Articles with category Web & Social
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about 1 day ago in Desktop Apps, Web & Social
News: Adobe launches Creative Cloud
Say goodbye to days of buy-once Adobe apps and hello to monthly subscriptions.
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about 2 days ago in Web & Social
News: Will Instagram launch video uploads on June 20?
Facebook might be getting ready to announce their first major update to Instagram.
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about 4 days ago in Industry, Web & Social
News: Google provides internet access through balloons
Project Loon aims to build a ring of balloons to beam Internet access to the ground at 3G or higher speeds.
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about 6 days ago in Web & Social
News: Hashtags come to Facebook to show feeds of trending topics
Finding conversations that are popular and happening across Facebook becomes easier today.
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about 3 weeks ago in Web & Social
News: Your shiny new Gmail inbox is here
A new clever, clutter-free redesign will roll out in the next few weeks.
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about 3 weeks ago in Web & Social
News: Amazon begins its own login service for third party developers
Becomes a rival to similar services offered by Facebook and Google.
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on May 26, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Beware of the Google Glass photographer
You think Instragammers are bad? Think again.
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on May 21, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Flickr offers 1TB free storage to all users
No ads and double storage available as paid options.
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on May 16, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google introduces new photo enhancements for Google+
Auto Backup, Auto Highlight, Auto Enhance and Auto Awesome!
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on May 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google celebrates 37th anniversary of Atari’s Breakout
Hidden easter egg turns your image search into a giant Breakout game.
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on May 12, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Canon Middle East fulfills pledge to plant over 2900 Ghaf trees
Canon Middle East Managing Director and over 100 Canon employees with family members demonstrate commitment to society with ‘Give a Ghaf’ initiative.
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on May 9, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Watch a timelapse of the creation of Dubai - from space
Google's latest project shows the development changes of cities and areas from 1984 to 2012.
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on May 7, 2013 in Desktop Apps, Web & Social
News: Adobe ditches Creative Suite, goes subscription-only with Creative Cloud
The company announced the end of their retail applications, will only have a monthly subscription plan for all CC applications.
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on May 5, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Epic’s UE3 powered Epic Citadel for Firefox is out
Browser games will never be the same again.
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on May 1, 2013 in Web & Social
News: IBM creates the “World’s Smallest Movie” using atoms
Certified by Guinness World Records.
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on April 24, 2013 in Input Devices, Laptops, Phones, Web & Social
Features: Top 5 tech to survive the zombie apocalypse
These gadgets will keep you alive
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on April 18, 2013 in Industry, Web & Social
News: Google will brick Glass if you try to sell or loan them
Terms of service indicate that there can only be one wearer per device - for now.
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on April 17, 2013 in Tablets, Web & Social
News: Watch the new satirical Steve Jobs movie, iSteve
Original production by FunnyOrDie.com is 79 minutes of pure fun.
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on April 17, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Sony-backed ISP launches 2Gbps Internet in Japan
Google Fiber is offering 1Gbps? Cute.
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on April 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google Has Your Back After You Die
Google introduces Inactive Account Manager that helps your digital afterlife.
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on April 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Mark Zuckerberg makes his acting debut in new Facebook Home ad
Clearly the staff at Facebook enjoy meetings as much as we do.
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on April 11, 2013 in Desktop Apps, Web & Social
News: Dropbox refreshes business storage offerings
Announces 'Dropbox for Business' with Single Sign-On.
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on April 11, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Facebook is the ‘best employer in the world’
New Glassdoor survey puts the social media giant at the top of the 'place to work for' list. Fancy.
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on April 10, 2013 in Web & Social
News: LulzSec hackers plead guilty to planned attacks
Three members of the infamous group plead guilty to planned attacks against Sony, Nintendo, and other organizations.
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on April 7, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Etisalat unblocks Skype [UPDATE]
Etisalat announced that it has unblocked Skype in the UAE, but has since deleted their announcement from their social media pages.
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on April 7, 2013 in Mobile Apps, Phones, Web & Social
News: Facebook unveils Facebook Home
The social media giant finally dispels rumors and reveals what it's been working on all these months.
