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What you missed in Big Data: Accessibility rules
For all the talk of increased automation in data collection and processing, information is only as useful as what the user can make of it. That once again emerged as the dominant theme in…
Google fesses up: Over half of its ads are never seen by humans
Online ads are massive, accounting for about 20 percent of total spending in the advertising industry, and more than 90 percent of Google’s and Facebook’s revenues. But a new report from Google admits that…
Tim Draper wins part of 2nd Bitcoin auction
The second U.S. Marshals Service’s Bitcoin auction was held last on Thursday. The agency auctioned off 50,000 Bitcoins, valued at $18.6 million, seized from Silk Road, a black market that was taken down last…
Forrester: Hadoop to become an enterprise priority in 2015
It’s been over a decade since Google’s engineers first developed MapReduce to process massive datasets using distributed computing. That technology rapidly evolved into the Hadoop platform for processing and storing Big Data, which for…
Call+ app lets you call landlines and mobiles for free
By Collen Kriel
Most smartphone apps that offer free phone calls require the person receiving the call to also have the app installed on their smartphone. Which will be fine for family and friends, but problems arise…
Angry Birds’ creator wields the axe, lays off 110 of its staff
Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment Ltd. has just laid off almost 15 percent of its staff – some 110 workers – but has put a positive spin on the situation as it had originally…
Google’s Device Assist helps you get the most out of your Lollipop phone
By Collen Kriel
Google Inc. has launched a new app that will detect any problems with your smartphone and help first-time users get the most out of their Android phones. Device Assist, will assist in fixing issues…
Serious security flaw found in popular social login schemes
Security researchers from IBM’s X Force have found a glaring flaw in the way some social login features are configured that could allow attackers to gain easy access to people’s web accounts. Social login…
Uber in trouble again as Indian driver allegedly rapes passenger
By Duncan Riley
Indian police arrested an Uber driver Sunday who allegedly raped a passenger Friday night November 5th. Local media says the driver attacked the 27-year-old woman, who works for a finance company, after she hired the cab…
Sony hack traced to Thailand as company says the attack was unprecedented
By Duncan Riley
The devastating hacking of Sony Corp’s internal systems has taken an interesting turn, with a source of the hacking being tracked to Bangkok, Thailand. The hack, which started late November is reported to have been traced to…