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EU launches plan to make the internet safer for children

The European Commission (EC) today unveiled an alliance with telecommunication companies and social networks to improve the protection of minors on the Internet. This is basically to promote the creation of educational content for children and attractive tools to easily report abuse or harassment, and the development of useful technology for the police in their fight against […]

HTC One X (2012): Complete Review – Part 1

HTC Corporation launched a new handset HTC One X, sister smartphone to HTC One S released earlier in April. Even at first look, the phone offers a feel that the Taiwanese company has let go of the art-book that was used to design all the 2011 and prior models. The newest instalment to the HTC […]

HTC One X (2012): Complete Review – Part 2

The One X sports a plastic body instead of a metallic aluminium one but bear with it, the quality is not cheap. One X is made of single piece of premium material, polycarbonate plastic. But do not get carried away, the casing is prone to stains and smudges that become even more prominent in grey […]

HTC One X (2012): Complete Review – Part 3

Features One of the major selling points of the new One X is the pre-loaded Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s latest iteration its mobile operating system Android. On the top of Android 4.0.3 is HTC’s own interface module HTC Sense 4.0. HTC claims that the new version of Sense milks the best out of ICS, yet […]

HTC One X (2012): Complete Review – Part 4

Other compelling third-party software that’s preloaded on the One X includes the Kindle eBook reader, the MOG music subscription service, and TuneIn Internet radio. AT&T sprites the device with its own selection of apps, such as U-verse Live TV, which serves up both live programming and full TV episodes and movies over 4G network, a […]

HTC One X (2012): Complete Review – Part 5

Camera The primary snapper boasts an 8-mega pixel camera. HTC’s new One series smartphones have what the company calls ImageSense technology. Essentially this is a buzzword signifying that the phone’s 8-megapixel camera relies on a dedicated image processor for quick performance. It also indicates that HTC added additional photo goodies such as a wide range […]

Story behind big organization with big spending on lobbying – Part 2

  Government recently tabled CISPA in the Congress to revamp the anti-terrorism measures in the country. According to the act, all online social networking websites and businesses will be bound to provide the government agencies with information that has the potential of terrorism. Google and Facebook are trying to lobby with the Congress officials and […]

Story behind big organization with big spending on lobbying – Part 1

Corporate spending these days is more inclined toward lobbying than marketing and sales. Big companies like to spend on lobbying with government officials, and in some cases government organizations, for some kind of quid pro quo deal, where a future legislation or act would change the trend of business. This way the corporate entity, and […]

Motorola CEO pay package rose to $47 million in 2011

(Reuters) – Sanjay Jha, the chief executive to Motorola Mobility, was awarded a total compensation package of about $47 million in 2011, almost four times his 2010 pay, according to a regulatory filing.   The cellphone maker, which agreed to be bought by Google Inc for $12.5 billion, said on Friday that the rise was […]

Google engineer talked of personal data plan: FCC

(Reuters) – A Google Inc engineer who wrote a computer program capable of collecting personal data from people’s home wireless networks, told at least two other Google employees about it, although the company asserted it did not know, a U.S. government report showed. The fact was revealed in a Federal Communications Commission’s investigation, but had […]

Apple, Google could join Dow index: Barron’s

(Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index is due for an overhaul, and new-tech giants like Apple Inc and Google have good arguments for joining the elite 30 companies at the expense of old-industry stalwarts like Alcoa Inc, Barron’s said on Sunday. The business weekly said the Dow has no timetable, but a new company […]

Google agrees not to collect date on wireless networks for street-view

Google has been warned by the Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD) not to expand its mapping features “Street view” as this facility might invade someone’s privacy. They have told Google to use a medium that includes the feature of fading people in the images where they appear. The AEPD Google has requested information on "the type […]

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