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on April 3, 2013 in Industry, Web & Social
News: Jumbo Electronics Offers for GITEX Shopper 2013
Here's what you can snag when you buy a tablet, smartphone or laptop from Jumbo.
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on April 1, 2013 in Phones, Web & Social
News: Facebook preparing to launch custom Android smartphone on April 4th?
Media invites certainly suggest so.
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on March 31, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Internet not amused by Google Glass winners
The #ifIhadglass winners may be excited about their near eyewear, but a closer look reveals just why Google chose them.
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on March 30, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Saudi Arabia seeks to end anonymity for users on Twitter
Only users who are registered with identification documents would be allowed to access the service.
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on March 29, 2013 in Web & Social
Events: GeekFest Dubai returns with YouTube
After a long hiatus, GeekFest comes back to life with a focus on YouTube.
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on March 27, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Egypt military arrests divers sabotaging undersea Internet cables
Three divers caught trying to cut an undersea cable that links Africa with Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
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on March 27, 2013 in Web & Social
Features: Flipboard 2.0: Create your own magazines
We test the follow up to one of the most successful news aggregation apps and show you how easy it is to create your own magazines.
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on March 27, 2013 in Desktops, Industry, Laptops, Network Devices, Tablets, Web & Social
News: Etisalat confirms cable cut [UPDATE]
Update: Etisalat says it has now restored services.
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on March 27, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Saudi Arabia may ban Skype, WhatsApp
The app developers have till Saturday to hand over monitoring tools before measures to ban them are carried out.
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on March 26, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google+ now supports animated GIFs for profile images
Google adds support for animated GIFs for your profile picture as well as an inline image.
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on March 26, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Steve Jobs biography gets manga treatment in Japan
First issue is out now.
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on March 25, 2013 in Web & Social
News: The Hacking Games
If you’re a hacker, the US government wants you. And it’s not to arrest you - it’s to hire you.
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on March 21, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Microsoft celebrates ‘Browser you loved to hate’ IE campaign
One year and 25 million views later, are you using IE?
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on March 20, 2013 in Web & Social
News: JadoPado celebrates 2 years with birthday sale
We take a snoop around JadoPado's birthday sale to see what's worth picking up.
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on March 19, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google Updates Maps, Decides to cut Burj Khalifa in Half
Clearly Google thinks that the world's tallest tower needs to be taken down a floor or two. Or forty.
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on March 19, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Funny or Die releasing Steve Jobs parody ‘iSteve’ starring Justin Long
The comedy website shot a spoof biopic of the Apple genius over 8 days and plans to release the film on April 15th.
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on March 13, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google helps hacked website owners
Recovery options ranging for beginner to advanced users with detailed steps.
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on March 10, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Daily Deals Site Cobone Acquired by Tiger Global
New York investment company buys out Jabbar Internet Group and senior management's stakes in the company.
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on March 10, 2013 in Phones, Web & Social
News: Mozilla won’t bring Firefox to iOS devices
At least not until Apple fixes their 'unfriendly attitude' towards 3rd party browsers.
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on March 9, 2013 in Phones, Web & Social
News: The New Cell Phone Scam : Smishing.
Just like phishing scams in your email, except they target your phone.
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on March 9, 2013 in Desktops, Laptops, Phones, Tablets, Web & Social
News: YouTube Introduces One Channel
Customize your channel and tailor how viewers look at it.
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on March 8, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google Offers $20m to First Company to Land on the Moon
Break out your model rockets and physics textbooks; it's time for some serious thinking.
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on March 8, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Major design overhaul for Facebook’s News Feed coming your way
‘Visually rich’ and ‘mobile device inspired’.
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on March 7, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Tweet to Fire This Paintball Gun
Possibly the most random use of Twitter yet, but who's complaining?
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on March 7, 2013 in Desktop Apps, Desktops, Industry, Laptops, Tablets, Web & Social
News: Microsoft fined $731m in EU for only promoting Internet Explorer
For 14 months Windows 7 forgot to mention any other browser.
