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Facebook launches mobile messaging app

Facebook launched a mobile messaging application Tuesday for Apple's iPhone and Android devices.

Technology / Internet

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Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore

Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

Technology / Internet

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Interoperability overdue for instant messaging

You would think it was crazy if your cell phone could call only people with phones on the same network. But we put up with that absurd situation when it comes to instant messaging -- and have for years. Worse, there's little ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Mobile phones ring in growth in emerging markets

Once just a simple telecommunications tool, the mobile telephone has in recent years become a driver of economic growth in emerging countries, experts said at one of the industry's biggest fairs.

Technology / Telecom

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Listen to solar storm activity in new sonification video

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a solar storm sound like?  It's a "sonification" of measurements from two spacecraft during the most recent storm. Take a listen in this video.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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BlackBerrys' prestige diminishes, even among their users

Not so long ago, consumers couldn't get enough of their CrackBerrys. Now it appears many are sobering up.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

AOL revamps AIM in hopes of stanching user exodus

AOL is giving its AIM instant-messaging software a new look and new features in hopes of stanching an ongoing exodus of users who have turned to texting and other online messaging services.

Technology / Software

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UK: Disorder no excuse to clamp down on Internet

(AP) -- Governments must not clamp down on Internet and mobile phone networks at times of social unrest, the British government said Tuesday - weeks after suggesting police should do just that during riots.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Tech-obsessed Koreans drive smartphone boom

Technology-obsessed South Koreans fell in love with the smartphone relatively late, but are making up for lost time at astonishing speed.

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young S. Africans 'use MXit to talk to strangers'

Three quarters of young people regularly talk to strangers on the South African social network MXit, raising concerns about the risks for young people on the mobile Internet, according to a study Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

RIM launches BlackBerry Messenger music-share

Research in Motion launched a collaboration Thursday with major record labels to allow BlackBerry users to access and exchange music via instant messenger.

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

SF cell shutdown: Safety issue, or hint of Orwell? (Update)

(AP) -- An illegal, Orwellian violation of free-speech rights? Or just a smart tactic to protect train passengers from rowdy would-be demonstrators during a busy evening commute?

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

BlackBerry helps Britain's rioters organise

The rioters causing havoc on British streets have eschewed traditional social networking sites as a way of organising, instead using the encrypted instant chat service on their BlackBerry handsets.

Technology / Other

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New Logitech HD webcam lets you shoot video for Mac, PC on the go

Logitech today announced the portable Logitech HD Webcam C615 for easy video calling and HD recording on the go – whether you’re at a birthday party or on a business trip, on a PC or a Mac. The webcam’s ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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