As of this moment (Thursday, 19th January 2012) at approximately 21:43, as I write this — MegaUpload Founder & CEO, Kim Dotcom and three exectuvies from the company have been arrested. Earlier today, the 4, including Dotcom were placed under arrest in Auckland, New Zealand. The US DOJ (Department of Justice) describes three other executives as “at [...]
Continue reading...Danish Mughal, 17. January 2012
As we reported earlier today, Wikipedia has decided to go all black on Wednesday, January 18, in order to go against Protect IP Acts (PIPA) which is due for a vote in the U.S. Senate on January 24. This news has been confirmed by Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the online encyclopedia, through his Twitter [...]
Continue reading...Cameron Rawson, 17. January 2012
Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales has announced Wikipedia will close its doors for exactly 24 hours in protest against SOPA. If at this stage, you don’t know what SOPA is, or what it is all about — it’s probably best if you stop reading until you find out. A very bold move from Wales has resulted [...]
Continue reading...Cameron Rawson, 21. November 2011
The BBC are reporting that hackers in the US have destroyed a pumped which is used to service water to thousands of residents in a US city in Illinois. Currently the FBI and DHS (Department for Homeland Security) are investigating what happened, and how it happened. Investigations are also ongoing on a possible second attack. [...]
Continue reading...Radu Tyrsina, 11. November 2011
Once a successful social network where people used to share bookmarks and information, Digg is heading to a serious downfall. As a recent study from Quantcast reveals, Digg’s US traffic dropped 50% this year in just six months. From 9.4 million visits in May, Digg only counted 4.6 million in October. The demographic states show [...]
Continue reading...Radu Tyrsina, 11. November 2011
In the next three years, giant retailer Amazon will invest $100 million (Rs 500 crore) for the development of its facilities in Indian City, Hyderabad. The project will provide work for more than 3,000 people, according to Provincial Government of Andhra Pradesh. Alootechie.com reports that John Schoettler, Amazon’s Vice-President, has met recently with Ponnala Lakshmaiah, [...]
Continue reading...Radu Tyrsina, 26. October 2011
Twitter has been tacitly scheming a new version of its Timeline feature. This new update will allow users to just click individual tweets in order to expand conversations, all sorts of media and retweets. The new time line, first reported by Patrick Bisch of Pinglio, is also pretty easy to use, just move the cursor [...]
Continue reading...Danish Mughal, 24. September 2011
Net Neutrality has been a hotcake for debators around U.S and therefore restriction on content, websites, platforms and equipment attached are of great concerns in this matter. But finally long awaited rules are being imposed in the U.S. These rules will balance the demand and supply sides, id est, the consumers and the content providers.
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