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WhatsApp tops UK app charts: Apple

The WhatsApp messenging system, which allows users to send messages for free, has topped Apple's App Store Official UK charts.

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Campaign web wars 2.0: can Republicans strike back?

Tired of playing catch-up to the Obama Internet juggernaut, Republicans have rolled out a one-stop online shop for conservative activism which they hope will help them capture the White House.

Technology / Internet

created May 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Online video distributors gather to court advertisers

Yahoo Inc. staged its glitzy presentation for advertisers in a theater near Central Park, with appearances by Katie Couric, "CSI" creator Anthony E. Zuiker and, via video, Tom Hanks.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online tool can detect patterns in US election news coverage

The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Online-only news outlets 'struggle to find funding'

The first report to assess systematically how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flood of streaming-video options could confound TV watchers

Streaming video is about to hit its tipping point. Competing online video services have become so successful that about one-third of Americans have streamed a movie or TV show on Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle or another Net-based ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Sea of rights limits March Madness digital

(AP) -- Madness is one way to describe my experience with March Madness Live, a service for watching the annual college basketball tournament on computers and mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obama to announce rare earth trade case against China

US President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a new trade suit against China prompted by Beijing's restrictions on the export of rare earth materials used in manufacturing high-tech products.

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GoalRef goal-line technology advances to final

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) announced on Saturday, March 3, 2012, that it had shortlisted two goal-line technologies and approved them for a final round of testing. One of the remaining ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Making sports statistics more scientific

Whether it is the sprinter who finished first or the team that scored more points, it's usually easy to determine who won a sporting event. But finding the statistics that explain why an athlete or team wins ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rock, pop, white power: How music influences support for ethnic groups

Just a few minutes of listening to mainstream rock music was enough to influence white college students to favor a student group catering mostly to whites over groups serving other ethnic and racial groups, a new study found.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Telecoms groups fight back against free messaging

Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Divides emerge in US, world response to mutant flu

A divide has emerged between the United States and the rest of the world on whether to publish or keep secret the details of an engineered mutant bird flu virus that can pass in the air between animals, health experts said ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A look at Roku's new line of digital media players

Getting video from the Internet to your TV used to be a difficult, costly procedure. That's no longer the case.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Streaming media players offer new options for the digital living room

If you're looking to bring Internet content into your living room without buying a brand-new television, you now have a wide range of low-cost options.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0