Google Opens Google+ To Teens
Google will now allow teenagers at the age of 13 to 17 year-olds to join its social network Google+. The search company will also be rolling out new protections for those teens who join.
Facebook Timeline Rolling Out To All Users
Facebook is rolling out Timeline over the next few weeks to all 800 million users and there is no escaping it. Once you get timeline, you’ll have 7 days to preview what’s there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the F8 developers’conference the revamped profile page called Timeline. He described it has timeline being the story of your life. The profile page will have a new layout that organizes your life in reverse chronological order based on the content you’ve shared on your Facebook profile.
YouTube Now Serving Over 4 Billion Videos Daily
Google announced that their video serving website, YouTube, has increased 25% video views over the past 8 months. That is equivalent to 4 billion videos daily. The increase comes from distribution avenues such as smartphones and tablets.
Extinct Borneo Monkey Rediscovered
Scientists were surprised to find the previously extinct Miller’s grizzled langur on the eastern tip of Borneo Island. The findings were published in the American Journal of Primatology. Next steps for the researchers is to find the number of these monkeys left on the island.
Samsung Going After Apple With Super Bowl Ad
Samsung has released another ad that make fun at Apple fanboys. The ad shows a look a like Apple Store in Austin where fanboys are lining up for the next Apple product. Later suave guy comes by sporting a Galaxy S II.
US Lawmakers Abandoning Anti-Privacy Bills
Eight U.S. lawmakers (Republicans Marco Rubio of Florida, Roy Blunt of Missouri and Orrin Hatch of Utah, as well as Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland. Republican Representatives Ben Quayle of Arizona, Lee Terry of Nebraska and Dennis Ross of Florida, and Democratic Representative Tim Holden of Pennsylvania) will not support Hollywood-backed anti-piracy legislation as Wikipedia, Google, Facebook. and other websites protested the measures.
Wikipedia shut down their site for 24 hours to protest this bills. While Google replace their logo with a black box on their search site.
Google Tells You How To Be Safe Online With “Good To Know” Campaign
Google has launch a series of advertising on major newspapers, magazines and billboards, as part of its new “Good to Know” campaign to show the internet user how to be safe online.
From Google blog:
The campaign and Good to Know website build on our commitment to keeping people safe online. We’ve created resources like privacy videos, the Google Security Center, the Family Safety Center and Teach Parents Tech to help you develop strong privacy and security habits. We design for privacy, building tools like Google Dashboard, Me on the Web, the Ads Preferences Manager and Google+ Circles—with more on the way.
Website: Good To Know
China Now Has 513 Million Web Users
According to state-run China Internet Network Information Center report, China now has 513 web users. That represents an astounding 12% growth in 2011. China’s uptake of microblogging sites called “weibo” sites (like Twitter) — nearly half of Chinese Web users logged into the sites in 2011, up from 63 million in 2010.
Launch of Apple iPhone 4S In China Spoilt By Eggs
Apple store in Beijing, China, stopped the sale of the new iPhone 4s due to scalpers. This action prompted an irate customer to throw eggs at the glass windows, and leaving others disappointed after waiting for a number of hours.
It has been reported that migrant workers hired by scalpers in teams of 20 to 3, waited overnight in freezing temperatures outside the Apple store. In Shanghai, stores limited iPhone 4S sales to two per customer.
Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone Ships March 18?
Nokia and Microsoft unveiled their first high-speed Windows Phone for AT&T at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012. The Lumia 900 which generated considerable buzz at at the show could arrive on March 18,
Nokia’s Lumia 900 “Ace” will feature aa 1.4 GHz processor, 4.3 inch AMOLED clear black display, an 8 MP camera paired with a front facing secondary camera, and the same 1.4 GHz processor that powers the current top end Lumia 800. It will come in black and cyan and will run on AT&T’s 4G LTE network.
