Category: Websites
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Amazon Heads North To Test Drone Delivery
If you’ve been keeping track of developments in the drone world, you’d already know that Amazon are making inquiries and forays into getting these robot helpers airborne to drop off goodies. It’s absolutely surreal what the company are planning – the drones will utilize a pocket of oft-unused airspace, and travel through predetermined ‘corridors’ at […]
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Facebook’s Internet Drone Detailed
Facebook’s cool delta wing drone is on the way, it’s designed to bring internet to various parts of the world via lasers. The drone is part of internet.org, an initiative from Facebook to bring the flying internet and other related technologies to the third world and beyond. The Aquila drones themselves are of a delta […]
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Briton Arrested for Illegally Uploading 3,000 WWE and UFC Videos
A 55-year old Leicestershire man has been arrested by British police suspected of illegally uploading an equivalent of 3,000 mixed martial arts and sports entertainment videos, the majority of which were ripped from megabucks global companies World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) which specialises in […]
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Facebook Data Firehose Goes Public
Social media has a unique opportunity to supply businesses with information on trending products and services, as well as what the general public are griping about currently. The information created by you on me on social media is already being used, at least via Twitter, through a system known as the ‘firehose’ – a secure […]
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Google Opens New Store for Devices
From now on if you’re looking to buy a tablet, smart watch or mobile phone from Google’s Play Store, you’ll soon be relocated to a brand new Google store for devices only. The amount of kit you can buy on the Play Store has increased so much that Google have decided that it can all […]
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uTorrent May Install Apps Without Consent
Uh oh, it looks like uTorrent has been caught red handed. The popular torrent service apparently has been installing applications on people’s computers without the user’s permission. The service has already been promoting the cryptocurrency mining software EpicScale, but some users have said that the software has appeared stealthily on their computers without warning. According […]
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Blogger Backpedals on its Porn Policy
Just days after announcing it would look to ban adult content Blogger has gone back on its word and will be allowing users to post porn. Blogger gave an update on the potential change to its porn policy saying that a “ton of feedback” has persuaded them not to move forward with the plan to […]
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YouTube Music Key Coming Out Of Beta
Google and Youtube have been beta testing their Music Key service for a little while now, and according to the hype the pay monthly music streaming service will be ready for full public use in the next couple of months. As Apple are also readying a service which will also rival Spotify, Google are also […]
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Oculus Rift Won’t Be Just For Games
Oculus VR might not just be used for entertainment purposes according to Facebook, as the popular headset has several other applications beyond just those that are purely in the name of fun. Of course, there are also social media functions and applications that might also appear in the device, especially since the Oculus Rift headset […]
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Microsoft Adopts Cloud Privacy Standard
Microsoft have laid down a policy for their cloud network which they hope will make it easier for users to trust them when they upload their personal files to online services from the company. An atmosphere of mistrust is floating around technology and online services with regard to personal information of late, as big tech and […]
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Find Out If GCHQ Spied On You Here
After a ruling earlier this month saw GCHQ getting called out for their newly deemed illegal spying actions, the activist group partially responsible for the ruling, Privacy International, has invited the average internet user to get involved querying the spying agency about whether they have been spied on. Right now if you’re willing to hand […]
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Researcher Leaks 100M Passwords Online
Don’t worry, your password is safe, but yes, a researcher named Mark Burnett has leaked a huge collection of usernames and passwords onto the internet, with the main reason for doing so being a good one. Burnett’s leakage is designed to make it easier for other researchers to understand the trends behind the passwords people choose. […]