Have you ever wondered a bin whose screens will display news from the Economist and stock quotes – if you not, then start thinking again as London got its first 25 units of such “Smart Bin” across the metropolis. Built by Renew, the bins are installed on the streets of London city with two LCD screens on its sides. The number right now is only 25 but the city...

A bug on Facebook stating “This group is scheduled to be archived” has caused a significant percentage of world’s largest social network users to see a message on atop their news feed. The message is only belongs on old group set up prior to October 2010 which the company is migrating to the new format used today. Facebook has started notifying admins of old...

Google Finance – since its launch in 2006 made a premier mark for all those who are seeking real-time stock quotes and information. Google’s division provided users’ with the tools to monitor market changes, manager their portfolios, and make better investment decisions. The Google Finance Team announced that it would be adding the same real-time technology for the London Stock Exchange (LON), Deutsche Börse (FRA), and Borsa Italiana (BIT), to better track economic and financial developments in Europe. The team first introduced...

According to Reuters, the social networking giant, Facebook is expected to file its initial paperwork for its Initial Public Offering on Wednesday, seeking to raise $5 billion in its IPO bid. The company has selected Morgan Stanley and four other as bookrunners – Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and JP Morgan to handle its giant-IPO. Cited earlier as an unnamed source, Morgan Stanley is close to winning the IPO deal, while Goldman Sachs is expected to play a key role – according to the journal. The upcoming...

Crackberry is reporting an image that seems to be a new design of the rumoured Blackberry London prototype, which RIM calls a ‘Superphone’.  The device which will launch after two other models code named Laguna and Lisbon – which arrive in US, while the London would be headed to the UK. The device is equipped with both TI OMAP5 and Qualcomm chipsets are being...

Internet search engine giant Google has reportedly fired its Kenya country manager, Olga Arara-Kimani over a recent data poaching scandal. Mocality had conducted a sting operation that revealed Google employees had been undermining its business in the country by accessing the database and contacting clients – claiming to work with Mocality. South African site News.com reported the news of Arara-Kimani’s termination on Tuesday morning. The company apologised, but also stated that it would investigate the conduct of its Kenyan unit...

The largest content file sharing site ex.ua in the Ukraine has been closed today after being reported as six-month long investigations into site’s piracy allegations. Those wanting access to the site in the Ukraine today are being met with a site downturn. According to BBC, the ministry of Internal Affairs on Tuesday during a search of the office and data center resource seized 200 servers with a total of 6000 terabytes of illegal content. Internet Business Click Watcher reports, the site was one of the most popular in Ukraine – occupying...

Microsoft’s next generation Office suite, codename “Office 15” entered the Technical Preview Program stage yesterday. Office 15 is the codename for the next Office products and services. The company is sharing its work with a small number of third-party customers under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). These customers play a key role in the development process...

New figures from the UK’s cartridge retailer Cartridgesave.co.uk have revealed what would happen if all Facebook status updates were to be printed. In order to find out, www.Cartridgesave.co.uk conducted a study of 2,102 Facebook users across the UK, in a bid to discover how often, on average, Facebook statuses were updated. According to the Cartridgesave.co.uk...

IBM just announced the acquisition of Worklight – the company that accelerates IBM’s comprehensive mobile portfolio, which is designed to help global organizations leverage the proliferation of all mobile devices – from laptops to smartphones and tablets. IBM says that Worklight will become an “important piece of IBM’s mobility strategy,” offering...