Google Receives Privacy Policy Scrutiny, Change in the Mix?

(Web Tech Magazine) – A new reworking of Google’s privacy policy could be in the mix. According to a BBC report on Tuesday, European watchdog CNIL, a data privacy regulator has asked that tech giant to provide key revisions to its wording. The move follows a major makeover occurring in March in which Google previously revamped its policy. The organization would like Google to be more precise on exactly which data it collects and what its being ...

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BBC iPlayer sees a record-breaking month as radio helps deliver almost 200m requests

Earlier this month, we reported on the BBC’s new iPlayer Radio app, which launched initially for the Web and was swiftly followed up by the iOS version which hit the App Store later that day. You can read our full review here. One of the little factoids that the BBC hit us with was this: 20% of users access iPlayer to watch live TV (meaning 80% use it for catch-up), but with radio it’s a different story altogether – 90% of ...

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Watch these unsuspecting travelers become 007 for 70 seconds, as they try to win tickets for Skyfall

With the 23rd James Bond installment due to hit cinemas in a week, Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting travelers to “unlock the 007″ in them, for the chance to win tickets for the new, Skyfall. While the tickets were, of course, free the carbonated beverage company made the public really put in the effort to get their hands on the coveted briefs. With less than 70 seconds to win, it’s interesting to see how much effort these guys go to. Check out the video for yourself below. Image Credit – AFP/Getty Images Arif s.Driessen is the Editorial, Lifestyle, for Digital Works ...

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You’ve Got (Too Much) Mail: With Alto, AOL Tries A Fresh Approach To Combat Email Overload

The way we use email has changed dramatically in the past decade-plus — written down like that, it seems like an almost laughably obvious statement. But David Temkin, AOL’s senior vice president of mail and mobile, argues that email clients haven’t kept up with the changes — with the last major innovation coming in 2004, when Gmail launched. Given its age, and its association with the early, “You’ve got mail!” days of email, AOL (which owns ...

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Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall attempt aborted

Felix Baumgartner has been a pioneer of aviation for years now and his latest event is a freefall from 120,000 feet—literally the edge of space. Baumgartner has been working on this jump for five years with the Red Bull Stratos team in an attempt to break the 102m800ft record set by Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger over 50 years ago. Update: The launch has been aborted for today due to wind conditions. The wind can only be up to 2 miles an hour due to the delicate nature of the balloon and its ascent. The live broadcast is going on now: Here’s a video that outlines the jump and explains some ...

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Google’s data center guarded by stormtroopers, warns these aren’t the droids you’re looking for

Google takes securing their property very seriously. When it comes to its data centers, the lifeblood of the company, it’s not joking around, but its security measures are closely guarded. That is, until now. As leaked on Hacker News, someone did a view of the search engine giant’s North Carolina data center on Google Maps and was amazed at what they found: Stormtroopers. Yes, looks like Google has brought in the Empire’s most feared ...

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30 ways you can save 1 minute every day

We’re all looking for ways to save time. No matter how small the amount, the more time we save today, the better off we’ll be in the future. Maybe not tomorrow, but definitely over time the minutes and hours will add up. But where do you start? Well, taking it one minute at a time is a great place to start. In fact, if you can find 30 ways to save one minute a day, then you’ll save 3.5 hours over a week, which can lead to 182 hours over the ...

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