Microsoft is carrying out major changes in the front end of its Bing search engine. Among other things, social networks are better integrated and users can perform more tasks directly from the…
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Glancee – Yet Another Acquisition for Facebook
Facebook has recently acquired Glancee for an undisclosed sum. The mobile location service enables users to locate people in their proximity and contact them based on common interests. Glancee announced the acquisition…
TomTom HD Traffic Service Comes To Blackberry Smartphones
TomTom HD Traffic service will be offering its services on BlackBerry smartphones. The live traffic is added to the existing maps and location services that RIM has already developed for its mobile…
VLC Media Player Downloads Hit 1 Billion Mark
The creators of the VLC media player, an open source and cross-platform media player, has stated that the software has passed 1 billion downloads. This is quite an amazing feat because downloads…
Facebook To Unveil App Center, A Place For Finding Apps
Facebook recently announced its own App portal called the App Center. With the new App Center, users can now access existing apps for Android, IOS and browsers plus paid HTML5 apps. Facebook…
Europe Sets Price Cap for Mobile Internet Use Overseas
Tariffs for the use of mobile Internet abroad this summer will receive a maximum rate or price cap. The European Parliament has decided to implement this after growing protests from mobile Internet…
Samsung Acquires mSpot to Compete in the Cloud Streaming Market
Samsung has recently acquired mSpot an entertainment start-up that streams movies on computers and mobile devices. Another feature of mSpot is the ability to upload and stream music to play on any…
Chinese Ice Cave Startles Tourists
People are still marveling at the scenic ice caves in northern China. Recently pictures have emerged of these ice caves where the ice is said to be over three million years old. …
Our Sun Under Close Watch
Be careful as scientists who monitor the sun have spotted a sunspot so big that it’s 60,000 miles across and if it erupts into solar flares could totally disrupt the electromagnetic field…
Avengers Movie Breaks Records
The Marvel Comics based movie “The Avengers” has broken records across the boards at the box office. Not only that but it has proven that the comic book format is just what…