AltaVista Finally Takes Its Last Breath

Before Google dominated the online search, AltaVista was among the big wigs in the arena. The search engine was once the most popular stop for people to punch in their online queries. However, over time, AltaVista has been diminished to a barely significant product, which is why Yahoo has now decided to abandon it altogether.

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O3b Launches Satellites To Offer Low-Cost Internet Connectivity

For long, internet connectivity through satellites has been hailed as an effective solution for such regions where fiber infrastructures are not in place. Acting by this idea, O3b Networks has launched its first satellites which aims to bring low-cost and high-speed internet connectivity to remote regions.

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Firefox 22 Arrives With WebRTC Support And Built-In Asm.js

The Mozilla team has been trying to incorporate the WebRTC protocol in the Firefox browser for a while now. Thanks to their efforts, they have finally launched Firefox 22, which is the first Firefox browser with stable WebRTC support. At the same time, Firefox 22 packs build-in support for Asm.js.

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Instagram Offers 15-Second Videos, Competes Twitter

A while ago, Twitter allowed users to post brief videos on the micro-blogging site through the use of Vine app. Following in the footsteps, Facebook has played its card by utilizing Instagram. As per the expected recent announcement by the social network, Instagram users can now post 15-second video clips.

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Copenhagen Suborbitals Launching Sapphire Rocket Tomorrow, Watch Live

Tomorrow June 23 is the day when Supermoon will occur. And tomorrow on June 23, at 4:00 a.m. EST, the Denmark-based Copenhagen Suborbitals plans to launch a rocket named the Sapphire from the Baltic Sea. The company’s main purpose is to test the rocket’s active guidance system so that in future they can send a human into space.

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