In a bid to give tough competition to rival streaming service Netflix, Amazon has announced re-branding of its VoD service LoveFilm Instant as Prime Instant Video in Germany and the UK. As…
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LinkedIn member blocking feature rolled out
LinkedIn has announced availability of one of the most requested feature on the professional networking site – member blocking – giving users one more tool to protect their online privacy on the…
Namecheap bombarded with 100Gbps DDoS attack; 300 websites knocked offline for 3 hours
Namecheap, a popular domain registrar and web hosting service, was at the receiving end of a 100Gbps Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack which knocked off over 300 websites for almost 3…
YouTube’s latest redesign focuses on playlists
YouTube is rolling out a new redesign to all its users streamlined to fit their taste putting a lot of emphasis on playlists. The new design takes a cue from YouTube mobile…
One in four Brits will use Twitter by 2018 predicts eMarketer
The latest report from eMarketer suggests that more than 25 percent of UK population will be using Twitter by 2018, reaching 17.1 million users, a jump from three in 10 social network…
Users’ personal information not safe post Facebook-WhatsApp acquisition says German privacy regulator
Citing Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp German data protection regulator on Thursday has urged WhatsApp users to switch to a more safe and secure messaging service immediately. The social networking giant on Wednesday…
Twitch Plays Pokemon breaking Twitch chat
Twitch Plays Pokemon, the interactive playthrough that saw as many as 100,000 concurrent viewers during its peak, is effectively breaking parts of Twitch – specifically its chat system. “The unique nature and…
Kickass.to linking blocked by Twitter
Twitter isn’t allowing users to post a link to Kickass.to stating that the URL in the tweet “appears to link to a page that has spammy or unsafe content.” KickAssTorrents, which indexes…
Mt Gox still without an answer on Bitcoin withdrawals
Mt Gox is still to open up Bitcoin withdrawal and provide a convincing answer about the delay and extension of the self-imposed deadline. It has been two weeks since Mt Gox suspended…
ExtraTorrent, The Pirate Bay raking in millions annually in ad revenue claims new report
A new report aims to shed light on the annual ad revenues of content theft sites including BitTorrent sites, file linking sites, P2P portals and video streaming sites and concludes that large…
Amazon Coins arrive in Android land
Amazon has announced that its virtual currency, Coins, is now available on Android devices in the US, UK and Germany. Users will be able to buy, spend and even earn Amazon Coins…
Apple, Amazon value user privacy over ad revenue
Recent article from AdAge details Apple and Amazon take long time to develop ad products as the companies value the privacy of users and that’s why both the companies have been dubbed…
Email Miles calculates the physical miles an email travelled before reaching destination
Email Miles is new system that aims to showcase how many physical miles has an email travelled before it reaches its destination. The system makes use of internet tracking, global positioning system…
Parent finds adult content on kid’s phone downloaded for free from Google Play Store
A concerned mother wrote a letter to her local MP Stephen Barclay after she found that her son was downloading adult content from Google Play Store and that too through a section…
Firefox ad move is necessary for revenue generation says Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation’s chairwoman, in an attempt to defend the non-profit organisation’s move of displaying ads on Firefox’s new tabs page and directory files, said that the move is important for the company…