The new deal has been agreed by European MEPs and the EU council presidency (currently occupied by Denmark) to set into motion a plan to cap roaming data charges in EU member states but it still needs approval from the wider EU Parliament in May before going into effect from the 1st of July this year. The proposal states that the cap would be lowered every year until 2014, with data fees eventually being limited to under €0.20 ($0.27) a megabyte. The move is designed to increase competition between carriers. The agreement also includes...
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Apple with one or other reason being loved by almost everyone and this is what the latest survey from CNBC revealed; half of American households own atleast one Apple product. The survey collected answers from 836 Americans over both landline and cellphone, asking for demographic information and ownership rates for Apple products, including traditional computers, tablets, phones, and other devices. About 50 percent of households reported owning at least one product, and 63 percent of people between 18 and 49 reported owning one. Only...
Earlier we reported that Tim Cook become Apple’s first CEO has been spotted in China by Sina Weibo users, a number of who posted a photo of the Apple CEO talking to staff at the Apple Store in the Xidan district of Beijing in China. Reuters reported that Tim Cook is in China for talks with government officials in order to clear up the problems in what according to Cook himself is the company’s biggest growth market that is “China”. Over on this, China’s vice premier promised Tim Cook that the country would boost intellectual...
In a new Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions report, British parliament members wants to force Google to filter search results in order to comply with court-ordered injunctions. The committee strongly feels that if Google and other search engines are not allowed to use as a vehicles to breach the law. Google was criticised by the committee for its “totally...
An interesting and must-see video strikes our eyes although it is not related to internet technology (this is what our magazine theme is), but the video is worthwhile to share as well as explore with all. Produced by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, this amazing video shows the surface movement of the oceans between 2005 and 2007. The video shows the effect...
Over the last week French President Sarkozy announced that France from now onwards would seek to punish frequent visitors of extremist websites in order to fight its homegrown terrorists. The announcement was made following the death of a 23-year-old gunman Mohamed Merah who said al Qaeda inspired him to kill seven French people. France’s National Digital Council...
Earlier we reported that Tim Cook become Apple’s first CEO has been spotted in China by Sina Weibo users, a number of who posted a photo of the Apple CEO talking to staff at the Apple Store in the Xidan district of Beijing in China for talks with government officials in order to clear up the problems. Now, according to some Chinese people spotted Facebook’s CEO...
Followed by the Virgin Media’s announcement to bring free, unlimited access WiFi to the London Underground stations for the Olympics 2012, The Cloud will offer free Wi-Fi at London Overground train stations, with some launching the service in time for this summer’s 2012 Olympic Games. Passengers at 56 London Overground stations in all will be able to get online before the end of 2012. Commuters will get up to one hour’s free connectivity within the vicinity of the station, once the hour is up, users can stay connected on...
Hands-free while driving from now onwards is no more i.e. completely banned – this is what US’s North Carolina town is experiencing. A town name Chapel Hill in North Caroline has become the first in the United States to ban the use of hand-free and hand-held cellphone usage while driving, reports News Observer. Harrison, an avid cyclist, said much of the odd driving he encounters is caused by people distracted by talking on a cell phone. “[It] is not by people who are eating things or combing their hair or putting on lipstick,”...
Lulzsec – the hacker claiming responsibility for a hack exposing 171,000 accounts which includes database for a military dating website and stole passwords, email addresses and other information, according to Pastebin post. “The website http://www.militarysingles.com/ was recently closed day ago or so, so we dumped email db,” the hackers said in their...
