Foursquare announces privacy changes; will now show full names
Foursquare alerted its users of upcoming privacy changes next month, and among the most notable differences is that the location-based social network will now display users’ full names. The New York-based social network emailed its users over the weekend detailing the changes and letting them know that the new privacy…
Samsung announces Windows 8-optimized Series 7 Touch monitor
Industry leader’s 2013 monitor lineup offers innovations in ergonomic design, picture quality and touch capabilities Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today debuted two new additions to its lineup of premium monitors, putting professional-grade picture quality within reach for professional and consumer audiences…
Young Filipino scientists bag 11 silvers in robot contest
MANILA, PhilippinesFilipino science prodigies bagged 11 silver medals at the recent 14th International Robot Olympiad (IRO) held in South Korea to give the Philippines its best finish so far in an international robotics competition. Fifty-four Filipino high school and nine grade school students from eight schools competed against students from other…
Service for pirating iOS apps abruptly closes, cites ‘stagnant’ community
By Sam Oliver A prominent service for jailbroken iPhones that served up stolen iOS App Store applications abruptly closed on Sunday, marking a major victory for Apple in the war on piracy.The “Hackulous” website was updated with a statement on Sunday revealing that the service was gone for good. The…
Foursquare makes Privacy tweaks, wary of Instagram-style backlash
Foursquare has announced changes to its privacy policy, displaying users whole names and giving businesses more customer data by default, though the check-in service is keen to point out that extra privacy can be restored with a few settings tweaks. Announced in an email to registered users over the weekend,…
Bridgewater veteran offers smartphone app for fellow veterans
BRIDGEWATER Now even veterans can say there’s an app for that. A Bridgewater veteran is offering a new smartphone app for fellow veterans faced with the challenges of returning from duty and transitioning back into civilian life. Lloyd Deans, a six-year veteran of the New Jersey National Guard, has designed…
Have guests often? Generate a QR code with your WiFi details that you can …
“Yo, what’s your WiFi password?” It’s a question we’ve all asked, and answered, dozens of times. Happily, there appears to be a neat way around the issue, as an intrepid Reddit user recently made well-known: big QR codes. Generate a big QR code, frame it, and have your friends scan…
Westinghouse To Debut 110-Inch 4K HDTV At CES 2013, Begin Sales In Q1
The 4K HDTV revolution is upon us, and Westinghouse is hoping to lead the charge with a 110-inch HDTV that is set to debut at CES 2013. The high resolution television will then follow CES with a Q1 2013 release. Westinghouse promises that the high resolution televisions will feature only a modest…
Weak Windows 8 demand eroding PC sales, Fujitsu president says
U.S. retail sales of devices running Windows fell 21 percent from a year earlier in the four weeks after Microsoft released Windows 8 on Oct. 26, according to a Nov. 29 report by Port Washington, New York-based NPD Group Inc. The decrease has been fueled by a 24 percent drop “We can’t be optimistic…
Forget 4G
With all the hype around the rollout of 4G mobile broadband, it’s easy to forget that 2012 was a big year for public Wifi access. Figures released by The Cloud, the Wifi operator owned by BSkyB, bear out the sense that public hotspots have rapidly become an important way for The…
