Facebook developed an experimental feature called “Dark Profiles” which would give secret accounts to people who did not even sign up, a new book by a former employee of the social networking site has claimed. Engineers wanted to create shadow pages for those who were tagged in photos by their friends in the hope they […]
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Google kicks off its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco today. While the event is ostensibly a place for app developers to get educated about Android, Chrome and related Google products, it’s also a venue for big news. Google’s will likely announce its first Nexus tablet, along with the next major […]
Science Inc, a Los Angeles-based incubator has acquired India-based Pinpuff, which measures and tracks the influence of Pinterest users and awards them with perks for undisclosed amount. The acquisition will help Science portfolio companies, such as Wittlebee, Dollar Shave Club and Uncovet, acquire more users from Pinterest. Founded in 2011 by Gaurav Sharma, PinPuff […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday the arrest of 26 people for allegedly engaging in identity theft and other computer crimes. The arrests were a product of a two-year undercover effort dubbed “Operation Card Shop.” At the heart of the operation was CarderProfit.cc, a fake website for buying and selling credit card numbers that […]
He’s big, he’s bad, and he’s unnerving to face. We all have that terrifying bully at school and the characteristic brow-beater in the playground. But today, harassment doesn’t stop there. With the hoard of teens and tweens moving into cyber space, the world has another breed of bully- the cyber bully! Internet to blame? Cyber […]
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) agreed to buy online social network firm Yammer Inc for $1.2 billion in cash, which will allow the software company to offer a service like Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) to corporate customers. Talk of a deal had circulated earlier this month, but the two companies only confirmed an agreement on Monday. Four-year-old Yammer, […]
Despite uncertainties in the telecom sector, Chinese equipment makerHuawei will invest $2 billion over the next four years in India as it looks to aggressively market consumer devices and set up global R&D centre in the country. The company, which clocked $1.5 billion in revenues from India in 2011-12, is also betting big on the […]
Web users in India are once again able to access video and file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay.The country’s Madras High Court has changed its earlier censorship order which centred on the issue of internet copyright.The original ruling made Indian internet service providers (ISPs) block access to entire sites to prevent a single film from […]
A camera capable of creating images with “unprecedented detail” has been unveiled by US engineers.The prototype machine – dubbed AWARE2 – is capable of of taking pictures with resolutions of up 50 gigapixels, equivalent to 50,000 megapixels, according to the team from Duke University in North Carolina.It works by synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a […]