The Google homepage has a new logo that changes colour as you type, and it’s quite likely a big tip-off as to what the company will announce at its “can’t miss” search event on Wednesday.
When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you’ll be greeted with a gray Google doodle. When you start typing [...]
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The South African wine industry feels that it has been boosted by being the first in the world to be included in Google’s Street View service.
“This is fantastic for our industry from a marketing perspective,” WineNet’s Kevin Kidson told News24.
“It gives you a view of the winery online and it’s a pity that there’s one [...]
OK so Mark Zuckerberg is unblockable on Facebook, here is why: Zuckerberg is unblockable because of an automated system that kicks in when too many people try to block one user.
This afternoon we received an e-mail from a Facebook spokesperson who revealed:
“This error isn’t specific to any one account. It’s generated when a person has [...]
You can’t block CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. You’ll get an error message that says, “General Block failed error: Block failed.”
Could it be a bug or an intentional inside joke, but Facebook’s developers have created jokes and pranks in the past, so don’t put it past them. Of course, why would you want to block [...]
New York web designer Paul Ceglia, who has filed a suit against Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, claims he owns an 84% stake in Facebook. Paul Ceglia, 37, said in his June 30 lawsuit that he and Zuckerberg signed a “work for hire” contract in 2003, when the Facebook CEO was an 18-year-old Harvard [...]
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As lives move increasingly online, Legacy Locker is building virtual safe-deposit boxes where people can leave digital estates for descendants.
“I have young children that can’t read yet,” said LegacyLocker.com founder Jeremy Toeman. “One day my blog will have meaning to them in the same way you find an old photo of your grandfather and wonder [...]
Everyone loves Twitter’s little blue bird, unless of course you’re afraid of birds! Finding the right bird icon for your site can be a challenge!
Here are 10 fabulous freebie Twitter bird-themed icons, so click through to view, and be sure to check the terms of use for each set before you download. Although all are [...]
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The massive release of secret Pentagon documents by WikiLeaks highlights the security challenges of the digital age, when gigabytes of sensitive data can be exposed with a single click, analysts said.
“I think about this in relationship to the Pentagon Papers,” said James Lewis, a cyber security expert at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies [...]
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The largest online book retailer Amazon.com sold more digital books than hardbacks between January and March, it said.
From April to June, the company sold 43% more digital books for its Kindle handheld device than hardback books, nearly three years after the electronic format became available, according to a press release on Monday, 19 July.
In June [...]
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Which media companies will become the next Facebook and Twitter to become the next household name?
It is incredible to imagine how we ever managed without text messages, but simple services have the power to permanently change how you – and millions of other consumers – incorporate media into your daily life. “Why didn’t I think [...]
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