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The Pirate Bay to be unblocked in the Netherlands
The Court of The Hague, Netherlands, ruled today that the two local internet providers in the country are not required to block access to The Pirate Bay as the blockade is a…
FakeOff app claims to detect fake Facebook accounts
An Israeli startup has created an app called FakeOff app that can detect fake Facebook accounts thereby protecting users to possible scammers and spammers who may have befriended them on the social…
Scotland gets its own .scot domain
Scotland’s wait for its own dotScot domain is finally over with the announcement confirming that anyone with a Scotland connection will now be able to apply to use the new “.scot” domain….
Google: Friday disruption was due to software bug
Google encountered a service blackout on Friday when around 42 million users were disconnected from its services for up to an hour. The search engine giant’s Gmail, Google+, Calendar and Documents services…
Apple iTunes Radio may be heading to UK soon
Apple iTunes Radio could be launching in UK, Canada and Australia soon as users have reported sporadic appearance of iTunes Radio on their music app on both iPads as well as iPhones….
New project dubbed Bitcloud aims to decentralise the Internet
Bitcloud, a new project that makes use of a highly customised version of Bitcoin protocol, not only aims to create a mesh network that will act as a shadow to the current…
DNSSEC surpasses 50% implementation milestone
ICANN has announced that majority of top level domains in the root have DNSSEC and the overall implementation of the DNS Security Extensions has surpassed 50 percent milestone. Described as one of…
Google tweaks search engine to help users ‘find the right result’
Google, with its new update, will help its search engine users find more information about the source of a link in the search results before actually clicking on the link. The search…
Facebook retaliates; says ‘Princeton may be in danger of disappearing entirely’
A recent report from two Princeton researchers claimed that Facebook is like an infectious disease currently experiencing a spike before its decline and will lose 80 percent of its user base by…
Facebook to retain mere 20% of its current user base by 2017 claims study
According to US researchers, Facebook is like an infectious disease which is experiencing a spike before its decline and by 2017 will only retain 20 percent of its current user base. Two…
Yahoo search is now secure
Yahoo, keeping with its CEO Marissa Mayer’s promise from 2013, has begun plugging security holes that it discovered ahead of its self-imposed Q1 2014 deadline, starting Wednesday. In a nutshell, now all…
Two year old fake video of scantily clad woman returns to spam Facebook users
A fake video of a woman dressed in a pink bikini has just gone viral with more and more Facebook users sharing the link as you read this. By far thousands of…
China’s internet traffic mysteriously redirected to US IP address for few hours
An alleged network error left internet access in China in a crippled state as users were unable to access some of the country’s top sites starting Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, Internet…
Facebook is still alive and kicking says new study
A study conducted by Global Web Index (GWI) has revealed that the news of Facebook’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. According to the research company, the ‘Social Q1 2014’ study was conducted…