Get To Know The Sites Tracking You Through “Collusion For Chrome”

A lot of websites track their users these days. Whereas this is especially true for social networks, other sites also pitch in with their share. While not all of this is bad, and some tracking is quite useful for users, it is always better to know about it. The well-known team, Disconnect, has now released a tool for Chrome ‘Collusion for Chrome’ which maps all the tracking sites on a neat graph for you to view it.x

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Larry Page Says Android Is About More Than Just Tablets

There have been a lot of rumors that Google may launch an Android tablet of its own some time soon. Whereas that remains a possibility, Google’s CEO Larry Page is of the view that the Android platform is not just about tablets, but about the entire ecosystem that surrounds this platform. This essentially means that Google will continue focusing on key features of this ecosystem such as Google Play and Android apps.

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Intel Touts Ivy Bridge Processors As Apt Choice For Retina Display Computers

Retina Display is a term which Apple first made popular when it started using it for its new iPad which comes with ultra-high resolution. We have been hearing that the Mac machines from Apple are also about to get a resolution boost in their upcoming line-up. Now, Intel Vice President has stated that Intel’s much-touted and much-anticipated Ivy Bridge processor are built for ‘Retina Display’ computers, shall OEMs choose to use it.

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AT&T Plans To Sell Yellow Pages Business To Cerberus For $950 Million

AT&T’s yellow pages business has been dwindling and declining. It registered a fall in its revenues and it is only natural that AT&T has been wanting to get rid of it. Now, the company has revealed its plans of selling some 47% of the stake in the Yellow Pages business to equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP for $950 million(cash as well as debt).

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Amazon Launches In-App Purchasing For Appstore

In-app purchasing model has been wildly popular and successful on the mobile platform. In this model, an app is offered for free but a number of features in the app are available for purchasing. Apple and Android already have the option on their respective app marketplaces. Now Android has also announced the inclusion of the future on its Amazon Appstore.

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RIM Employee Stabbed At BlackBerry Party In London Is Dead

Last week, a tragic incident happened. Earlier this week at a London party, a Research In Motion employee was stabbed. The party was hosted by the BlackBerry maker. Unfortunately, the name of the man who was stabbed on April 3rd is Phillip Sherriff. He died on Sunday. RIM became shocked at this.

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When Fiction Meets Reality – A Timeline [Infographic]

Nearly every major innovation, discovery and invention in the history of mankind has been a result of an idea, or a dream to be more precise. The urge to realize that dream did indeed lead to its realization. Same is the case with modern-day technology. Movies have long depicting the future towards which we seem to be moving. Here’s an infographic about how what we have accomplished through technology today has been shown in the movies in the past.

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Cisco CEO Accuses Huawei Of Not Always Playing By The Rules

Huawei has been under a lot of criticism of late. The company has been accused of links to Chinese government as well as of a lack of transparency in its operations. Huawei is a direct rival to Cisco as the supplier of networking equipment around the world. Now, the CEO of Cisco, John Chambers, has stated that Huawei doesn’t always play by the rules when it comes to protection of intellectual property and computer security.

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