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Google Dumps Freebie Apps For Small Businesses
As of today, anyone wanting to use Google’s suite of business applications will have to pay for the privilege of doing so, after the web company announced that it was doing away with the free version for new users. Up until now, businesses with 10 employees of less could gain access to Google Apps for ...
Can Big Data Be Used To Avert Military Conflicts Around The World?
In times of crisis, be it a war, some natural disaster or deadly sickness, one often wonders whether or not such events could have been mitigated, or better still, avoided altogether with the help of our latest technological advancements. Could it be that the answer lies with big data? Perhaps, just perhaps, there’s a chance ...
Google Funds “Air Support” For The World’s Critically Endangered Species
With the rising number of attacks on endangered species such as elephants, rhinos and tigers severely hampering conservation efforts, Google has stepped in to offer a helping hand, funding the purchase of unmanned drones and specialized software to help keep track of animals in the wild. The drones, which can be piloted via a tablet ...
Woof! Woof! Old Dogs Get Behind The Wheel To Learn New Tricks
Whoever said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks obviously never thought to stick them in the driving seat of a car – but an animal charity in New Zealand did, and guess what, dogs really do know how to drive! The Telegraph reports that the SPCA in Auckland decided that teaching rescued ...
Madcap McAfee Escapes To Guatemala, Plans To Claim Asylum
Fugitive antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee, who is wanted for questioning by Belize cops over the murder of his neighbor, has finally escaped the country after spending almost four weeks giving authorities there the run-around. Earlier today, McAfee showed up in neighboring Guatemala, where he revealed that his flight from justice in Belize required a ...
Google’s #FreeandOpen Web Campaign: What’s The Point?
The start of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) summit in Dubai has caused all sorts of consternation this week, with western governments and some of the internet’s biggest organizations loudly voicing their fears that it could lead to restrictions on its use and the death of free speech. Among those championing a “free ...
Mary Meeker Data Shows There’s No Stopping Mobile Big Data Madness
Kleiner Perkins partner and web technology analyst Mary Meeker has just released an update to her massively popular “Internet Trends” report, adding a few new trends and tweaking some of the older ones to provide one of the most comprehensive pictures of the state of mobile technology and the internet. SiliconANGLE is still digesting Meeker’s ...
Sleazy “Sex For Scholarships” Site Shuts Down Following Expose
A UK website offering ‘sponsorship’ to female university students in exchange for ‘private encounters’ with their backers appears to have been taken offline after being exposed in the British media. The students could earn scholarships of up to $24,000 a year, depending on how ‘intimate’ they were prepared to be with their sponsors. The questionable ...
Google Launches #Freeandopen Campaign To Defend The Internet
Officials representing 193 nations got together in Dubai yesterday to take part in a controversial UN conference on internet regulation, which the likes of Google and Microsoft are warning could lead to the implementation of stiffer regulations that would restrict online freedoms and privacy. The talks are taking place under the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, ...
What Chance The US Being Cut Off From The Net?
Last week saw Syria wiped off the face of the internet, as our own Kyt Dotson so eloquently described it, leading many to wonder about the chances of an internet blackout ever occurring here. So reliant are we on the internet in this day and age, that the consequences of being disconnected – even for a few ...