The rise was blamed on an increase in users, but the company also said more governments were starting to “exercise their authority to make requests”. In releasing the data the search giant renewed its calls for government surveillance reform. Last year, 53,356…
The start-up’s flagship product, the Oculus Rift, is a goggle-like “immersive” headset for video gaming.
By Mark Ward The database has been created to help investigators cope with the vast amount of images abusers typically amass.
Cloak uses public location data from other social networks, Foursquare and Instagram, to determine the locations of others you know.
The out-of-court settlement brings to an end a dispute that began in 2007.
In a blog post on Wednesday, Instagram announced a sizable update to its app for Android smartphones. The update, available now in the Google Play Store, will make the app load much faster, according to the blog post, and also…
Speakers at a function here on Sunday underscored the need for the increased use of ICT and enforcing related laws effectively, aiming to stop violence against women in the country. They were addressing the concluding ceremony of a two-day anti-corruption…
Ratings and excerpts from Yelp’s merchant reviews began to appear in Yahoo’s search results on Wednesday.
Using data from millions of Facebook users, the researchers examined the impact of rainy days.
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, has taken it upon himself to manage loan on easy terms for building the Hi-Tech Park in Gazipur, north of Dhaka City. “There won’t be any problem if the World Bank does not lend on easy…
By Kevin Rawlinson Mark Zuckerberg’s firm is planning to buy the company for around £11bn.
It’s an event that Microsoft has been warning people and businesses about for months. And it is one that hi-tech thieves have been looking forward to as those digital protections start to diminish. In a bid to get users shifting…
From now on, emails sent to an “@facebook.com” address will be forwarded to the personal email address from which the member signed up for the site.
A software update was released last week to iPhone, iPad and iPod owners to protect users from “an attacker” who may “capture or modify data”.
The government is planning to set up 100,000 WiFi hotspots across Bangladesh to make Internet service more accessible. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak disclosed the plan at a discussion on Tuesday. He, however, did not give…
Serious security failings in home routers are getting more attention from both attackers and researchers.
In a hall of the Africa Innovation Summit in Cape Verde, the smell of melting plastic permeated the air. A crowd had gathered around a small stand to watch a special kind of machine go to work.
It is the social networking giant’s biggest acquisition to date.
Bangladesh has touched a milestone completing online birth registration of 10 crore (100 million) people on Sunday, according to a message received from the Birth and Death Registration Project of the Local Government Division. So far more than 16 crore…
The 50-odd options, which include “bi-gender”, “transgender”, “androgynous” and “transsexual”, will allow people “to express themselves in an authentic way”, Facebook said in a post.
She’s a 16-year-old British girl like any other — hates Mondays, likes cakes, tea and shopping, finds French lessons dull but Paris beautiful.
By Dave Lee A massive attack that exploited a key vulnerability in the infrastructure of the internet is the “start of ugly things to come”, it has been warned.
By Matthew Wall Flappy Bird, the popular screen-tap game for mobile devices, has appeared on the Windows Phone website, despite the developer saying he has not built a version for the platform.
If you’re on Facebook, a new video about your life went live online Tuesday.
By Dave Lee A father’s plea to watch a video based on his dead son’s Facebook page has provoked the network to look again at how families can remember loved ones.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has vacated the High Court’s stay order on a proposed hi-tech park in Gazipur. The directive removes all legal barriers to the commencement of work on the project that had been planned almost…
Interview by Jonathan Blake, words by Jimmy Blake The social network is marking its 10th birthday and some research claims it is now less popular among teens.
Indian-born Mr Nadella is currently Microsoft’s head of Cloud and Enterprise, which builds and runs the firm’s computing platforms and developer tools. He takes over from Steve Ballmer who announced plans to step down last year.
RANGPUR, Jan 29, 2014 (BSS)-Speakers at a ceremony have asked the teachers for popularizing and spreading information and communication technology (ICT) and knowledge among the students to make them befitting citizens for the 21st century.
YouTube video views, Facebook “likes” and Blogger visits are among activities GCHQ has monitored in real-time, according to the latest Snowden leaks. Details of an alleged GCHQ programme codenamed Squeaky Dolphin have been published by NBC News. It reports that the…