GPS fosters hopeless dependency among drivers: Study
LONDON: Growing use of satellite navigation or GPS is actually fostering hopeless dependency among drivers, reducing them to non-thinking automatons,…
Twitter in talks to buy TweetDeck
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter is in "advanced talks" to buy TweetDeck, a popular platform for accessing the service, for some $50…
Cyber attacks, censorship threat to internet freedom: Study
NEW DELHI: Cyber attacks, politically motivated censorship and government control are among the threats to internet freedom, according to a…
Stolen data may be sold on cyber black market
WASHINGTON: Hackers behind what computer security experts believe could be the biggest data theft in US history may be planning…
Facebook launches page for journalists
WASHINGTON: Facebook launched a media resource page to help journalists use the social network as a reporting tool and better…
Citigroup, JP Morgan customers at phishing risk
BOSTON: Tens of millions of customers and employees of major banks, hotels and retailers are now at risk of "spear-phishing"…
India to invest $860,000 in ICT in Ghana
ACCRA: India will invest $860,000 in Ghana to support information and communication technology (ICT) development, with New Delhi committed to…
Docs urged to discuss Facebook with kids, parents
WASHINGTON: The American Academy of Pediatrics urged doctors to ask parents about their kids' use of social media, texting and…
India to oppose .xxx domain
NEW DELHI: India will seek to block the internet's newly-formed red-light district after a global agency governing the web approved…
Apple under fire for ‘gay cure’ app
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple was under pressure to yank a so-called "gay cure" application from its iTunes shop for software for…
