Teenage relationship violence linked to Internet pornography
Teenage relationships are becoming increasingly more abusive due to the easy access to Internet pornography, a top barrister in England has warned. Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions,...
View ArticleNew app targets pedophiles and criminals on Facebook
University undergraduate students have developed a new privacy solution for Facebook that can help parents adjust their children’s profiles in one click, prevent criminals from garnering valuable...
View ArticleGoogly eyed faces trending on Facebook
A new trend called “eyebombing” has taken over the social networking websites, where one can stick googly eyes on anything and make a face. The growing popularly of the face making trend has spawned a...
View Article‘God particle’ up for sale on eBay!
An online prankster, who seemed to have been inspired by last week’s discovery of the ‘God particle’, put up a “used” Higgs Boson up for sale on eBay. Stephen, 46, of Christchurch, Dorset said that...
View ArticleInternet trolls motivated by `low self-esteem`
Someone who is motivated to troll on the Internet has a very low self-esteem, it has been revealed. How they feel once they’ve attacked someone online depends on what they were emotionally motivated by...
View ArticleYahoo taps former Google executive as CEO
Yahoo Monday announced that it has appointed Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, to be its president and chief executive officer (CEO). Mayer will also join Yahoo’s board of directors and the...
View ArticleSoon, Facebook to display ads based on your whereabouts
Facebook is looking into a technology that uses location data to tailor advertisements on their mobile site. This technology is similar to the smartphone app that predicts where a person is going....
View ArticleNow, YouTube to make TV foray by launching 60 new channels
Google-owned YouTube is expanding its original programming initiative into Europe, with at least 60 new video channels from media companies, including the BBC, FreemantleMedia and Endemol, according to...
View ArticleFacebook tests new ‘want’ button in bid to expand online shopping offering
Social networking giant Facebook is apparently expanding it online shopping offering by testing a new feature that would allow users to create a ‘wish list’ of items they are ‘lusting after’. Facebook...
View ArticleEU mulls safer internet for kids
Members of the European Parliament have called for coordinated action at the European level to further shield children from violent and pornographic content in an ever-changing digital and online...
View ArticleHackers using Skype to spread ‘worm’ infecting Windows PCs
Free Internet-calling service Skype is being used by hackers to distribute a ‘worm’ that infects users Windows PCs. On clicking an instant message saying “lol is this your new profile pic?” users are...
View ArticleDays of free, open Internet ‘may soon be nearing end’, says report
A ‘behind-closed-doors’ battle for control of the Internet is likely to put ‘government handcuffs’ on the web, and threatens to end a free and open internet, it has emerged. The International...
View ArticleMobile internet access booms in New Zealand
More than half of New Zealanders are now accessing the internet through their mobile phones, the government statistics agency announced Friday. Total internet connections by mobile phone rose by 34...
View ArticleDepartment of Energy Rolls Out World’s Fastest Science Network
As scientific research becomes increasingly data-intensive and globally collaborative, the ability to quickly and reliably share enormous data sets is critical to challenges as diverse as finding...
View ArticleSkype fixes security flaw
Skype has resolved a security bug that made it possible for hackers to steal accounts, the popular internet phone service said. “We… have made updates to the password reset process today so that it is...
View ArticleGoogle lets users plan for data after death
Most people hope to go to heaven when they die, but they don’t want all of their online information floating around in the cloud with them. Now Google has a solution for data after death. The internet...
View ArticleInternet cafes losing charm among Chinese
China has witnessed a decline in the number of Internet bars, a first instance in last eight years, courtesy a boom in the household broadband and mobile Internet sectors, the government has revealed....
View ArticlePolarising posts drive ‘unfriending’ on Facebook
Have you unfriended your best friend on Facebook because he/she posted frequent, uninteresting or contradictory comments about religion or politics? You are not alone. An interesting research reveals...
View ArticleNo nation has right to rule internet: Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said at a gathering here Wednesday that no country can have “more weight than another” in governing cyberspace. She made her remarks at the opening of the NETMundial...
View ArticleMale Twitter users biased towards women: Study
Gender bias is real on Twitter. According to research, twitter conversations among men feature fewer mentions of women. “In turn, there were more conversations between female Twitter users that...
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