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Updated: Twitter Acquires Music Service We Are Hunted

YoopyaApr 12, 20130

Twitter confirmed Thursday it had acquired We Are Hunted, a San Francisco-based music startup that tracks the most popular songs across the Internet and social media. “While

The Facebook Phone Consensus From 7 Reviews: An Impressive First Try For $99

YoopyaApr 10, 2013December 5, 20230

Why trust one reviewer to tell you what phone to buy? Better to get a consensus, and across reviews by seven leading publications the verdict

Google To Be Pushed To Improve The Visibility Of Specialised Search Rivals To Comply With EU Antitrust Probe, Says FT

YoopyaApr 10, 2013December 5, 20230

With the outcome of a two-year long European Commission investigation into its search practices looming, Google is likely to have to change how it presents search results

UK Lulzsec hacker Ryan Ackroyd pleads guilty

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to one count of computer hacking as part of a group known as Lulzsec. Ryan Ackroyd, from South Yorkshire,

U.S. envoy to China urges cooperation against Internet theft

YoopyaApr 9, 20130

(Reuters) – China and the United States must cooperate on combating Internet theft, the U.S. envoy to China said on Tuesday, the latest comment in an issue

Smart bracelet protects aid workers

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

A hi-tech bracelet could soon be helping civil rights and aid workers at risk of being kidnapped or killed. When triggered, the personal alarm uses

Chatham House report: Famine risks are badly managed

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

Famine early warning systems have a good track record of predicting food shortages but are poor at triggering early action, a report has concluded. The

Mobile phone celebrates 40th anniversary

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago today, on 3 April 1973. Marty Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival

‘China’s Google’ Baidu is making smart glasses

YoopyaApr 4, 20130

Baidu, China’s largest search engine, is working on its own smart glasses technology – similar to Google’s Glass project. A spokesman for the Chinese firm

European data watchdogs target Google over privacy

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

Six European data protection agencies are contemplating legal action over Google’s privacy policy. The threat comes as a four-month deadline to change the policy expires