Is the Google Nexus 7 by Asus a viable rival to the iPad?
There's a good review of the Nexus 7 here:
NEXUS 7 TABLET
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
YouTube technology to blur faces on uploaded videos – rioters could hide identities
New technology is being introduced by the Google-owned YouTube video website that will blur faces automatically.
And, according to the Telegraph, it could mean rioters who upload clips could hide their indentities.
Several clips were posted on the site during the London riots last summer, including footage of men robbing Malaysian student Ashraf Rossli when they were pretending to help him. His attackers were identified and jailed.
Google says the technology will help to protect human rights in countries such as Libya and Syria.
TELEGRAPH STORY
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Google takes on Facebook - social network war
Google is to launch a social networking site to take on Facebook. Called Google+ , the new site will allow users to share photos, messages and comments but will also include Google maps and video chat.
The site is being tested by a small number of people but will soon be available to millions.
Google would love to get its hands on some of the 500 million users claimed by Facebook. But will that happen with a site that some experts say is just Facebook with video chat?
BBC STORY
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The site is being tested by a small number of people but will soon be available to millions.
Google would love to get its hands on some of the 500 million users claimed by Facebook. But will that happen with a site that some experts say is just Facebook with video chat?
BBC STORY
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
IBM is 100 years old tomorrow - and it's still big 'Big Blue'
IBM (International Business Machines), the company that brought us the PC, celebrates its 100th birthday on June 17.
The firm dominated computing technology for many years, but blundered in 1981 when it introduced its personal computer but didn't want to buy the rights to the software that ran it, which was made by an upstart company - Microsoft!
A mistake with hindsight, yes, but today, IBM still holds more patents than any other US-based tech company, is bigger than Google and Apple and employs more than 425,000 people in over 200 countries.
EXCELLENT STORY ON IBM HISTORY: MAIL
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The firm dominated computing technology for many years, but blundered in 1981 when it introduced its personal computer but didn't want to buy the rights to the software that ran it, which was made by an upstart company - Microsoft!
A mistake with hindsight, yes, but today, IBM still holds more patents than any other US-based tech company, is bigger than Google and Apple and employs more than 425,000 people in over 200 countries.
EXCELLENT STORY ON IBM HISTORY: MAIL
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Google and Facebook together are bigger than the USA - mind-boggling statistics
Look at these amazing statistics. They really do put the internet and the world into perspective.
The stats show how big some internet companies have become, but also reveal how dwarfed their daily visitors are when compared with the extraordinary mass of people in China.
If, for example, the Google and Facebook dotcoms were countries, they would each have bigger populations than Brazil - and their combined population would, amazingly, outstrip the USA (by more than two countries the population size of the UK)!
But, put all the dotcoms mentioned here together and they would not come close to the population of China - falling short by a huge 581 million (more than the combined populations of the USA, Russia and Japan).
dv = daily visitors (some pop figures are 2009!)
Number of people who watched the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton according to the New York Times: (estimate give or take 500 million) 3,000 million (more than China, India, USA and the UK together!). Hard to believe as there are 7,000 million people on the planet.
And, finally, the estimated number of insects in the world: 10,000,000,000,000 million - that's a lot of bites!
The stats show how big some internet companies have become, but also reveal how dwarfed their daily visitors are when compared with the extraordinary mass of people in China.
If, for example, the Google and Facebook dotcoms were countries, they would each have bigger populations than Brazil - and their combined population would, amazingly, outstrip the USA (by more than two countries the population size of the UK)!
But, put all the dotcoms mentioned here together and they would not come close to the population of China - falling short by a huge 581 million (more than the combined populations of the USA, Russia and Japan).
dv = daily visitors (some pop figures are 2009!)
China: 1,331.5 million population
India: 1,155.3 million
United States: 310 million
Google: 236 million dv
Facebook.com: 200.5 million dv
Brazil: 194 million
Russia: 141.8 million
YouTube.com: 130.6 million dv
Japan: 127 million
Yahoo.com: 119.6 million dv
France: 62.6 million
United Kingdom: 62 million
Twitter.com: 50 million dv
Canada: 33.7 million
Australia: 22 million
BBC.co.uk: 10.7 million dv
Portugal: 10.5 million
Mexico City: 8.8 million
New York City: 8.1 million
London: 7.5 million
Norway: 4.9 million
New Zealand: 4.3 million
Brighton and Hove: 0.256Number of people who watched the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton according to the New York Times: (estimate give or take 500 million) 3,000 million (more than China, India, USA and the UK together!). Hard to believe as there are 7,000 million people on the planet.
And, finally, the estimated number of insects in the world: 10,000,000,000,000 million - that's a lot of bites!
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