Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina Leaves Google to Join Small Startup NeonMob
Chris Messina, known for bringing the hashtag to social media, has left Google after more than three and a half years. — An advocate of open social Web technologies, Messina had first joined Google ...
Chinese Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant
A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed on Wed...
Twitter updates rules in clampdown on abuse
Social networking site Twitter has issued new rules to help clamp down on abusive behaviour. — Co-founder of the Women's Room, Caroline Criado-Perez faced a deluge of hostile tweets — The company ...
Why Microsoft isn't going to dump Windows RT
Summary: Is there any chance Microsoft is going to do a 180 and dump its Windows RT operating system? My bet is no, and here's why. — In the days following Microsoft's $900 million Surface RT write...
A month after Google killed its beloved Reader, the market for paid RSS tools is booming
Without the search giant strangling the market, will RSS actually evolve? — It's been a month since Google Reader shut down, breaking users' hearts and bringing an end to a nearly eight-year run of ...
University Of California Approves Major Open Access Policy To Make Research Free
Good news for fans of the scientific method: the largest and most influential university system on the planet will be giving out its research for free. After 6-year-long fight with the for-profit aca...
Who's offering developers cash to secretly promote Samsung?
An Android developer claims a Korean PR agency representing Samsung offered him $500 to mention the company's upcoming developer competition on the community Stack Overflow. In a blog post, Delyan Kr...