Tag: Internet
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Google Chrome Hits Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in Beta Form
Are you on Ice Cream Sandwich? If you are then good news! The Google Chrome App is available for you to download through Google Play (formerly Android Market). The App is in Beta but has a great deal of functionality. Android Google Chrome allows you to view web pages offline and even send bookmarks to…
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Google Drive: Cloud Storage to Launch Next Week Offering 5GB of Free Data Upload
A leaked snapshot and new reports suggest that Google is preparing to launch its cloud internet based storage system – Google Drive, as soon as next week. The service should go live within days for Windows PC and Apple Mac desktop computers, as well as Android and iOS based mobiles and tablets and the latest…
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McDonald’s and O2 to Serve Up Free Wi-Fi at 1,200 U.K Branches
“Would you like Wi-Fi with that?” – Could quite possibly be something you hear on a visit to your nearest McDonalds burger branch if you visit this summer, because it’s just been announced that the chain will be serving up free Wi-Fi through a five-year contract with the O2 network to begin rolling out at…
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Ofcom Survey Reveals 50% Rise in British Web Use Since 2005
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An Ofcom survey of British web users has revealed a 50% increase of internet usage in the past seven years – this proving that the national pastimes are quickly becoming social networking, online gaming and other sources of digital entertainment with an average of 15 hours spent surfing per week per person. Somewhat unsurprisingly, with…
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Google To Launch “GDrive” Cloud Storage in April with Free 1GB Upload Limit?
Software and internet giant Google is believed to be readying to launch its cloud-based storage service in the next few weeks and is set to officially become known as GDrive. An unofficial web source leaked the news, suggesting that Google’s range of services will soon go head-to-head with the likes of Apple’s iCloud and DropBox…
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10 U.K Cities To Get “Super-Connected” in 100Mbps Broadband Roll Out
Ten U.K cities have been selected to join a £100-million pound scheme to massively increase broadband internet speeds as a starting step to making the country Europe’s “technology centre”. British capital London will of course be included and will be joined by Irish capital Belfast, Welsh capital Cardiff and Scottish capital Edinburgh, these will later…
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Dropbox Integrates with Facebook for Easy Social File Sharing
Dropbox has added Facebook integration to its website, allowing users to easily share files directly with a Facebook friend. Users who want to share files and folders using their Dropbox account are now prompted to invite Facebook friends. Upon selecting this option the user will need to log in to Facebook to authenticate the account…
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Virgin Media to Roll Out Wi-Fi at 120 Tube Stations for London 2012 Olympic Games
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Virgin has promised free Wi-Fi access at 120 of London’s Underground stations in time of the 2012 Olympic Games, which kick off at the English capital on the 27th of July. The games will run until the 12th of August and is estimated to attract 500,000 spectators from Britain and abroad, most of whom will…
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Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Alleged Patent Infringements
Yahoo will be seeing Facebook in court after the search engine giant slammed the social network over infringing on copyright patents. We don’t remember the last time we thought of Yahoo as a buzzing hive of online social activity and the last time we logged into a “group” is probably in the last millennium! But…
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Hacker Earns £38,000 by Exploiting Google Chrome in Annual “Pwnium” Contest
A major security vulnerability has been discovered in Google’s Chrome web browser after the internet software and mobile OS giant invited web mischief-makers to participate in this year’s annual Hackathon in a competition called Pwnium. The hacker, a Russian university student who managed to crack Chrome has been awarded £38,000 for his findings after infiltrating…
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Bus Fight Viral Becomes a Movie – Danny Trejo Stars as “Epic Beard Man” in “Bad Ass”
This Gadget Helpline blogger is a big fan of those lesser-known B-movie gems that can only be found by trawling the very bottom shelves of your local Blockbuster. It’s even better when you find out something off of the interwebs has been made into one such movie! Now, I’m not talking about the Oscar nominated story…
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Planned Parenthood Scheme Offers High-Tech Protection to the Social Network Generation
We all worry about our safety on the social web, but this scheme bring a whole new meaning to high-tech protection! Social-savvy and sexually active youngsters are being invited to test out a new scheme from the Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, a reproduction and sexual health service based in the United States –…