In the 10 days that Facebook Home has been available, it has had more than 500,000 downloads. While that number may not be as high as it had been expected to be, it's a strong start for the Android launcher, according to Ezra Gottheil, an ...
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The "right to be forgotten" online, a principle that broadly aims to govern when and how websites are allowed to serve cookies to users' devices, was dealt a blow today by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). ...
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BACtrack, the leader in personal and professional breathalyzers, today makes available the first-ever, affordable, wireless, smartphone breathalyzer for immediate public purchase. The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer is the first ...
Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier this week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longstanding products, including Deals and SMS Alerts, in an attempt to sharpen its focus, the ...
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This year’s National Manufacturing Week (NMW 2013) comes complete with a mobile app to help visitors get more from the event. The app provides a detailed guide to NMW 2013, including ‘What’s on’ listing, event ...
The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency. Early Monday, Mt. Gox wrote on its Facebook page that it was once again struggling with a very large ...
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The Volkswagen iBeetle and iBeetle Convertible have been unveiled at the 2013 Shanghai auto show, debuting the brand’s first two models with full Apple iPhone 5 vehicle integration. To be launched early in 2014, in parallel with ...
In May 2000, after public input, the Federal trade Commission (FTC) staff issued the initial Dot Com Disclosures guide to show how the Commission's consumer protection statutes, rules, and guides apply to online advertising and sales and ...
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A set of toys based on Alien is finally hitting shelves some 34 years after the movie's release. Super7 is launching the line in the US, after acquiring the action figure rights from toy maker Kenner. It also approached 20th Century Fox ...
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The most technologically advanced data centre in the world Facebook is reportedly planning to build a $1.5bn data centre in Altoona, US, which will be company's fourth company owned data centre. The data centre is said to be the most ...
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Dzhokar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects in the marathon bombing, is still on the run. (Image: FBI) Computerworld - Boston police today used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to residents during a manhunt for one of the men suspected of ...
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Nintendo developers are working on a new game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which launched for Super NES in 1992. The game makes use of the 3D abilities of Nintendo 3DS, and allows Link to become a drawing and ...
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Bike shops near Boston were closed Friday morning during a manhunt for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. Landry's Boston store was closed, while the retail chain's locations in Natick, Norwood and Westborough were open, ...
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Americans are so fixated on social networks that they spend an average of 16 minutes out of every hour on them, according to a study by Experian Marketing Services. In the U.S., 27% of users' time online is spent on forums and social ...
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Intel has purchased Mashery, a provider or API management tools, in the chip maker's latest move to expand into software and services. The Mashery API management service will become a core element of a suite of cross-platform services ...
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