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on March 5, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Twitter Kills Tweetdeck App For iOS & Android
Also discontinues Facebook integration and AIR app, focus now is on 'web-based' interface.
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on March 5, 2013 in Web & Social
News: South Africa Free State Government Pays $4.4m for Website Redesign
Probably the most expensive WordPress template ever.
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on March 4, 2013 in Laptops, Tablets, Web & Social
News: Internet Explorer and Firefox growing; Chrome hits 17-month low
The Browser wars take a slightly unexpected turn.
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on March 3, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Evernote resets passwords after security breach.
Evernote, the note-taking service has been hacked and as a precaution, implemented a password reset on all accounts.
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on March 3, 2013 in Web & Social
News: GeekFest Dubai Returns
The long-awaited social event for geeks is back with a special YouTube edition.
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on March 3, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Facebook Testing Cleaner, Redesigned Timeline
Facebook is giving a test run for a better and cleaner looking timeline design to certain users.
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on March 3, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Yahoo! Closing Down Several Services to Streamline Business Focus
Products such as the BlackBerry app and Yahoo! Avatars are set to get the axe.
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on March 2, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Your Favourite Artists on YouTube – ft. a Goat.
A ‘baa’ a day…..
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on March 2, 2013 in Web & Social
News: How Search Works – Google explains
Now you know how you get to those cat videos
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on March 1, 2013 in Web & Social
News: YouTube does the Harlem Shake
The popularity of The Harlem Shake makes YouTube do it as well.
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on March 1, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Groupon fires CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason
Goes out in style with brutally honest (and geeky) farewell note.
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on February 28, 2013 in Industry, Web & Social
News: Galaxy Chocolate’s new ad mixes the real with the unreal
The classical beauty Audrey Hepburn makes an appearance in Galaxy's new ad.
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on February 28, 2013 in TVs & Projectors, Web & Social
News: Piracy doesn’t matter to Game of Thrones
Such shows thrive on "cultural buzz".
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on February 28, 2013 in Desktop Apps, Web & Social
News: Celebs Confess Their Email Habits With Outlook.com
In a short video, the company interviews celebrities at an awards show to find out who they emailed last. You know, because.
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on February 27, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Internet Explorer 10 Releases For Windows 7
Microsoft's much-touted new browser which was on Windows 8 now is available for Windows 7 as well.
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on February 27, 2013 in Web & Social
News: CompuMe Reveals New Expansion Plans for Middle East
Company to employ new partnership with Virgin Megastores and Carrefour across the country.
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on February 27, 2013 in Industry, Mobile Apps, Phones, Tablets, Web & Social
Features: Are HTML5 Apps the future? A Chat with Mozilla on Firefox OS
Mozilla is betting on HTML5 Apps with their Firefox OS for phones.
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on February 25, 2013 in Phones, Web & Social
News: Facebook provides discounted data access through telecom operators
Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia supported.
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on February 24, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Hacker Finds Way To Access Anyone’s Facebook Profile
Hacker announces the use of a security flaw to access anyone's profile fully, but Facebook is quick to fix it.
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on February 21, 2013 in Web & Social
News: ‘Harlem Shake’ hits No. 1 on Billboard Charts With New Youtube Algorithm
After Billboard adds Youtube views into their ranking algorithm, our favorite new meme hits right at the top.
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on February 20, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Hackers take Jeep’s Twitter account for a drive
Account is one of the many high-profile brands to be hacked this week.
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on February 20, 2013 in Digital Cameras, Industry, Web & Social
News: Google starts handing out Google Glass units to non developers
Google wants you to tell them in fifty words or less using the hashtag #ifihadglass on Twitter or Google Plus and you could be amongst the first batch of non-developers to get your hands on one.
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on February 19, 2013 in Web & Social
Features: Etisalat vs du: Broadband speed tests
Do we really get the advertised speeds from du and Etisalat?
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on February 19, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Burger King’s Twitter Gets Hacked & Changed To McDonalds
Hackers take control of Burger King's Twitter for some very inappropriate but funny tweets that has the company apologizing.
