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  • Facebook Introduces Audio-Recognition Feature

    DuckDuckGo logoThe social network giant Facebook released an update to its mobile app on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014, that allow users to automatically identify the song or TV show they're watching, and put it on their Facebook posts.

  • Pinterest Confirms $200 Million Funding at $5 Billion Valuation

    Pinterest logoPinterest, the content discovery website that has achieved massive mainstream popularity by letting people clip and share their favorite photos and videos online with virtual "pinboards," is making itself clear that the company means big business by raising $200 million on May 16th, 2014.

  • European Court Allows Users to Erase Records on the Web

    EU Google Court of Justice - GoogleThe internet preserves a lot of data, and these data can have a permanent electronic trace about something you may not want. A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called "right to be forgotten".

  • Net Neutrality: Where Users are Spectators

    FCC - Comcast, Netflix, Level 3The internet has become a part of the lives of many people in the world. With the internet, people can connect with others in a networked space where content and information are abundance and easy to find.

  • DuckDuckGo Redesigns and Challenges Google

    DuckDuckGo logoOn Wednesday, May 7th, 2014, DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, just released a new beta interface focusing on smarter answers, easier access to image, local places, video search, auto-suggest, and more.

  • Antivirus is Dead. Is it?

    Computer security illustrationFor many people, antivirus software has seemed to be something that never change and do the exact same thing over the years: it runs in the background, downloads updates, and seems to make computers run slower and slo

  • Apple vs. Samsung: Adding Google to the Testimony

    Apple vs. SamsungThe lawsuit war between Apple and Samsung is far from over. On May 2nd, 2014, a jury determined that Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents and awarded the American multinational corporation $120 million in damages.

  • Chadder, John McAfee's Very Own Secure Messaging App

    ChadderAntivirus software pioneer John McAfee has launched his very new own secure private messaging app Chadder. The app that focuses on encryption and security allows anyone to send private encrypted messages by using key server encryption.