On Tuesday evening, Facebook’s CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on the Facebook Newsroom the rollout of internet.org with the mission of bringing internet access to those in the world who don’t…
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Lawmakers Call for NSA Reforms while Corporations Continue to Spy on Cell Phones
On Friday, U.S. lawmakers called for reforms in the operations of the National Security Agency (NSA) after the release of their report on privacy violations. Meanwhile, corporations continue to collect information through…
Facebook’s Mobile Success Makes Its Stocks Soar
Stocks of the ever-popular social networking company Facebook realized record performance on Thursday by soaring more than 30%. They approached closely to its IPO price of $38 to $34 per share. This…
Facial Recognition Technology Complicates Privacy Concerns
This week, facial recognition technology comes under the spotlight after a manager in the Los Angeles boutique Tarina Tarantino recognized a celebrity in her store after the fact. The celebrity was Mindy…
Graphene Adds More Possibilities to 3D Printing Technology
American Graphite Technologies, Inc. realized higher share prices last week following its announcement of receiving the abstract for its P-600 Project. The project will explore the possibilities of using the carbon-based graphene…
New LG LCD Display Enters the Stage as the Thinnest
LG Display introduced its new thin LCD display with HD quality and sporting a thickness of only 2.2 millimeters. The announcement came from the company during the week of 8 July, 2013….
Vine on Android Gets New iOS-Style Updates
The Twitter application Vine on Android was recently given the most significant update since being released. The update brings the software in line with what has been available for those using it…
Microsoft Eyes Small Tablet Market with Windows 8.1 Release in Fourth Quarter 2013
At Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Microsoft re-stated on July 8 its plan to release Windows 8.1 RTM (release to manufacturing) in late August…
MSN TV Goes Dark Sept. 30
Microsoft’s MSN TV is set to be unplugged come Sept. 30. The service, previously known as WebTV, began in the mid-1990s and was the initial set-top box services that provide people Internet…
LinkedIn Implements Two-Step Authentication Process To Protect Users’ Accounts
LinkedIn, a professional social networking website, is the latest Internet company to enact the two-step authentication process to ensure their websites and users are safe from cyberattacks. Its users can choose to…