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on February 18, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Half the parents on Facebook want to keep a tab on their kids
New survey reveals that 92% of parents using social media are friends with their kids.
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on February 17, 2013 in Desktop Apps, Industry, Mobile Apps, Web & Social
News: Opera adopting Webkit engine
Opera has decided to stop working on its own rendering engine and adopt the Webkit engine that powers Safari and Chrome.
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on February 16, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Harlem Shake meme infects the Internet
The mindless meme that passed through tbreak offices last week is all over the place.
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on February 16, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Posterous to close down on April 30th
The once-famous blogging platform is finally calling it quits.
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on February 16, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Skype to take over Windows Live Messenger from April 8 onwards
The 13 year old IM client will finally be retired within 2 months.
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on February 14, 2013 in Industry, Web & Social
News: Upcoming movie The Internship shows Google’s headquarters.
Trailer released for The Internship which teams Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as interns at Google.
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on February 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Anti-piracy group being sued…by The Pirate Bay
Finnish group rips off The Pirate Bay website design as their campaign site.
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on February 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Valentine’s Day Google Doodle is mix & match fun
Spend a minute or two figuring out which couple is more awkward.
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on February 14, 2013 in Web & Social
News: LinkedIn showers every employee with an iPad mini
Gesture comes as a ‘small token of appreciation’ from CEO.
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on February 13, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Facebook sued for patent infringement over the ‘like’ button
The 'like' button we're all very used to? Well, it may be in danger according to this lawsuit.
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on February 13, 2013 in Phones, Web & Social
News: Apple could get $1bn from Google next year for being default search engine
Price is averaged out to number of iOS devices sold.
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on February 9, 2013 in Web & Social
News: The Pirate Bay documentary now online
The film shows the battles behind the world’s most notorious pirate site, and why it just keeps on going.
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on February 9, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Egypt court issues ruling to ban YouTube in Egypt
Minister of Communication has been instructed to enforce the YouTube ban in Egypt for one month.
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on February 7, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Looking for a roommate? Try listing it as a music video on YouTube.
Would you move in with someone after watching a music video titled Come Live With Me In Brooklyn?
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on February 4, 2013 in Cars, Phones, Web & Social
News: All the best Super Bowl 2013 tech commercials
A 30 seconds commercial in the Super Bowl 2013 costs $4 million.
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on January 31, 2013 in Industry, Web & Social
Blogs: Monetizing the Social Platform
Different ways of monetization of social media and how to make money off the very popular platforms.
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on January 29, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Google+ overtakes Twitter as second highest social networking platform
Google+ is now the second most used social networking service, followed closely by YouTube and Twitter.
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on January 28, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Twitter launches advertising services in MENA region
Launches partnership with Egypt-based Connect Ads for advertising options in the region.
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on January 27, 2013 in Camcoders, Digital Cameras, Displays, Graphics Cards, Laptops, Media Players, Phones, Tablets, TVs & Projectors, Web & Social
News: H.265 (HEVC) video format finally approved
The successor to H.264 is official.
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on January 27, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Twitter launches mobile video sharing app Vine, Facebook hates it
Dubbed as ‘video Instagram’, Vine allows you to post 6-second long GIF loops on Twitter. But Facebook cuts it off.
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on January 20, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Kim Dotcom launches Mega with 50GB free cloud storage
The Megaupload founder returns with convenient cloud storage service with office capabilities. 250,000 users flood the site.
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on January 17, 2013 in Web & Social
News: Have a fake Facebook girlfriend for $39
Brazilian website lets you create foolproof current and ex-girlfriend profiles to impress friends or burn past lovers.
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on January 16, 2013 in Web & Social
News: New Myspace launches with Justin Timberlake’s new track
The much improved, minimalistic Myspace has a new focus which could actually work. Plus, JT’s face doesn’t hurt.
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on January 16, 2013 in Audio Devices, Cars, Desktops, Digital Cameras, Graphics Cards, Input Devices, Laptops, Motherboards, Phones, Storage, Tablets, Web & Social
Events: The t-break awards 2012 Gallery
Here are some of the highlights from the hugely successful t-break awards 2012 ceremony.
