eBay has added a “virtual currency” category to its US site, which gives users an opportunity to buy and sell digital currencies like Bitcoin and Dongecoin, as well as mining contracts and…
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Google reportedly testing new features for Gmail
Google is testing a bunch of new features for the mobile version of Gmail to make it more organised and user-friendly including three new tabs, a snoozing option and a pin button,…
Amazon starts displaying Metacritic scores for games
Amazon has begun displaying scores from Metacritic, the popular game review aggregation site, alongside game listings, earlier on Wednesday. Metacritic rates games, music, films, and more on a scale of 1-100 based…
Plusnet to launch .YO domain to fly Yorkshire flag
Phone and broadband provider Plusnet has announced that it has been given the go-ahead to launch its website on a new specially created .Yo domain later this year aimed at businesses in…
Demonoid is back
Demonoid BitTorrent tracker is back after over 20 months of hiatus and this time through Demonoid.ph. New user registrations are closed at the moment, but those who had accounts on the old…
Google+ adds page view counts to user profile page
Google today announced that it is adding an interesting update to Google+ in order to boost the social network’s popularity. As part of the update, the new ‘total content views’ feature will…
LinkedIn: Stay away from Sell Hack browser plugin
A new browser tool dubbed ‘Sell Hack’ claims to allow users to hack into LinkedIn’s system and gather the contact information of any LinkedIn user. The company’s website claims that people who…
OKCupid: Ditch Firefox as “Brendan Eich is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples”
Dating website OKCupid has sought to deter its users from accessing the website through Mozilla Firefox. This appeal comes days after Mozilla employees called for newly appointed CEO Brendan Eich’s resignation. Firefox…
Yahoo to launch its own YouTube rival
Latest reports reveal that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is apparently considering the idea of developing Yahoo’s own version of YouTube. According to a Re/code report, multiple sources “close to the situation” claim…
Google: Turkish ISPs are intercepting our DNS
Google on Saturday confirmed that most of the Turkish Internet service providers are intercepting its public DNS (Domain Name System) service by setting up masquerade DNS servers. “We have received several credible…
Government data requests surged by 120% in last four years claims Google
According to Google’s latest transparency report published on Thursday, data requests by government agencies have increased by more than 120 percent since 2009 when the company first began publishing the data request…
Google researchers: Journalists, news organisations top targets of state-sponsored hackers
Google researchers claim journalists and news organisations to be the target of state-sponsored hacking attacks with 21 of the top 25 news organisations having been attacked recently. Discussing the research paper at…
Microsoft changes privacy policy in wake of Hotmail snooping
Microsoft announced changes to its privacy policy on Friday under which it will no longer snoop on customers’ private communications on suspicions of violating intellectual property rights. This move comes a week…
Kim Dotcom announces new political party in New Zealand
Kim Dotcom on Thursday announced the launch of a new political party in New Zealand just ahead of September general elections in the country. The internet tycoon, whose site MegaUpload was shut…
Age checks should be mandatory for pornography websites says ATVOD
Users should be allowed access to pornography websites only when they prove they are over 18 years of age, a UK industry regulator said. In order to protect children from being exposed…