As China’s mobile market continues to mature and saturate, all eyes are turning to India as the country’s mobile market continues to boom. Earlier this week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India announced that the country has become the second in the world to reach one billion mobile users. This further solidifies India’s position as one… Continue reading India now has more than a billion smartphone users
Month: December 2015
After months of running, The Pirate Bay is right back where it started
The Pirate Bay has spent most of the year hopping from domain to domain in order to avoid being taken down by law enforcement, but a series of domain seizures over the last few months have whittled away the website’s arsenal, and now it’s being forced to use its .ORG and .SE domains. What’s funny is that… Continue reading After months of running, The Pirate Bay is right back where it started
Bitcoin was this year’s best-performing currency
Bitcoin has come a long way over the years, and it cam especially far this year. Despite being the worst-performing currency of the year in 2014, the digital currency managed to completely turn things around this year to become the best-performing currency in 2015. It’s value jumped by around 40% this year, and is sitting at… Continue reading Bitcoin was this year’s best-performing currency
iOS users might be able to make payments through iMessage soon
If you any doubts that Apple is taking mobile payments seriously, then maybe this recently-filed patent will alleviate them. We’ve known that the company wanted to allow iOS users to send money to each other through iMessage, but according to this patent, it wants them to be able to make payments as well, similar to… Continue reading iOS users might be able to make payments through iMessage soon
Twitter will allow Politwoops to archive the tweets of politicians again
For those of you who aren’t familiar, Politwoops is a website that allows people to see all the stupid crap that politicians have said on Twitter, even if those tweets were deleted. It’s a brilliant service, and one that more people should be taking advantage of, but the problem is, the website isn’t able to archive deleted… Continue reading Twitter will allow Politwoops to archive the tweets of politicians again
The Tor Project is about to launch its own bug bounty program
For the average Internet users, Tor is easily the most-effective tool for maintaining anonymity and bypassing government censorship, and this is due in large part to the fact that the Tor Project works to hard to maintain the service and ensure that bugs and vulnerabilities are always being patched. The problem is, the group of people that… Continue reading The Tor Project is about to launch its own bug bounty program
Snapdragon-powered drones will be smarter and more affordable
Commercial and consumer drones are exploding in popularity right now, and Qualcomm wants a piece of the action. Naturally, the company doesn’t want to sell its own drones, it wants to sell the hardware that powers the drones, which it intends to do with a modified version of its Snapdragon chipset that it unveiled earlier… Continue reading Snapdragon-powered drones will be smarter and more affordable
Uber wants to help users plan their next long-distance trip
Uber proved long ago that it’s more than just a ride-sharing company. It’s now more of a crowd-sourced transportation platform that transports both goods and people in a variety of ways, but it still limits itself to local transportation. Even that limitation might be done away with, however, as the company was recently awarded a patent for a new… Continue reading Uber wants to help users plan their next long-distance trip
Samsung plans to show off a smart belt and smart ring at CES 2016
Most people are reluctant just to purchase a smartwatch, let alone other kinds of wearable gadgets, but that isn’t stopping Samsung from popping out even more niche wearables with questionable usefulness. To be fair, all of the devices that come from its Creative Lab are supposed to be experimental and innovative, so the fact that the company plans to show off a smart… Continue reading Samsung plans to show off a smart belt and smart ring at CES 2016
China’s air quality problem is good business for IBM and Microsoft
IBM and Microsoft are nothing if not entrepreneurial, and much of their success is owed to their ability to see everything as a business opportunity. For example, the air pollution in China has become a serious health problem for its 1.3 billion citizens, especially in massive metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai, and when you live in a country where the air can go from pleasant to… Continue reading China’s air quality problem is good business for IBM and Microsoft