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Up to this point, your only chance of viewing vids on Vine was via its mobile app or if someone decided to share those clips on Twitter or Facebook. Soon, however, you can do so via the web as well thanks to its newly announced Web profiles. Verified account signups are now live. Reserve your profil
Employees of the online file storage service Megaupload discussed widespread copyright infringement on the site in internal communications released Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Evidence released by the DOJ to comply with a November order by Judge Liam O’Grady of the U.S. District Court
Notorious “super-incubator” Rocket Internet is ramping up in the Middle East. Rocket and telecom provider MTN Group are partnering to form Middle East Internet Holding which will develop Internet businesses in the region. MTN plans to invest up to $410 million dollars into MEIH and Africa Internet H
Legacy technology vendor Oracle can’t let competitor Salesforce.com capture all the market share of cloud-based software for coordinating digital marketing efforts. So Oracle is spending $1.5 billion for a 15-year-old company called Responsys. Oracle announced the deal earlier today. It should close
China is reportedly trying to acquire the US military’s latest technology, but according to Reuters, it’s not using traditional methods of espionage to do so. The world’s most populous nation has eschewed the use of spies and shadowy double agents, deciding instead to recruit a mas
Meizu, a smartphone company based out of China, has been on the scene for a long time, it just hasn’t officially made its way to the United States. Meizu’s ready to expand its offerings to the other side of the Pacific starting next year, however Have you heard of Meizu? Perhaps not, as
Beleaguered BlackBerry is scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the open Friday, with revenue projected to fall 44% from the year-earlier period. It would be the eighth double-digit drop in the last nine quarters. BlackBerry on Friday posted its fiscal third-quarter results and just as every
There will be over 285 million big brand tablets in use by the end of the year, a new report from ABI Research shows, from well-known devices makers including Apple, Samsung and others. Apparently the report does not include cheaper tablets made by less known players in the tablet business, also kno
Given our status as a proud nation of binge-watchers, it’s no surprise that Hulu’s looking good right now. But it’s hardly been an easy year for the media-streaming service, which spent some time on the market and saw the departures of several top executives, including its CEO. It
It looks like Samsung will not only send the newly launched GamePad into the world solo, but also bundle it up. Although there’s no official word yet, a German blog has reported that the controller has been paired up with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 in a special Game Edition package. If you’r
Every year, one out of three people age 65 and over falls, often resulting in injuries and even death. B-Shoe aims to fix that. The B-Shoe is a standard-looking walking shoe that detects when an elderly person is losing balance and is about to fall. It then automatically drives one leg slightly back
The New York City Council has modified the current smoking ban within public places to include electronic cigarettes, devices that emit a steam-like vapor rather than smoke. The decision passed in a 43 to 8 vote, thus e-cigarettes will not be allowed in bars, restaurants, office buildings, beaches o
