A new report released on August 10 has shed light on the plight of publishers with an estimated loss of $22 billion as a result of increased usage of ad-blocking software on…
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Face-to-face meetings pegged better than online support groups
Keeping away from addictive substances is a tough one for addicts and those trying to maintain sobriety may be better off with face-to-face meetings than online support groups, a research has suggested….
Germany wants Facebook to allow pseudonyms
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority is none too pleased with Facebook over the social networking site’s policy of not allowing people to use pseudonyms and has challenged this policy. The regulator said…
Stephen Hawking’s long Reddit AMA starts tomorrow
Celebrity physicist Stephen Hawking is about to host Reddit’s longest Ask Me Anything (AMA) session that will last for quite a few weeks. The AMA, which is the first of its kind,…
Project Free TV shuts down with just a ‘Goodbye’ message
One of the most popular streaming video indexes in the world – Project Free TV – has closed down its operations without any prior warning with the website now displaying a simple…
Twitter quietly removes custom backgrounds from users’ profile pages, timelines
Twitter has removed background images and customized wallpapers from users’ timelines and profile pages and replaced them with a blank white background. Previously, users were allowed to set wallpaper or customized image…
Majority of Americans turning to Facebook and Twitter for news consumption: Report
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter are turning into influential news sources for majority of Americans, a new survey has found. According to a survey conducted by the US-based Pew Research Center…
Google adds new buy button to search results
Google on Wednesday unveiled a new feature dubbed “Purchases on Google,” which will let shoppers make online purchases directly from mobile search ads. “Although we’re still in early experiments with a limited…
NASA Mars Trek lets you examine the Red Planet right on your computer
US space agency NASA has released a Google Earth like tool for Mars dubbed ‘Mars Trek‘ which it pegs as an outreach product geared towards students and members of the general public…
UK Home Secretary named Internet Villain at the 2015 ISPA awards
Internet Services Providers’ Association UK (ISPA UK) has named country’s Home Secretary Theresa May as the Internet Villain at its 2015 ISPA awards. Eighteen awards were given out on the night with…
Global domain name count hits 294 million mark
VeriSign has revealed that the total number of registered domain names has hit 294 million mark globally across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The internet security company revealed…
Microsoft encourages use of Minecraft in education
Microsoft has introduced a new Minecraft Educational portal which will allow educators to use the block building game to help their students learn a number of skills in the classroom. Microsoft bought…
VPN paper is outdated; vulnerabilities have long been fixed say VPN providers
A recently published paper revealed how ten of the fourteen most popular VPN services are vulnerable to IPv6-leak and all but one is vulnerable to DNS hijacking attack; however, VPN providers have…
Welcome to the age of digital amnesia
The digital age is no doubt the proof of the progress mankind has made, but owing to the increase in use of internet connected devices a question that needs to be answered…
Fighting the HIV stigma one touch at a time!
It has been years since HIV was first discovered and despite huge efforts from governments, non-profit organisations, medical experts and scientists to defeat the HIV stigma, there are plenty of people who…