Tuesday, 25 February 2014

MWC 2014: Geeksphone launches anti-surveillance smartphone, the Blackphone


Blackphone is a pro-privacy smartphone. The encryption firm, Silent Circle calls Blackphone "the world's first smartphone to put privacy and control ahead of everything else."

What’s next for MOOCs?

Questions Worth Asking” is a new editorial series from TED in which we’ll pose thorny questions to those with a thoughtful, relevant (or irrelevant but still interesting) take

Faster computer performance targeted by next-gen HMC memory spec

Faster memory is a focal point in the race to boost application performance, and an industry consortium aims to make computers zippy with a new specification released on Tuesday

To The Surprise Of No One, BlackBerry CEO John Chen Would Take $19B For BBM

BlackBerry’s CEO made the stunning revelation that he’d accept a $19 billion (read: the price paid for WhatsApp by Facebook) offer for BBM, the messaging service that makes up one

The most uncomfortable photo in the world

So German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew to Jerusalem this week and this was a thing that happened while she was there. O.K., O.K. The shadow of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s finger on her upper lip makes her look like a past German head of state who shall remain nameless. We get it. This is just a coincidence that does not indicate anything about Merkel or Germany’s attitude toward Israel or the Jews. That’s all that needs to be said.
Indeed, the fact that this awkward moment is no more than an uncomfortable joke for the international media is really an indication of how far Germany has come since the

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