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Media outlets urged to 'Share Stories' at Facebook
AFP, Published on 22/10/2013
» Facebook sought to entice media outlets to post more news stories at the leading social network Monday, helping pinpoint promising pieces -- a tactic aimed at combating Twitter.
Internet technology becoming cyber chic
AFP, Published on 02/10/2013
» Models wearing Google Glass eyewear, Pebble smartwatches and other hot gadgets strutted a catwalk late Monday as Internet technology continued to merge with the world of fashion.
Flash in the pan
Life, James Hein, Published on 21/08/2013
» As you might imagine, companies that make flash drives are working on making them faster, have them last longer and keeping the prices down. At a recent Flash Memory Summit in California a Facebook representative was urging them to "just make it dense and cheap". His reasoning is that there are some types of information that don't need fast access speeds such as logs, usage metrics and even some user data that they hardly ever access. How many photos have people uploaded that they looked at once and are now stored in memory bytes somewhere? "Write-once, read-never is probably the spec for a lot of this," the rep suggested. In other news, there is such a thing as a Flash Memory Summit.
Gulf lovers use smartphones to beat segregation
AFP, Published on 28/06/2013
» Jaber and his girlfriend flirt the day away, never wasting a minute to sweet-talk and dream of a future together, but like most Gulf Arab youths they can only do it virtually.
Uploading pics? Strip out hidden data
Life, James Hein, Published on 12/06/2013
» So there you are at the park near your home. You take a few snaps of your children and post them on Facebook or another social media site. A few days later there's a show at the kids' school, so you take a few more snaps and also post them online. If you're using a modern camera or a smartphone then the photos will contain a lot of information. Time, location, camera type and other bits and pieces will be coded into the snaps. Anyone could grab the pictures and start building a profile of where you live, where your children go to school and where they go to play. You can change what info is captured. Depending on the model of your iPhone you will find the settings under General/Location Services on the older iPhones or Settings/Privacy/Location Services in the newer ones. For Android devices, open Camera and change the GEO tagging setting under Menu. If you want to keep your location private, then you need to turn Geocoding off. Another option is a free product like Pixel Guard that you can find at pixelgarde.com. You can use this to strip all that hidden information from your photos before you post them.
Digital darlings
Life, Published on 03/06/2013
» From a scornful rabbit to a mustachioed housewife, Facebook satirists use comical avatars and jokes to spice up news feeds and rack up followers _ usually hundreds of thousands of them in a short period. Whether to exercise their wit, mock celebrities or provide alternatives to mainstream entertainment, these internet jesters share with us the tricky art of becoming an online sensation and whether their brand of humour is just a passing fad in the social-media world.
Blueprints for 3D handgun take refuge in Pirate Bay
AFP, Published on 11/05/2013
» Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun found a safe harbor Friday at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the Internet.
Twitter hack exposes Africa's cyber weaknesses
AFP, Published on 06/03/2013
» Hackers have claimed the scalp of the South African Ministry of State Security's Twitter account, underlining concerns that Africa may be the soft underbelly of global cyber security.
WikiHouse pioneers do-it-yourself home building
AFP, Published on 01/03/2013
» WikiHouse is putting a new spin on old-time barn-raising with a free online resource that lets people put homes together the same way they might a giant jigsaw puzzle.
Top iPad apps: 4 Pics 1 Word
AFP Relax News, Published on 14/02/2013
» iPad users in the USA, UK and Australia have been playing guessing games with 4 Pics 1 Word which challenges them to find the common word linking four seemingly random images. Details of this and other most downloaded free iPad apps by country* for the week recorded on February 13 can be found below.