Where does your Internet journey start? Facebook? Twitter? Perhaps you still see the Google home page when you fire up your browser? Or does it automatically load your favourite website, TheNextWeb? Where your surfing session starts matters because it influences how you’re using the world wide web. The websites you visit and the networks you...
Police in Spain say they have arrested three members of online activist gathering Anonymous, who were allegedly involved in hacking Sony’s PlayStation Network, among other targets. According to the official Twitter account of the country’s national force, the arrests follow an alleged plot to attack Spain’s Central Electoral Board website. The force has posted...
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The European Commission yesterday granted French entertainment and telecommunication services conglomerate Vivendi approval for its acquisition of Vodafone’s 44% stake in SFR, the company announced this morning. The transaction, which is valued at 7.95 billion euros (roughly $11.5 billion), should be completed in the next few days. Vivendi henceforth owns 100 percent of SFR,...
Image: Associated Press When it became obvious Apple would come out with a cloud computing offering, it would be interesting to see how they would do things differently from Google, the most prominent consumer cloud computing company. And indeed, Apple’s vision for the cloud is very different from Google’s. In fact, Apple’s vision for...
Kinnernet in Israel did a lipdub. DLD in Germany did a lipdub. But at Founders Forum, the annual meeting of European startups CEOs who’ve (for want of a better phrase) “made it”, they like to go one better. Last night attendees were treated to “On Her Founder’s Secret Service”, which features; Jason Gissing (co-founder...
In a talent and design-focused acquisition, Facebook has bought Netherlands startup Sofa, which made Mac software and design projects, the company announced on its blog. Sofa has won two Apple Design Awards and made very well-regarded, design-focused software like Checkout, a point-of-sale system for the Mac. Sofa says that it is “committed to securing...
EcoFactor, a startup that uses big data tools to act as a new brain for connected thermostats, has some stellar results from ten different trials where it automated the process of turning up and down consumer’s thermostats. The company, which launched at the end of 2009, says that on average its services can reduce...
In 2009, Iceland passed a privacy and free speech law to make itself into a haven for new media. Since then it has seen the eruptions of the Eyjafjallajökull and Grímsvötn volcanoes and one of the worst banking meltdowns of all time. But despite the dark times, Iceland has not lost its faith in...