The Facebook CEO preaches the need for greater internet access across the globe during a United Nations conference this Saturday. Mark Zuckerberg claims “when communities are connected, we can lift them out of poverty” and that “we can and must do more” to accomplish this humanitarian goal. Zuckerberg has said Facebook will …
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Facebook’s free internet project has come under attack by critics
Founded in late 2013, internet.org is a partnership between Facebook and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) which allows people from less economically developed countries to experience the internet for free– in many cases the only way they can experience it at all. The catch? There …
Read More »XcodeGhost’s Infiltration Of Apple’s App Store: The Aftermath
Following the recent malware scandal to befall Apple’s app store, many questions have been raised as to why and how this was allowed to happen; especially when considering how mediocre XcodeGhost is as a malware program. As it happens, as with most of our modern blunders, the answer lies in politics. Unfortunately …
Read More »VR fans rejoice as Facebook unveils interactive 360-degree videos
Although this is not the first time we are introduced to 360-degree video, to which Google-owned social media giant YouTube are largely to credit, Facebook have joined the hype by releasing a handful of 360-degree supported vids on Wednesday 23rd, 2015. -A snap of the 360 Star wars clip- The minute …
Read More »Gmail introduces new ‘block’ function
Ever sign up for a free trial only to be bombarded by junk mail the next day? Perhaps a persistent ex writing daily love letters? In the past the best you could do was move the mail to another folder, and although this does do the job, sometimes something a …
Read More »AI learns to do SATs better than high school seniors
Ever since 1984 blockbuster ‘The Terminator’ Artificial intelligence has become a somewhat frightening prospect. Mainly because any robot more intelligent than us may very well view humanity as a threat to the Earth; a “cancer of this planet” as agent Smith of ‘The Matrix’ would say. However that has not …
Read More »New York sees first ever bitcoin securities fraud case, Texan defendant pleads guilty
Earlier today in New York a man has pleaded guilty to what federal authorities say is the ‘world’s first bitcoin securities fraud’ case. Trendon Shavers of McKinney, Texas has pleaded guilty to a count of securities fraud after he admitted to Sarah Netburn, United States Magistrate judge, that he had …
Read More »Skype has found glitch causing earlier #SkypeDown problem
Following up on our earlier piece, Microsoft subdivision Skype has announced that it has identified the glitch that earlier prevented users (on an international scale) from making VOIP calls and accessing specific features. As well as not declaring how many of the 300 million active users of the service have been …
Read More »The new settings of IOS 9
Apple’s new updated OS for mobiles and tablets introduces many new features you may not yet know about. This post will explain all the new settings you can toggle with. Battery A key new addition is the all-new battery menu. This screen (along with providing information on battery usage) will …
Read More »Skype experiencing severe technical issues
Microsoft’s Skype is the most well known and popular web chat and VOIP service. With a stunning estimate of 300 million active users one might assume the application is too big to fail. As of this morning however, users worldwide have had trouble logging in. A Skype engineer has released …
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