Author: Ingram Sanders

January 30, 2013
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Piterest has launched a new, more intuitive and visually striking interface, which will be tested soon.   According to the Pinterest blog, the navigation has been improved, and 'pins' (image posts to the site) have been made larger. Also added are features surrounding the selected pin, including related pins, other boards on which the pin has appeared, 'and a whole slew of related pins'.   In addition, the Pinterest blog post also read: 'In addition to the changes you can see, we also made...

January 30, 2013
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Apple has launched a 128GB version of its latest iPad, which will beavailable on February 5 from Apple retail. The 128GB fourth generation iPad with retina display will be available in both WiFi and WiFi + Cellular versions. Phil Schiller, Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing, said at its release: With twice the storage capacity and an unparalleled selection of over 300,000 native iPad apps, enterprises, educators and artists have even more reasons to use iPad for all their business and personal needs. Read more by clicking here...

January 30, 2013
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Google has added a detailed map of North Korea for the first time,sourced almost entirely from user submissions. Cartographer citizens have been adding map data to the Google map maker over the last few years. Google says that the map data remains "very limited". The map cannot be viewed by citizens as the internet cannot be accessed in North Korea. Jayanth Mysore, Senior Product Manager at Google Map Maker, said: "one of the exciting things about maps is that the world is a constantly changing place. We...

January 24, 2013
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Last year marked Google's first year in which it hit $50 billion annualrevenue, as revealed in its earnings report, released this week. Its final quarter was its most successful, making $14.42 billion - an increase of 26% from the previous year's final quarter. The Wall Street prediction for Google for the quarter was $12.36 billion. Larry Page, CEO of Google, said: "We ended 2012 with a strong quarter. Revenues were up 36% year-on-year, and 8% quarter-on-quarter." Read more by clicking here >>...

January 24, 2013
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An iOS app has been launched as an anonymous social media platform, inresponse to the regulated real name policy of social media sites like Facebook. Spraffl uses the device's GPS to track the user's location and is designed as a 'hyper-local' information sharing site - information such as reviews and news can be discussed with other users in the same area. Real names will be allowed to be revealed through the private commenting feature.  Read more by clicking here >>...

January 22, 2013
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Canadian-born pop sensation Justin Bieber overtook Lady Gaga as the mostfollowed account on Twitter earlier today. Bieber's account has amassed almost 10,000 further followers since this morning, and the total currently stands at 33,331,967. Gaga's account currently has 33,327,804 followers, and has been the most followed account for several years, having been the first to reach 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 million followers. Late last year, Bieber's account on photo sharing app Instagram became the first personal account to reach 1 million followers. Read more by clicking...

January 22, 2013
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An eMarketer survey has predicted m-commerce to rise to $37.44 billionworth of retail goods in 2013, a steep rise of $14 billion since 2012. The report also reveals that in 2013, 118 million people will be shopping online, and in the next few years, 8 out of 10 digital shoppers will be using mobile devices. Read more by clicking here >>...

January 22, 2013
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U.K.-based entertainment agency Merlin, which represents manyindependent record labels, has accused the newly re-launched MySpace platform of using its artist's music without permission. The agency - which represents major artists such as Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend - signed a deal with the old MySpace Music service, though the contract ran out over a year ago. The new MySpace still displays songs from these artists. A spokesperson for MySpace told the New York Times that infringing songs were "likely" uploaded by users. Read more by clicking here >>...

January 22, 2013
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Google have outlined plans for a new alternative system to passwords,including activation with a ring on the user's finger, in a new research paper to be published later this month. The report outlines multiple different ways in which people will be able to log in to websites in the future, due to increasing fears over the security of the traditional password login. Spam emails and marketing scams have been attributed to the low security of the password method. The paper also discusses the use of a...

January 21, 2013
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Prof Sir John Beddington, has stated that Social Networking is a factorin 're-defining' human identity in a report to the government's chief scientist this week. The report urges government officials to harness this change to bring positive changes in the future, as ignoring it could fuel social exclusion. The report also states that traditional ideas of identity will become less meaningful, and that online gaming has also had a significant effect on identity. The report says: "Due to the development of smart phones, social networks and the trend...

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