Facebook had their own pseudo-State of the Union at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco, Calif. where they discussed the biggest concerns and changes for the company. Number one on their list was improving mobile functionality according to Chief Technical Officer Bret Taylor. More than 200 million people are accessing …
A New Use For Bacteria? Encrypt it With Data
Think your USB drive is small? Well here’s some news. A team of students at Hong Kong’s Chinese University may have discovered a way to encrypt large chunks of computer data into a strain of microscopic E. coli bacteria, with one gram capable of holding as much information as 450 individual 2TB hard drives. That’s shelves upon shelves of …
Obama Outlines Tech Goals in State of the Union Address
Did you catch the State of the Union address last night? The full transcript can be found here or you can watch the video here.
I’m by no means qualified to comment on the political aspects of the President’s speech, but the address outlined several goals for the future as far as technology is concerned.
Here they are in order, …
Amazon Expands Amazon Tote Delivery Program
Soon you’ll have three free options to ship your Amazon products: Amazon Prime, Amazon Super Shipper Saving and Amazon Tote. According to the Financial Times, Amazon hopes to take their Amazon Tote program across country to help deliver your items.
Unlike Amazon Prime – which requires a yearly fee – and Super Shipper Saving – where …
Android-Powered Satellite Headed to Space
First came web browsing, then multitasking, now Android is ready to go where no smartphone platform has gone before: Outer space.
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are dissecting Google’s mobile operating system to create the first ever satellite powered by a smartphone.
The …
Verizon iPhone To Double As A Wi-Fi Hotspot For $20 Per Month
When Verizon announced it’d be carrying the iPhone, the company highlighted the ability to use the handset as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot as one of the key differences between the Verizon iPhone and the AT&T iPhone.
You’ll be able to convert the phone’s incoming 3G data connection into a Wi-Fi signal that can be shared with up to five …
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page Was Hacked. Everybody Panic
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg joined the ranks of the digitally violated after an alleged hacker broke into his Facebook fan page … to post the world’s most mundane rant.
An update, seemingly from Zuck himself, read: “Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let its users …
TechFast: Egypt Blocks Twitter, State Of The Tech Union, Intel And Will.i.am
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
After Blocking Twitter, Egypt Reportedly Starts Restricting Access To Facebook
Link: TechCrunch
Twitter has confirmed that it’s been blocked in Egypt amid protests. TechCrunch is …
Disney Restructures Their Digital Media Department
Insiders have said that a couple hundred employees within the Disney Interactive Studios group have been laid off. Although Disney has refrained from naming the exact number of cuts made, they did confirm that people did lose their jobs as part of an effort to restructure their digital media department. Small cuts were made at Junction
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Google Moves Into The Movie Recommendation Business
Google wants to know what movies you’ve really liked recently. No, its not because the company is thinking of getting you a DVD and doesn’t really know what you like; instead, it’s purchased fflick, an online service that works as a movie recommendation engine by checking what your Twitter friends think of any particular title.
The …
Cable Companies Sued For Patent Infringement By Unknown Company
Some of the biggest cable companies in America are being sued by a nearly-unknown company that claims that they’re all infringing on patents by offering VoD service. Pragmatus VOD has filed suit against Comcast, Cox, Charter, Cablevision, Time Warner, Advance/Newhouse and Bright House, claiming that each company’s VoD services infringe …
Will The New York Times Set Up Its Own WikiLeaks Portal?
What if it was easier to leak documents to news organizations? The New York Times is pondering that very question and considering how worthwhile it would be to create an online portal allowing leakers to cut out controversial middlemen like Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, allowing the paper to grab some more glory for itself in the …