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BitTorrent Launches “Sync” to Fight Mega
Hot on the heels of Kim Dotcom’s launch of Mega, Bittorrent has just kicked open the doors to its own digital locker service, to be known as Sync. Sync is currently available as a pre-Alpha release, and a first look suggests that it aims to be the simplest possible way to “automatically share files between ...
Bikini-Clad Debt Collectors Plot Facebook “Honey Traps”
If it just so happens that you owe someone money, and suddenly a hot, bikini-clad chick tries to add you on Facebook, you might just want to think twice before you go accepting your new ‘friend’. There’s a very good chance it could well be a trap. Bloomberg reports that debt collectors have stepped up ...
Enter The World of “Dark Data”
The name suggests something sinister, like the ultimate unstable force that could destroy the world at any moment, but Dark Data can actually do an untold amount of good if it can only be tapped into. Just think – every enterprise collects Dark Data – that hoard of unanalyzed information which sits, and sits, and ...
Coke Enables Social Sabotage with Coke Chase
Super Bowl Sunday is coming up and there’s as much anticipation for the commercials as there is for the game – almost. For big brands though, the competition for viewers is intense. So intense in fact, that Coke has decided to make an all out war, with a ‘race’ to see what stereotype wins their ...
Big Data Fuels F1 Success For Team Sauber
When we talk about Big Data we tend to think about media & entertainment, big business and insights, and perhaps even big brother. But few people realize that Big Data is making a far bigger impact in places that we don’t usually consider. Take Formula 1 racing for example, a multibillion-dollar global sport, where cars ...
Big Data “Hype” Coming To An End
Gartner says that the so-called ‘hype’ over Big Data is reaching its peak, and that the idea will soon descend into a ‘trough of disillusionment’. Thousands of businesses have already begun exploring ways in which Big Data can be used to provide them with strategic insights, but right about now many are starting to feel ...
Graph Search is Death Sentence for Gay Iranian Men
Facebook’s new Graph Search feature had the internet buzzing with excitement last week as netizens gasped in awe at the potential of such a service. But while it undoubtedly has the means to improve our lives in many wonderful ways, it could also impact them in a negative way, as I explored in an earlier ...
Google Transparency Data Shows ECPA Laws Need Urgent Overhaul
Google has just released the latest edition of its annual Transparency Report, which for the first time gives a breakdown of how often US law enforcement agencies request data from the company’s users and how often it complies with those. Google’s data covers the period from July to December 2012, and shows that requests from ...
Four Things That Google’s Q4 Profits Tell Us
On the financial front today, all talk surrounds Google’s stunning fourth quarter results which showed the search giant scooping up a dizzying $14.42 billion in profits, defying even the most optimistic of analysts’ expectations. Larry Page and Sergey Brin will undoubtedly be patting themselves on the back for a job well done, but really the ...
Kim Dotcom Hits Back at Mega Critics
In spite of its successful launch, which saw Kim Dotcom’s new storage site Mega accrue over a million users in the first 24 hours, the site has since attracted a lot of flak from security bloggers over its questionable encryption practices. Kim Dotcom has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, and so ...