The tech giant Google has revealed its master plan through its ‘Google I/O Keynote 2013’. It is probably going to make Google the most important and powerful company in the world. Neither the 180-minute plus presentation had any skydiving moment nor Google brought world-beating products in every category but it was all about the huge [...]
Thirty-seven years have passed since the debut of the Atari game ‘Breakout’ and tech giant Google is celebrating the occasion in the best possible way. The search engine has turned its ‘Image Search’ option into a version of the classic game. To play the game, you just need to type ‘atari breakout’ into the search [...]
LinkedIn has been continuously trying to impose a ban on prostitution – the oldest profession in the world. World’s largest professional networking site has recently informed its users about some major changes in its user agreement and privacy policy. The site has more than 225 million users. Most of the modifications made are actually generalization [...]
Today, Google has paid homage to Saul Bass, the famous graphic designer, through a doodle displaying on its homepage. Bass has been widely known for designing iconic movie titles for directors like Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock. In a video medley, the doodle features a few of those famous movie openings including ‘Vertigo’, ‘Around the [...]
On Wednesday, Activision Publishing, Inc. has released a trailer of ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’, the latest version of its popular franchise ‘Call of Duty’. The trailer showed a new direction for the mega-franchise and gave the fans something to celebrate and predict. It was more of a teaser trailer that revealed exactly that much information [...]
On Wednesday, Activision Publishing, Inc. issued a press release announcing the release of ‘Call of Duty: Ghost’, the latest installment of the company’s best-selling ‘Call of Duty’ franchise. According to the press release of Activision, the game will be launched on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and other ‘next generation platforms’ later this year. The [...]
The Perfect World and the Cryptic Studio have launched the beta version of their MMORPG ‘Neverwinter’. As the game has entered the open beta phase, people now can download and play it. The Cryptic also said that they wanted feedback from the fans. As the game is still in beta, it can be a bit [...]
Google has made ‘Google Now’ available to the iOS users. Previously, it was only available on Android platform. Google has introduced this service as an alternative to ‘Siri’, Apple’s own personal assistant. It provides thorough updates and information customized to the users. The company has now included the service as a part of the Google [...]
Get ready to change your password if you are a customer of ‘LivingSocial’. On late Friday, the daily-deal company said that its website faced a cyberattack on some of its servers. It also apprehended that more than 50-million users’ customer data might have been accessed. However, the company assured that he cyberattack could not affect [...]
Thursday’s partial lunar eclipse was supposed to be a minor celestial event but stargazers across the world were able to capture amazingly fantastic views. Partial lunar eclipse tends to be less dramatic than a total lunar eclipse’s red glow of the moon. Sometimes, partial ones are not even discernable. However, today’s eclipse was an exception. [...]
On Tuesday, the mobile app and the web site for ‘Charles Schwab & Co.’ were offline for more than an hour. According to the company, the problem occurred due to a denial of service attack. A statement released by the company said that the problem occurred shortly before the closing of today’s stock market. The [...]
A new vulnerability in Java has been detected just days after the latest fix. All the versions of Java SE 7 have been affected by the Reflection of API flaw. Adam Gowdiak, a researcher, said that it could be used to attain a comprehensive Java security sandbox bypass on a target structure. A company named [...]
In order to protest against the bill Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), almost 400 websites have been taking part in an online blackout protest today. The protest is organized by Anonymous, the famous online hacktivist group. The number of the 0protesting websites has been increased to 900 till Monday morning. CISPA is a [...]
Sunday night and early Monday will be the peak times to watch the annual Lyrid meteor shower. However, the celestial firework display may be spoiled by the moon’s bright light. Each year, when the Earth passes through a track of grimy rubble from the Comet Thatcher, the Lyrid meteor shower appears on the sky. The [...]
Reddit users who are able to access the site today have seen a banner informing that malicious DDoS attack has been affecting the availability of the site. However, the authority confirmed that its involvement in the hunt for Boston bombings suspects was not the reason for site outages. The company first announced early in the [...]
