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Patent trolling would be banned under a bill that unanimously cleared the Oregon Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 1540 would make patent trolling a violation of Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act. The bill would also allow an individual or business targeted by a patent troll to sue and recover
You might be able to escape in-flight phone calls, but the friendly skies are certainly not immune to social networking. Virgin America is stepping up its networking strategy from a simple seat-to-seat chat feature on digital screens on seatbacks to a fully-fledged in-flight social network. Business
In a blockbuster move that bodes well for businesses in the messaging space, Viber has been acquired by Tokyo-based internet retailer Rakuten Inc. in an all cash deal worth $900 million. Viber is among the most downloaded phone and messaging apps in the world and boasts a user base of 300 million wi
Sony’s not really been his bag before, but ViziLeaks appears to have gotten hands on with one of the company’s phones before its official debut at Mobile World Congress. Two photos are claimed to show portions of the Xperia G, and were tweeted out along with some nebulous specs: LTE, 8GB
Despite the large number of leaks and rumors revealing potential specs and features for the Galaxy S5, images showing the handset have not been published online. Instead,various Galaxy S5 concepts tried to imagine what Samsung’s next flagship handset will look like. SamMobile now points to a Galaxy
Aerohive Networks, a networking vendor that’s bullish on the convergence of enterprise wired and wireless LANs, aims to raise US$75 million through an initial public offering. The Silicon Valley company’s access points, routers, switches and gateways are managed via cloud-based software
Venezuela’s government has been trying to silence protests over shortages of basic goods, and that crackdown appears to be extending into the digital realm as well. A Twitter spokesperson claims that pictures on its social network are “currently blocked” for at least some users. Th
Does Dexter Morgan spend his time submitting flamebait posts on 4Chan when he’s not murdering people? That’s the implication of a new study flagged by The Washington Post showing that people who frequently go online with sole purpose of antagonizing others just for the sake of starting conflicts are
A good salesperson might have terrific social skills – great at chatting up a client, terrific at keeping track of what sports a customer likes, who wants tickets to a big concert and knowing what products a big buyer favors. But those real-world social skills don’t necessarily translate to social n
A last-ditch attempt to revitalize Japan’s ailing display market seems to be paying off. Japan Display, a joint venture between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi’s former display units, is planning to raise up to $4 billion in a public offering this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company is a F
From the Death Star to Deep Space Nine, no self-respecting sci-fi space station has ever had to go without lasers. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the real world. Thankfully, that discrepancy is about to be rectified, as the International Space Station is due to be outfitted with a devilish-sound
In what can only be described as the best thing to happen to Valentine’s Day, about 12,000 people are participating in a collective game of Pokemon Red/Blue on the live game-streaming service Twitch, all by simply typing in directions in the comment box in a messy frenzy. Not every single one
