Google+ now has over 100 million users
0Google’s social networking service Google+ is still gaining new users by leaps and bounds. That’s the word from Paul Allen, the third party researcher who has been calculating the number of Google+ users ever since the company launched Google+ back in June 2011. In his latest update today on his own Google+ page, Allen claims that the service now has over 100 million users.
Officially Google said during its recent quarterly financial results that Google+ had 90 million users as of January 19. More >
Twitter starts rolling out brand pages to UK businesses
0Twitter has begun rolling out more brand pages for some businesses in the UK, according to the company’s head of UK PR Rachel Bremer. Now if you go to the Twitter profile of Cadbury, EA Sports FIFA, Asda or Sky HD, you’ll see the new format:
Twitter introduced the new pages in December of last year, with a focus that seemed to be on discovery. The new format also allowed brands to develop marketing pages of their own, in line with Facebook Pages. With rich content, customizable banner More >
The Pirate Bay moves to .SE
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After the court case against the founders of The Pirate Bay was concluded today, the operators of the site quickly moved to change their domain name from .ORG to the Swedish .SE. A Pirate Bay insider informed TorrentFreak that this move was made to prevent the US authorities from seizing the domain, which is a serious risk now the court case has completed.
Earlier today Sweden’s Supreme Court announced its decision not to grantleave to appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay criminal More >
The Fujitsu Lifebook 2013 Concept
0My computer was made by Sony®. My phone was made by Motorola®. My tablet was made by Asus®. My camera was made by Cannon®. I use Cox Communications for my Internet and Verizon Wireless for my phone. But what if my laptop, tablet, camera and phone were all made by one company? Wouldn’t that be convenient? I think so, and so do the developers of the
Fujitsu Lifebook 2013 Concept.
Keeping organized in an increasingly fast-paced world can be nearly impossible. I, personally, do not have the time More >
Samsung Galaxy S III
0Samsung was expected to officially announce the first details of the Galaxy S III smartphone in February during the Mobile World Congress 2012 trade show in Barcelona, Spain. However, it looks like we will have to wait a bit longer for the latest device in the Galaxy S line of smartphones to be revealed. TechRadar.com reports that according to an official statement from Samsung, the smartphone won’t be making an appearance at MWC 2012.
According to the company’s statement:
Samsung is looking More >
Microsoft takes over Halo
0Ever since Halo 2 was released, developer Bungie has hosted online data for the sci-fi first person shooter, along with its sequels Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach. Now that Microsoft is taking over the development of the Halo franchise, via their 343 Industries division, the time is coming soon when that online data will be transferred from Bungie to Microsoft.
Today, in a post on the Bungie.net web site, Bungie announced that the transition of Halo online service and support will be More >
