An article claiming that someone found Atlantis using Google Earth has been published by The Sun. The possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated. According to a Google spokesperson,the criss-crossing lines were sonar data collected as boats mapped the ocean floor. But google......
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Facebook has settled last summer a dispute with a rival social network, ConnectU. The ConnectU founders -- the Winklevoss brothers and colleague Divya Narendra had accused Zuckerberg of ripping off their idea for a college-based social network. The case was settled for $65 million.The Associated Press has obtained a court filing.........
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A new US study conducted found that out of the 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website people often do the easy thing. 16 percent took a first name as a password. 14 percent relied on combination's such as "1234" or "12345678."Five percent were names of television shows or stars.Four percent accounted for The word "password"
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The protest campaign is encouraging New Zealand users of social media to black out their images this week in protest at section 92a of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act. The campaign has been launched by the Creative Freedom Foundation NZ.
The Guilt Upon Accusation law 'Section 92A' that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny. This is due to come into effect on February 28th unless immediate action is taken by the NationalContinue Reading
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $12.5 million to support 20 projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The goal is to Supply 20 million unbanked people with mobile financial services by 2012. The Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) will work with mobile operators, banks, finance institutions, government to encourage affordable mobile financial services to the unbanked.
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CEO Greg Yardley of Pinch Media in a recent presentation shows the drop-off rate in iPhone app usage. For free applications, only about 20 percent of users return to use the app the first day after they download it. The chart for paid apps shows a slightly steeper fall-off rate. The Presentation has been embedded below for you to view.
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The channel, YouTube.com/Vatican, will broadcast short video news clips of upto 2 minutes duration produced daily on the Pope's activities and what's happening at the Vatican. The Channel aims to help establish relationships with Catholics, from around theContinue Reading
Micro-blogging platform Twitter has closed a $35-million venture capital round. The company had earlier raised $20 million in two rounds of funding
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The new website Tweetergetter is offering new Twitter followers on autopilot. The system is more effective if you start with a larger base following and post the message in several different places. The system has been praised by some and slammed by others as a mass spamming tool.
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