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Microsoft to Credit Windows Azure Users for Leap Day Outage
February 29 was considered quite lucky by some people since it happens only every four years. Couple’s wed on that date because Feng Shui stated that their marriage would be prosperous. But some people disagree, just ask some Windows Azure users: they experienced a service outage on that date which was detrimental to business and personal lives. ...
Pinterest + Facebook: Lowes Benefits from Virtue’s Latest Platform Perk
If you’re a business owner, whether it’s big or small, it’s pertinent to have your own website. In today’s world of social media, there’s plenty of resources to help you syndicate and drum up activity across the board. While Facebook Pages and Twitter streams have become SOPs, emerging platforms like Pinterest are also proving useful ...
Yahoo Takes Facebook to Court, Apple Still Battling Proview, Motorola
Here’s a quick recap of the latest happenings in the patent disputes that have taken over Silicon Valley, from Yahoo and Facebook to Apple and Proview and Motorola: Yahoo! Last month, Yahoo! made it known that they are contemplating on imposing a licensing fee over Facebook using 10-20 of their patents in advertising, the personalization ...
Apple’s Siri Faces Lawsuit, ICS Rolls Out to Galaxy SII, Sony’s New Xperia sola
Today’s mobile roundup features a man suing Apple over Siri, the new Sony Xperia sola, the ICS roll out and more. Apple The iPhone maker is facing a new lawsuit, this time from New Yorker Frank M. Fazio with regards to false advertising of the capabilities of Siri – the talking personal assistant that debuted ...
The Sina Problem: Verifying Social Media User IDs is a Matter of Validating Data
Sina Corp.’s Weibo, China’s Twitter, has until March 16 to acquire all their users information to comply with the government’s standards. Back in December, the Chinese government ordered the microblogging site to obtain users’ name and mobile numbers and verify them. If users aren’t able to provide them, they will no longer be able to ...
SXSW Questioned as the Venue for Launching Startups
South by Southwest is the best venue for startups to show off what they’ve got but with more startups doing that, it’s getting a bit crowded and startups are finding it hard to get noticed. Five years back, SXSW was the go to place for startups. Just ask the Twitter team, when they launched in ...
Samsung’s Weapon Against Apple, Instagram’s Android Invasion
Today’s mobile roundup features Samsung’s secret weapon in their case against Apple, Nokia Money being discontinued, PaymentOne rebrands and Instagram’s Android invasion coming soon. Samsung Samsung may have gotten a break for their case against Apple with regards to their tablet dispute. Roger Fidler, a person who says he theorized the tablet back in 1994 ...
Best Android Security Apps Revealed: Is Your Device Really Safe?
In an earlier report we covered AV-Test’s latest research, which featured the best mobile security apps. The findings came from the rowing issue regarding Android’s weak security such as the recent adware spaming or the Google Wallet security flaw, but nothing catastrophic has hit Android users. Yet. With increasing attacks on Android devices, you can’t ...
Twitter Get 4 New Languages but Pisses Off Novelist, Radio Host
Twitter launched in four new languages: Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu. What’s different about the launch is that it’s not only the language that was changed but the user interface of Twitter was altered to support right-to-left languages. In January 25, the four languages were added to the Twitter Translation Center where 13,000 volunteers immediately ...
Facebook Outage In Europe and Asia, New Facebook Messenger For Windows
Facebook users in some parts of Europe and Asia experienced problems accessing the social network today. According to Belfast Telegraph, at around 6.45am GMT users in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Russia and Turkey were unable to reach the website from their desktop machines, and users in Nepal, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Pakistan, Korea also ...