Ever since PRISM discussions and Edward Snowden/ NSA debacle picked momentum, perhaps every Internet user is worried about online privacy, and has been looking for tools that do not spy on their personal and confidential information (or at least prevent others from spying on the same.) Cashing on the opportunity of crypto war, or maybe ...

The wait is over for the Firefox OS developers, who have been awaiting the latest version of the Firefox OS Simulator. Mozilla has officially announced the release of Firefox OS Simulator 4.0. Aside from allowing developers to make money with apps in the Marketplace, several new features have been introduced in Firefox OS Simulator 4.0, ...

We all are great admirers of Git; it’s a powerful, useful, and extremely popular platform kept in the toolbox of many-a-developer. We keep reading good stuff and adulation pieces about Git too. Here we are going to talk about the flip side, the shortcomings and blemishes of Git, as discussed in an essay by Peter ...

Planet Labs, a purpose-driven space and analytics company based in San Francisco, recently announced that it will launch a constellation of 28 nanosatellites that will revolutionize the Earth imaging industry by offering frequent, low-cost images of any point on the globe. With these nanosatellites, it will be possible to take high-resolution graphic information quickly and ...

With online privacy becoming an ever-increasing concern, thanks to NSA–Snowden debacle, here comes a super clever game on online privacy: The Data Dealer. Data Dealer is a browser game about surveillance, privacy, the social impact of technology, and fun–and is aimed at spreading awareness about online privacy and concerns related to today’s digital age in ...

Rafter Inc, formerly known as Bookrenter.com is the first online textbook rental service. The company started with a group of college graduates and has transformed to a large company in the last six years. Here we have insights from Chris Williams, Co-founder of Rafter Inc on how his company is putting DevOps at work. Williams ...

A survey conducted by Beijing-based Papaya Mobile revealed that over 70 percent of developers are not happy with their current options for app marketing and advertising. The survey was conducted among 1022 developers, big, medium and small, to get perspective on the state of mobile app promotion and monetization. Moreover, most developers don’t trust ad ...

Re-modelling their old paradigm, Microsoft has decided to push the walls of its ecosystem and do something it has never done before: the Windows maker has decided to crowdsource the discovery of security loopholes in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 11, and is paying a bounty to researchers who find exploits. Simply put, Microsoft is ...

In this Web 3.0 era, WordPress is one of the most popular blogging content management systems (CMS). Most websites are based and created on this platform as it is not only easy to use, but offers several capabilities as well. Recently, Checkmarx Research Labs released a report on vulnerabilities discovered in WordPress plug-ins and the ...

Windows Store has started picking up momentum, which is quite evident by the availability of 100,000 apps in the store. Though Microsoft could not reach the desired benchmark in three months, but the velocity at which it reached 100,000 apps is certainly faster than both Google Play and iOS’s App Store. Looks like the new ...