women to do whatever they want. But times have changed, and women have proved ...
Apple’s Tim Cook Slams Google Glass + Android at D10
At AllThingsD’s D10 event, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage as special guest speaker, and engaged in a revealing discussion about what the company has planned for its future. The CEO was of course pretty vague regarding future products, but he did hint about the existence of the rumored iWatch whilst apparently criticizing Google ...
What Can You Make with a 3D Printer? Toys, Bone Plates, and Pizza?
3D printers recently gained a bit of a bad reputation when some used the technology to print gun parts or make their own home made guns; but don’t write off 3D printing as the devil’s device since it can be used to end world hunger, help people get better, and speed up the creation of ...
PC Industry Continues to Bleed Out
The PC business might not be dying, but it’s certainly very sick right now, and the IDC has the numbers to prove this diagnosis. Last month, the IDC released its latest quarterly report, stating that the PC market had slumped a record 13.9 percent in the previous quarter, before further stating that PC shipments this ...
EU Extends Market Testing of Google’s Anti-Trust Proposal
It was presumed last month that the European Commission was ready to accept Google’s anti-trust proposal, but we’re closing in on June and the proposal has yet to be confirmed. According to the EU, the proposal submitted is still under ‘market test’. And on what should have been the last day for testing, it was ...
BuzzFeed Partners with YouTube and CNN to Expand Video Offerings
BuzzFeed, a site that aggregates viral videos with an editorial twist, has partnered with two media giants to expand its video operations and build a social video studio. First up is its partnership with YouTube. BuzzFeed Executive Vice President of Video, Ze Frank, will fuse the meme aggregation techniques of BuzzFeed and incorporate YouTube’s sharable ...
Lambda Labs Develops Facial Recognition for Google Glass
Though Google has already stated that it will not be making facial recognition a feature of Google Glass unless the company “have strong privacy protections in place,” that doesn’t mean that others can’t make one for them . Also, Google Glass’ terms and conditions don’t forbid others to use it’s built-in camera to detect faces. ...
Why Teens Are Hating Facebook
Facebook is said to be losing the interest of teens, as the younger generation of netizens shifts to using microblogging sites or photo-sharing apps such as Instagram and Twitter. So what is it that’s driving teens (and others) away from Facebook? #Hashtags Almost all forms of social networking sites use hashtags these days. The ...
The Asian Invasion : US Poses Unique Challenges for Lenovo, Samsung and HTC Expansion
Asian phone manufacturers are done taking over the Eastern part of the world and now they’re prepping to invade Europe and the US. Asian giants, Lenovo and Samsung have different strategies as to how they’ll be invading the West. Lenovo to push smartphones Chinese company Lenovo may soon overtake HP as the number one ...
LIVE from O’Reilly’s Fluent Conference 2013
O’Reilly’s Fluent 2013 Conference will be kicking off today, running May 28-30 at the Hilton San Francisco, Union Square in San Francisco, CA. We’ll be broadcasting live from the event, featuring exclusive interviews and analysis throughout the day. Watch our live stream here on SiliconAngle.com, and check out our YouTube channel for archived clips of all ...