Google has decided to launch its ultra-speed network in Provo, Utah. According to Google, its ‘Google Fiber’ provides 1-gigabit Interned speed per second that is nearly hundred times faster than the Internet services used by average Americans. The company also offers another unique service called ‘Fiber TV’, which allows users to enjoy all shows in [...]
Last year, a coalition of web companies and internet activists protested against the Hollywood-sponsored SOPA or ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’. At that time, that group warned Congress to be ready to face similar responses if it tried to bring any future legislation in order to control digital freedoms. It seems them some of those protesters [...]
Are you facing problem logging into your Xbox Live account? Well, if so, you are not the only one. Microsoft said that its Xbox Live services had been giving troubles and it had been working to bring the service back to normal state. On the Xbox status site, Microsoft said that apart from the log [...]
The Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon in the world, will be started on Sunday when the temperature, according to forecast, may be in the 50s. While it will be an ideal record-setting weather, scientists warn that the faster times at the marathon can come to end someday due to global warming. Boston University’s professor [...]
For having a glimpse of the beautiful Aurora Borealis tonight, you do not have to be in chilly Canada’s Yellowknife or Alaska’s Fairbanks because a display of the northern lights might be seen after sunset from Washington, Pittsburgh, New York, and Seattle. Some forecasting models predicted this display, which will happen due to a large [...]
Years have passed since the rumors about the Facebook phone swirled in the cyber world. Today, at last after a long wait, Facebook has introduced the mystical phone at its headquarters. The new phone must sell well to boost the financial status of Facebook. It is the key player in company’s pursuit of mobile ads. [...]
Yesterday, Google has made Maria Sibylla Merian as the subject of its ‘Google Doodle’. Ms. Merian is a German-born 17th century naturalist and botanical illustrator who left a glaring example for today’s parents about how to get their kids involved into science using art. The divorced mother of two made the procedure of involving kids [...]
Google has declared the ‘Google Nose’ as the new ‘scentsation’ in search. The company released a video saying that the feature, which is still in its Beta phase, makes use of existing and novel technologies to provide the sharpest olfactory experience available. While the ‘Google Nose’ is one of the many April Fool’s Day pranks [...]
Have you ever wished searching in Google by smell? Well, Google has given you the chance to do that! APRIL FOOLS! Traditionally, Google has celebrated the practical joke-based holiday with couples of April Fools’ Day prank. On this occasion, the company launched ‘Google Nose BETA’ that promises to provide the sharpest olfactory experience available. However, [...]
Google played a big April Fool’s prank by announcing to terminate YouTube for a decade. It said that the site was nothing but an 8-year long contest from which a winner would be chosen. It also said that it was going to shut down the site for starting the judging and winner selection process. Well, [...]
A video of the first-person shooting game ‘Battlefield 4’ has been released by ‘Electronic Arts’ and studio ‘DICE’. The 17-minute long video, entitling ‘Fishing in Baku’, is focused on the campaign of a single player. The video begins with a group of soldiers entrapped inside a sinking car before bursting back to start fighting near [...]
You must have seen them on your Facebook news feed as they are popping up there but with no details. Do you want to know what this red equal-sign is all about that numerous Facebook users have been using as their profile pictures? Well, it is nothing but an initiative of the Human Rights Campaign [...]
Yahoo has bought ‘Summly’, an app used for summarizing news and article, from Nick D’Aloisio, a British wunderkind and the creator of this app. the breaking news came out on Tuesday. However, the acquisition, though noteworthy for a young entrepreneur like D’Aloisio, is nothing very big or most astounding. After its release in November, the [...]
On Thursday, it was Albert Einstein’s birthday when scientists discovered exciting facts about the mechanism of the universe. Last summer, the physicists declared finding a particle, which resembled to the mysterious Higgs boson or the famous ‘God Particle’. However, just like any other scientific discovery, the scientists needed more research to be absolutely sure about [...]
Mathematically, pi is a number that stands for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. March 14 is the day to celebrate the mathematical constant pi officially. The day is also known as ‘Pi Day’. Mathematicians have become amazed over and over because to the mysteries of pi. The author of [...]