Be Careful What You Email President Obama A U.K. teenager is banned from visiting the U.S. after sending an email to the White House. Luke Angel became enraged after watching a documentary about 9/11, leading him to send the hostile email in which he called President Obama a “prick.” The FBI contacted British police who Continue Reading →
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Facebook The Biggest Time Suck People spend more time on Facebook than any other site on the web. Facebook beat both Google and Yahoo for time spent on a single site. According to comScore, U.S. web users spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook in August, which accounts for 9.9 percent of a user’s total time Continue Reading →
Apple Loosens Up On App Development Apple has decided to relax its restrictions on the development tools used to make apps. Developers can now use third-party tools, like Adobe’s software to convert Flash apps into native iPhone apps, which was previously banned by Apple. Additionally, Apple will publish it’s guidelines for evaluating an app for Continue Reading →
Majority of Internet Users Are Victims of Cybercrime Two-thirds of Internet users globally and three-fourths of U.S. Internet users are victims of online crime according to a new study from Norton. Viruses and malware are the most common sources of an attack. On average it takes 28 days to resolve a cybercrime and costs $334 Continue Reading →
Google TV Coming This Fall This Fall Google will launch a free service to bring Internet browsing to the TV screen. Google is working with a variety of content providers and consumer electronics manufacturers, like Sony, on the launch. Apple TV and now Google TV coming to your home this fall. $7 Billion Later – Continue Reading →
Google Music Store? Rumor has it that Google will be launching a music download service by Christmas. It’s expected that the music store will be a cloud-based subscription service and will be heavily integrated with Google’s Android mobile operating system. Watch out iTunes! Adult Services Censored on Craigslist Craigslist has blocked access to its “adult Continue Reading →
People Don’t Want to Share their Location Location-based apps are all the rage, but most people still don’t want to share their location. According to Forrester Research, only 4-percent of Americans have tried location-based technology and only 1-percent use them on a weekly basis. Will Facebook’s Places lead to a faster adoption rate of location-based Continue Reading →
People Lose Paid TV SNL Kagan reported that for the first time in history, paid TV subscriptions are down in the U.S. Across cable, satellite and phone companies the total loss amounted to 216,000 subscribers, with cable taking the biggest hit. SNL Kagan attributes economic factors like unemployment as the biggest reason for the loss, Continue Reading →
Bank Robber Caught By Email A German bank robber was caught after sending emails to police. In the emails, the robber chided authorities for getting details like his age, height and escape method wrong. Police were able to track the emails to a gambling hall in Hamburg, Germany, where they arrested the 19-year-old thief. Google Continue Reading →
Tell Your Phone What to Do Google unveiled a new product for Android phones called Voice Actions, which allows users to control their phones verbally. Voice commands include the ability to send texts and emails, visit websites, get directions and set alarms, hands-free. Voice Actions is only available for phones running Android 2.2. Americans Don’t Continue Reading →