Microsoft has asked that there be new rules put in place on an international level to safeguard people’s individual privacy and rights. Brad Smith, who is Microsoft’s vice president of legal and corporate affairs, as w...
The Guardian has again been blocked in China, and this time it could be permanent. This is the second time that the British newspaper’s website has been blocked in China. The first time was only for a day and there was no ob...
China has decided to crack down on online anonymity by requiring anyone who posts a video in China to include their real name. China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) sent out a...
The European Union believes that harsher fines are necessary for companies that violate data privacy. The charge by the EU is being made Viviane Reding, its justice commissioner, and also vice-president of the European Commsion, w...
The University of Cumbria has decided to allow their students to pay for two of their courses with bitcoins. The university, whose headquarters are in Carlisle and have campuses all over England, including London, have decided to ...
A documentary on Aaron Swartz has just debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie has been called “The Internet’s Own Boy” and was shown for the first time on Monday afternoon. It was directed by Brian Kna...
The Dogecoin Foundation has raised over $30,000 in Dogecoins to help send a Jamaican, two-man bobsleigh team to the Olympics. The Dogecoins have been raised to help Winston Watt and Marvin Dixon, who have just qualified for the 20...
Hershey’s has decided to jump onto the 3D printing bandwagon and eventually come out with chocolate that has been 3D printed. The Hershey Company has decided to partner with 3D Systems, who have recently revealed the ChefJet...
Because of an influx of adware, Google has gotten rid of two Chrome extensions. The extensions in question are Add to Feedly and Tweet This Page. At first they were pretty popular and actually useful, but then they started to bomb...
It seems that some of the bigger tech companies are trying to avert the shutting down of international tax loopholes. The Digital Economy Group (DEG) has sent a letter to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ...
The search for Microsoft’s new CEO continues, but once it’s over, it may mark the exit for Steve Ballmer from Microsoft’s board as well. According to a report from Recode, it seems that not only will Ballmer leav...
The next step for Amazon seems to be to ship you the products you want before you even buy them. Recently Amazon acquired a patent known as “anticipatory shipping” and they believe that it will help them cut down on de...
So it seems that Google is working on ‘smart’ contact lenses which can measure a person’ glucose levels through their tears. While the development and beta testing, through the Google Glass explorer program, is w...
Spark has designed their own Nest style thermostat and it did not even take them a full day to do so. While it certainly doesn’t look as appealing as the Nest original, all the functionality is still there. Spark’s the...
Paramount Pictures has made the jump by ending their distribution of film to movie theaters and instead deciding to go completely digital. It’s something that cinephiles have been dreading for years, fearing that the quality...
