Hackers have been celebrating July 4th in their own unique kind of way by taking control of the Fox News Politics Twitter feed and using it declare the death of President Barack Obama.
Rest assured, the President remains alive and well. The only dead thing here is Fox News Politics’ Twitter password.
The hacker (or hackers) took a
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Two of Twitter’s co-founders have announced plans to restart the creative ideas company that incubated Twitter in the first place: “Obvious.”
Their stated aim: “To geek around and invent stuff and be like techno superheroes.”
Oh no, my mistake. Their actual stated aim: “We make systems that help people work together to improve the …
Google just threw down the digital gauntlet, right in front of Facebook’s feet, with the announcement of a new social sharing site called Google+.
The site is invite-only at the moment (cue hundreds of “Can anyone spare me a Plus invite?” requests on Twitter), so for those who can’t get inside, the basic premise is this: Plus lets you …
President Obama wants to reinvigorate the U.S. economy with a little help from some robots. Lots of robots.
Speaking at the launch of the National Robotics Initiative, he joked:
“You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief is to keep an eye on robots. And I’m pleased to report that the robots you
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Got your Apple rumors hat on? Got your Apple rumors cup of coffee in hand? Excellent. Now you’re all ready for today’s Apple rumors.
Rumor 1: Apple is releasing new MacBook Airs made entirely of air, no actual atoms required. Rumor 2: your pocket-sized friends of the future, the iPhones 6, 7 and 8 are all under pre-pre-pre production …
The commercialization of Twitter is going to mean advert tweets appearing in users’ timelines, according to the Financial Times.
Given the hoo-ha when the company added the “QuickBar” to timelines viewed via its iOS app, see if you can imagine how much of a stink putting ads in the timeline would cause. One helluva one.
Evan Williams, the man (seen above) who brought us Blogger and Twitter, and therefore reasonably described as a dude who knows where his internet towel is, has something to say on the subject of domain names: they really don’t matter any more.
The people at ICANN who recently voted to allow the registration of .anything-you-want for …
So. You got a blog. You want to turn it into a e-book, with a minimal amount of fuss and hard work.
You need Leanpub. It’s a new service for writers who want to do minimalist home-grown publishing on their own terms, in a variety of formats that will suit owners of iPads, Kindles, and other e-readers.
It’s also a completely new …
Camera company Pentax wants a space in your pocket, but it’s OK: you don’t need big pockets.
They’ve unveiled the Pentax Q, and they’re calling it the smallest, lightest interchangeable lens camera in the world.
And it’s true: the Q is small. It measures just four inches across and barely more than an inch deep. But there’s a lot …
A team of students from the University of Belgrade in Serbia have come up with a smart idea for a solar-powered phone charging station on the street. Known to the locals as “the Strawberry Tree“, it looks more like an art installation than a public utility.
Below the solar cell there’s a wooden bench where members of the public can …
It’s sad, but it’s true: Spam is as spam does. It gets everywhere. It’s now found its way into Amazon’s Kindle e-book store.
One of the great things about the Kindle store is that anyone can sign up as an author, upload a manuscript, and “publish” it for instant sales to millions of Kindle owners, desperate to consume more e-ink …
These are kilobots. Tiny three-legged microchips with infrared eyes that point downwards at the table.
One $15 kilobot on its own can’t do much that’s very interesting, except maybe flash its little light in your face. But they’re called “kilo” because you’re not supposed to use just one at a time. You’re supposed to use …
