Google has been fined 1 million Euros, or $1.4 million US dollars in Italy by the Italian data protection watchdog, and this fine is because Google apparently used cars in Italy which were not easy to spot as Street View cars. Google have previously faced a number of fines in Europe relating to … [Read more...] about Google Fined $1.4 Million For Street View In Italy
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WebOS Mochi Design Language For Smartphones And Tablet Now Open Source
This month it has been announced that the webOS Mochi design language for smartphones and tablets has now been released as open source software for developers to push forward. Mochi is now no longer under active development by the webOS team, after HP took the decision to scrap its webOS hardware … [Read more...] about WebOS Mochi Design Language For Smartphones And Tablet Now Open Source
CONTOUR Returning To POV Camera Market
This month camera manufacturer CONTOUR has announced that it will be returning to the the Point of View (POV) camera market int he coming months. After completing a new financial overhaul as well as reorganising its development plans for new product innovation under its new ownership. In a press … [Read more...] about CONTOUR Returning To POV Camera Market
EU Regulators Say Electric Vehicles Must Have An Artificial Engine Noise
Electric Vehicles or EV's are incredibly quiet, and now the European Union has ruled that all electric vehicles must have an engine noise. The EU has voted to introduce mandatory AVAS or acoustic vehicle alerting system, the reason this is being done is to alert pedestrians to oncoming … [Read more...] about EU Regulators Say Electric Vehicles Must Have An Artificial Engine Noise
Rhapsody And Napster Announce Google Chromecast Support
Over the weekend a couple of new music services have announced that they have now launched support for Google's Chromecast media streaming dongle. Google Chromecast support has now been added to both the Napster and and Rhapsody music services enabling owners of the Google Chromecast HDMI dongle to … [Read more...] about Rhapsody And Napster Announce Google Chromecast Support
Google Paid $1.15 Billion For Waze
Back in June of last year, Google purchased social mapping company Waze, and now Waze CEO and co-founder Noam Bardin has talked about the Google acquisition. The Waze CEO has revealed that Google paid a total of $1.15 billion to purchase the company. This is the first time that the price has been … [Read more...] about Google Paid $1.15 Billion For Waze
New Xbox One Controller Firmware Update Being Prepared By Microsoft
Last month Microsoft rolled out a new update to their Xbox One next-generation games console, which brought with it a number of new enhancements for the Xbox One controller, in preparation for the launch of the new Titanfall game which also launched early in March 2014 for Xbox One and PC. Now … [Read more...] about New Xbox One Controller Firmware Update Being Prepared By Microsoft
EE To Increase Contract Prices Next Month
UK 4G LTE mobile carrier EE has announced that it will increase its contract prices from the 28th of May, existing customers will see their bills rise by 2.7 percent from next month. EE is not the only carrier who is doing this, O2 recently raised their prices by a similar amount, and we suspect … [Read more...] about EE To Increase Contract Prices Next Month
A Mysterious HTC Device With High End Specs Spotted in Benchmarks
Its been a few days since HTC unveiled their latest flagship HTC One M8 at a press event in New York. The handset received pretty decent reviews from the tech community, but it seems the Taiwanese OEM is working on another device. A mysterious new device was spotted on AnTuTu benchmarks with … [Read more...] about A Mysterious HTC Device With High End Specs Spotted in Benchmarks
MagicBox Cabinet Smooths Off Your 3D Prints With Ease (video)
Unless you have an extremely expensive 3D printer that you are able to use if you are printing 3D objects at home or in a small office you will already know that the final finish on the outer surface of these prints can sometimes be a little rough. There are methods available that allow you to … [Read more...] about MagicBox Cabinet Smooths Off Your 3D Prints With Ease (video)
Apple Acquires Novauris Speech Recognition Company
It has been reported this week that Apple has acquired the speech recognition technology company Novauris to bolster the development team that is working on developing the features and functionality of its mobile personal assistant Siri. Novauris Technologies was founded in 2002 and grew out of … [Read more...] about Apple Acquires Novauris Speech Recognition Company
Elder Scrolls Online MMO RPG Officially Launches For All (video)
After launching late last month for early adopters the new Elder Scrolls Online game published by Bethesda has now officially launched for everyone to enjoy and is available to download on both PC and Mac systems. The new Elder Scrolls Online game offers players an amazing number of possible … [Read more...] about Elder Scrolls Online MMO RPG Officially Launches For All (video)
