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ResearchGate, the 4-million-strong academic social network, has just scored a major victory in its quest to turn the research process upside-down – its platform proved instrumental in the debunking of a major stem cell study, which on Friday resulted in a very apologetic roll-back from the Japanese
Just because the data costs come at a premium doesn’t mean the accompanying 4G-ready mobile hardware has to, too. It appears EE is looking to use this principle to attract further customers to its super-fast network, with Engadget reporting that the network has its own cheap-as-chips LTE hands
The Russian government this week blocked access to prominent websites that have been critical of President Vladimir Putin, amid heightened tensions in neighboring Ukraine. As Reuters reports, the Kremlin ordered national internet providers to block access to the blog of Alexei Navalny, a leading Put
A number of police departments in California have been using controversial “StingRay” type of cellular interception devices for at least six years, with little or no disclosure, according to documents obtained by Sacramento’s News10. StingRays belong to a class of device made by Fl
When Apple acquired Burstly last month, the company behind popular iOS app beta platform Testflight, a lot of people questioned how it would discontinue support for Android and the wider TestFlight SDK to new users. According to a document acquired by TechCrunch, this won’t be the only aspect of Bur
The Federal Communications Commission signed off on AT&T’s $1.2 billion buyout of Leap Wireless on Thursday after the telecom giant agreed to divest spectrum and make network upgrades. The green light from the FCC removes a regulatory hurdle for the proposed transaction, which was unveiled in Ju
An inherent problem of popularity on the Chinese internet is that the censors pay much closer attention. On March 13th Tencent’s social media service Weixin, or WeChat, provided the latest proof of this axiom. Dozens of its popular public accounts were shut down, many of them set up by journalists a
Several apps out there can turn your smartphone into a smart remote control with the help of some other hardware. One of those apps is the Peel Smart Remote app. Peel has announced some interesting new milestones for the application. Peel announced this week that the Smart Remote app has passed 50 m
Neil Young wants to start a revolution against the MP3, against the CD, poorly made vinyl, and poor audio quality in general. He wants people to hear the music the way it was made. So at SXSW, Young introduced Pono. In Hawaiian, the word means righteous or goodness. For the world of sound it’s
Google will see a surge in mobile advertising revenue in 2014 even as revenue from desktop web ads continues to decline, according to a new report from research firm eMarketer. eMarketer estimates that globally, Google’s total net advertising revenue will jump 14 percent to $43.5 billion in 20
T-Mobile isn’t slowing down when it comes to its network upgrade. The upstart wireless carrier said on Thursday that it plans to add 4G LTE to its slower 2G network, adding coverage and speed to additional customers. The company also reiterated its intent to use the wireless spectrum it is acq
Australian startup Friends for Hire lets friendless people hire other people to be their friend. The service is about to launch on March 22, according to iT Wire Co-founder Josh Blundell described the site to Business Insider: “It’s definitely not a dating website. It’s for people
