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Photoshop Touch Arrives, Alongside Urine & Crash Response Apps
It’s been a while in the making, but Adobe has finally managed to squeeze its Photoshop Touch application into the smartphone, rolling out versions for both iPhone and Android phones, plus a new update for the iPad. The new app sports all the features of the older iPad version, putting the most essential editing functions ...
Copyright Alert System Will “Bully” People Away From Pirates
This week we saw the implementation of a new “six strikes” Copyright Alert System (CAS) that sees five of the US’s major internet service providers team up with media producers in a bid to curb copyright infringement. The system opens a new front in the battle against online piracy by punishing consumers who download illegal ...
Intel Gets Inside Big Data Chips With Hadoop
What with everyone else jumping on the Hadoop bandwagon at Strata this week, Intel clearly doesn’t want to be left out. But instead of simply joining the club, the chip maker seems to have stolen the show altogether, announcing its own Apache Hadoop distribution this morning at an invitation only event. Intel said that it plans to ...
Samsung & Visa Agree to Accelerate NFC Payments, But Don’t Hold Your Breath
One of the biggest stories to come out of the Mobile World Congress so far is Samsung’s announcement that it’ll be working closely with Visa to deliver mobile payments via Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The two companies have agreed to form a “global alliance” that’ll guarantee mobile payments throughout the world with the Visa ...
IE10 Comes To Windows 7 with Controversial Do Not Track Setting
Microsoft is big on the old upgrades this month. Last week it announced the official launch of its new email service Outlook.com to replace Hotmail, and now today its rolled out an update to Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 users. The upgrade will be rolled out first to users that have installed the IE10 ...
Google Accused of Yet Another Privacy Balls Up
Google is no stranger to privacy concerns, yet it could well find itself in trouble with the latest scandal to emerge over the way it handles its customer’s data. It’s been revealed that the internet giant regularly shares users’ personal information without obtaining their permission. Consumer Watchdog, the non-profit consumer advocacy group, is reported to ...
What Steps Can Twitter Take To Boost Its Shaky Security?
Last week’s spate of high-profile Twitter account hijackings has once again raised the issue of security on social media sites, particularly where it concerns well-known brands and businesses. In case you missed it, last week saw the Twitter accounts of Burger King and Jeep compromised by unknown hackers, alongside (rather amusingly) the @Anon_CentralNF account belonging to ...
Rackspace Takes Aim at Amazon, Slashing Cloud Storage Costs by 30%
Rackspace has just stepped up the pressure on Amazon Web Services by slashing its cloud storage rates by a whopping 33 percent last Friday, while announcing plans to roll out tiered pricing for its open cloud services. The cuts will see the cost of Rackspace’s Content Delivery Network, which routes traffic around the web to ...
GSMA: Mobile Big Data Revenues Set To Surpass Voice by 2018
Big Data’s pumped in some massive revenues for those fast enough to jump on the bandwagon, generating some $11.4 billion in 2012 alone, according to the latest Wikibon report. But this is only the beginning, as the burgeoning industry has just began flexing its muscles – by 2017, Big Data is expected to be worth ...
Can Firefox OS Give Android a Kick in the Mobile Backend?
Smartphone Wars Heat Up As Firefox, Tizen and Ubuntu Set Android In Their Sights At Mobile World Congress The smartphone industry is buzzing at this year’s Mobile World Congress, where the launch of Mozilla’s brand new Firefox OS stole most of the headlines this morning. Firefox is just the latest challenger to enter the smartphone ...
