Microsoft has announced it is rolling out Skype for Business as part of the April monthly update for Office 2013. Redmond had released a technical preview of the new business focused Skype…
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Twitter reminds UK users to register for upcoming General Election
Twitter has undertaken the job of reminding Brits to register to vote in the General Election, ahead of the April 20 deadline. The social blogging giant on Monday sent out a tweet…
Hackers target Google Malaysia homepage in DNS attack
Internet users complained they could not access the Google Malaysia website on Tuesday as they were redirected to a webpage with a black background and white, red and yellow text saying “Google…
Rich US teens favour Instagram over Facebook, new research claims
Rich US teens are more inclined towards using social platforms like Instagram and Snapchat as compared to the less well-off ones, new research has found. New research from the Pew Research Center,…
YouTube adds support for 15 more languages for navigation purpose
Popular video-sharing website YouTube has added support for 15 more navigation languages, bringing the total to 76, which covers the native tongues of 95 percent of internet users. “YouTube creators and viewers…
Content.ad forgets to renew SSL certificate
[Update: The SSL certificate was renewed hours later. Navigating to the site now doesn’t throw the SSL error any more.] In what can be dubbed as a rather ‘rookie’ mistake administrators at…
Twitter drops Discover tab in favour of Tailored Trends
Twitter will be dropping the #Discover and activity tabs in favour of new ‘Tailored Trends’ section. The ‘Discover’ tab showed users topics which were trending or popular within their network. Dropping the…
Now edit Microsoft Office files directly from your Dropbox account
Microsoft has teamed up with Dropbox to allow users to edit Office Online files in their browser and save them directly to Dropbox. The new integration will now allow Microsoft Office Online…
Google patents web spoiler blocking system
Google has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a system which will work to block TV and movie spoilers for web users. The proposed system would…
Facebook: It was a bug that resulted in collection of non-users’ online data
Facebook has slammed a recent study report compiled by the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) which claimed the social networking giant is involved in tracking all visitors to its site, even those who…
Google’s new service aims to connect you with home service providers
Google has a new service in its pipeline which will help users connect with home service providers including a plumber, an electrician or a house-cleaner, new report claims. According to Buzzfeed News,…
Google disables around 200 bad Chrome browser extensions
Google has weeded out around 200 Chrome browser extensions in an attempt to save its users from unwanted ad injectors. Ad injectors are programs that plug into the Google Chrome browser and…
Facebook slapped with class action lawsuit over user privacy issue
Facebook has been slapped with a class action lawsuit which accuses the social networking giant of violating the privacy of its users by gathering their biometric face recognition data. The lawsuit, recently…
Twitter rolls out ‘quote tweet’ feature
Twitter has rolled out a new feature dubbed “Quote Tweet” which will let users embed a tweet in their own tweets. “Say more with revamped quote tweet! Rolling out on iPhone and…
Google Wallet gets Google Maps integration
Google has updated Google Wallet for Android to add support for Google Maps integration and more. Google revealed through a post that it is incorporating this feature in a bid to enable…