A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google’s new social networking service Buzz, one week after its launch.
The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (Epic) has made its complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It says that Buzz – which is part of Google’s Gmail service – is “deceptive” and breaks consumer [...]
Google Buzz falls from grace
Facebook Zero to be lanuched soon
The world’s biggest social network has revealed details of a stripped-down, text-only version of its mobile site called Facebook Zero.
The low-bandwidth site is aimed at people viewing Facebook on their mobile and will launch “in the coming weeks”.
The social network recently said that more than 100 million people now access Facebook from their phone.
Analysts at [...]
Barbie is now a computer engineer…love the pink glasses
Source: bbc.co.uk
Barbie, the toy doll that is a perennial favourite among girls, has been assigned a new career – computer engineer.But how accurate is the glam-looking tech support Barbie compared to real life?
She’s got an impressive CV that includes everything from astronaut to racing car driver. But Barbie, the doll best known for her tiny [...]
Quantum phone technology advances for touch phones
Source: bbc.co.uk/news
Hand-held devices could soon have pressure-sensitive touch-screens and keys, thanks to a UK firm’s material that exploits a quantum physics trick.
The technology allows, for example, scrolling down a long list or webpage faster as more pressure is applied.
A division of Samsung that distributes mobile phone components to several handset manufacturers has now licensed the [...]
Safer Internet Day; browsing with Microsoft
Source: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News
Today is Safer Internet Day and in the UK, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) is promoting two ideas to make the web more secure for children.
The first is an animated film aimed at helping children aged five to seven to stay safe – Ceop says eight in 10 [...]
