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Pinterest Fans Will be Disappointed if No Android App Appears at Google I/O
Pinterest, the popular social interest website, has been notably absent from Android phones up until now, but fans were hopeful that that was about to change following reports the online giant is set to make an appearance at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week. The rumor was first sparked by Ausdroid, an ...
Healthy Big Data: It’s a Lifesaver!
It’s not just big businesses that can benefit from harnessing data to streamline their operations. There’s more potential for big data analysis than simply making big profits – with a little creativity, it can also be used to help save lives, as a number of hospitals have discovered in recent months. One of the most ...
CliQr Unveils Potential Solution to Cloud Vendor Lock-In
Right up there with security concerns, vendor lock-in has for a long time been cited as one of the major problems faced by companies looking into cloud migration and adoption. Not only that, but switching vendors and migrating any signficant amount of data can be time consuming and hideously expensive. Now, though, a small upstart ...
Photo Discovery Evolves With New Instagram Explore Update
Instagram has received an update for the first time since Facebook snapped up the popular photo-filter app in a $1 billion deal back in April of this year. The upgrade has been rolled out on both the iOS and Android versions of the application, which is now available as version 2.5 and 1.1.4. The changes ...
HTC Pulls Out of Brazil; Set to Focus on Asian Markets
HTC announced on Saturday that it’s shutting down its Sao Paolo offices and pulling out of Brazil altogether, in the face of intensifying competition in what is one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone markets. The move, which was first reported by the Brazilian magazine Exame, means that the Taiwanese manufacturer will not be going ...
After Buying and Closing Glancee, Facebook Debuts Radar to Find Friends Nearby
Stalkers will love this one. Apparently, Facebook has quietly gone and added a sneaky new ‘radar’ feature to their mobile website and apps, called “Find Friends Nearby.” As expected, the new feature does exactly what it claims – it allows Facebook users to look up who’s nearby and add them as friends. Somewhat intriguingly, given ...
Another Blue Ribbon Supercomputer for IBM
IBM’s Sequoia is now officially the fastest supercomputer in the world, beating down Japan’s Fujitusu-made K Computer into second place by some distance, according to a new list published by Top500. Sequoia, which is installed at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, sees the US return to the pole position ...
Google Takes the Fight to YouTube Rip-Off Sites
Yet more court action looms large on the horizon, this time from search engine giants Google, who apparently decided enough is enough and threatened legal action against one of the biggest Youtube download websites. According to a report in TorrentFreak, Google wrote a letter to the owners of YouTube-MP3.org, pointing out that it’s in violation ...
Strange Big Data: A World Without the Web
It’s amazing to think, but a little over twenty years ago none of us were connected even remotely like we are now. The internet has changed the way we live beyond all comprehension – it’s changed the way we do business, the way we socialize and make friends, it helps us do our shopping, find ...
Facebook Gets In Your Face.com
Following weeks of speculation, it’s finally been confirmed that Facebook has another takeover in the works. They’re about to acquire the Israel-based startup Face.com, a company that specializes in the development of facial recognition technology for mobile devices. The acquisition of Face.com, a company that has already partnered with Facebook before, is just the latest ...
