14 Tech-Forward Concepts Reshaping Our Future “For the Global Innovation Series, presented by BMW, we’re focused on one simple question: In what ways is technology drastically changing our lives for the better? In a lot of ways, living in a city is challenging — urban citizens are constantly thinking... Read More ››
Google founder issues free web warning, blames Facebook “The free internet is facing its direst threat, according to Segey Brin. The Google co-founder accuses everyone from China to Facebook and says Apple’s walled software garden is stifling online innovation Google’s Sergey Brin says internet freedom faces its biggest ever... Read More ››
Half Of The Top 100 Blogs Now Use WordPress “WordPress – both in its hosted and self-hosted forms – has long been among the most popular platforms for personal and professional blogs (and it’s what we use here at TechCrunch, too). Looking at the top 100 blogs in Technorati’s... Read More ››
Spotify launches Play Button to easily add music to websites “Spotify has announced the launch of its new Spotify Play Button, a widget which lets you inject songs and playlists directly into your website or blog – where people can then stream them legally, for free. The new Spotify... Read More ››
BT super-charges fiber-optic broadband today, for the lucky few who can get it “Excuse our sour grapes, but the fortunate proportion of Britons with access to BT’s fiber-optic broadband will find everything much faster from today at no extra cost. Infinity 1 customers now have an upstream of (as... Read More ››
Facebook buys Instagram for $1billion “30 million Instagram users in two years gets you a £633m pat on the back from the CEO of the world’s biggest social network these days. Less than a week after photo sharing and filtering app Instagram hopped over to Google Play, Facebook has... Read More ››
600,000 Apple Mac users hit by password-stealing Trojan “Apple Mac computers are being struck by a variation of the Flashback Trojan. A Russian anti-virus site reckons 600,000 machines have been infected Over half-a-million Apple Mac users have been infected with a variation of the Flashback Trojan malware, according to... Read More ››
Anonymous takes down Home Office website “The Home Office website was hit by hackers this weekend, with Anonymous claiming responsibility. A denial of service attack brought down the public-facing website on Saturday evening Anonymous succeeded, this weekend, in taking down the Home Office website in a pre-planned denial of... Read More ››
Sky offers free WiFi to broadband customers via ‘The Cloud’ “Sky broadband customers will be pleased to hear that the operator is to release a new “Sky Cloud WiFi” app that will let them hop onto 10,000 hotspots around the UK. The new venture comes after it snatched up... Read More ››
Google takes you on a tour of the White House “With all of the hubbub around the race for the White House, have you ever wondered what actually lies behind the doors of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? With some help from Google, the first family is taking users on a... Read More ››
