The former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, has been at the heart of a mini Twitter storm recently. A fake account with his name apparently sent out a tweet from an iPhone. And that didn’t sit well with the Windows Phone camp.
Google and Apple are often touted as bitter rivals. But the world is more complex than that, and both firms also have deals with each other in place. Yahoo plans to disrupt one of these deals, aiming to replace Google as the default iOS search engine.
Google debuted the intriguing Helpouts service a while ago. It relies on Hangouts and lets people connect with and help each other. The search giant has now released a Helpouts app for iOS.
After Russia’s move on Crimea, many had speculated that the Cold War days were probably back. This notion is reaffirmed by yet another official announcement by a Russian official, stating that Russia aims to establish a permanent Moon base.
Samsung has grabbed the top spot in many things, such as selling the highest number of handsets per year. But sometimes, the company misrepresents its statistics. For instance, Samsung provided a skewed picture of its Galaxy Tab sales in 2011.
Jetlag can be pretty annoying for many people. Researchers at Michigan University have now found a new mathematical formula that can help beat jetlag effectively.
Ever since Edward Snowden’s shocking revelations about NSA, the agency has been at the bitter end of criticisms related to digital security. Bloomberg has now claimed that NSA knew about the Heartbleed bug and exploited it for two years.
Apple was the first company to bring the fingerprint scanning technology to a popular consumer device. Samsung is following suit but it has also opened up the biometric technology to others such as PayPal.