World Bank Organizes Developer App Competition for a Good Cause
A competition hosted by World Bank, the Apps for Development, comes in utilizing the data available through the Open Data Initiative.
Verizon to Upgrade to 4G Network Soon
Verizon is launching 4G in a bunch of cities. This network upgrading and expansion plan was announced by the company president, Lowell McAdam, at a trade show today. The network will use Long-Term Evolution…
Logitech Revue Plus Google TV: Complete Home Entertainment Experience
Yesterday brought the officiaLl announcement of Google TV, with the launch of its mini site, describing the upcoming service. As one of its launch partners, Logitech got its time in the spotlight, as its…
Motorola Tapping Niche Markets with New Product Line
Motorola has launched 7 new android phones in a press event in San Francisco. The new handsets are targeting particular niche markets. This starts a new trend for manufacturing not only task- specific devices,…
IE’s Market Share is falling, to Less than %50
Once dominating over %90 of the entire browser market, IE is critically slipping off of its 10-year reign, dropped down to %67 two years ago, and now to a descending figure of %49.9 as…
Facebook Groups, Profile Downloads and Application Dashboards
Aside from new Groups, Facebook is feeding new features to a few areas of the social network, all aimed at giving users more control over the data they share, with whom they share it,…
Apple Plans CDMA iPhone to be Carried by Verizon
By Kyt Dotson
It looks like Verizon subscribers may soon be able to use iPhones with their service and those who only use AT&T for their iPhone coverage may be able to jump ship. Apple has announced…
Facebook Launches New Groups, Supports Chat and E-mail
Realigning the social graph. At Facebook’s event today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new Groups feature for better organizing the content you share within the social network. It’s an extension of what Facebook already…
Cisco Dives Head First into Home Telepresence, Launches umi
Cisco’s confirmed its goals around telepresence and home entertainment and communications tools, with the introduction of a new product, Cisco umi telepresence. It works by connecting an existing HD television and internet to power…
Freedom of Speech is Spreading throughout the WWW, but Seriously Libya.
A recent warning by blogger Ben Metcalfe sent out shortly after the seize of one of his domains (a .ly one, AKA Libya), also reported here, alerts that .ly domain holders may be looking…