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Wearable technology is routinely mocked by the fashion world, and you can totally see why – people keep inventing things like cooling underwear, drumming trousers and QR-code ties. But MIT’s Media Lab reckons that a fingernail-mounted trackpad that it’s invented might actually prove both useful and stylish. It’s called NailO, and consists of a capacitive touch surface, microcontroller, battery, and Bluetooth chip crammed into a package that’s small and light
Google has extended support for its Chrome browser on Windows XP until at least the end of 2015 after reneging on a plan to shut down updates in April. Any systems still running the lumbering zombie that is XP, which Microsoft ended support for in April 2014, will continue to snag regular security patches and updates to prevent their systems falling prey to malware or browser-based attacks. “Millions of people
Introduction With all the hype surrounding virtual machines on the wane there is another technology that has stepped up to the plate to offer developers a superior service, and it goes by the name of Docker. In simple terms, Docker is a container and as such the technology that backs it up isn’t particularly new. The company itself is what makes it special thanks to the way it is bringing
The internet has won again, providing us with a simply fantastic video detailing the McCounaughey’s reaction to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer that has been on loop in the office all day. His (inter)stellar reaction is pretty much exactly like ours was. We’re not ashamed to admit that our normal Journalistic aloofness dissolved in tears the moment we saw that crashed Star Destroyer on Jakku. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYHdQUyOunA
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is planning to launch its electronic payments service in Canada in November, the first international expansion of Apple Pay, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
By Michael Martina and Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s bank regulator temporarily suspended this week new financial industry cybersecurity rules after feedback from banks, showing the practical challenges of the nation’s long-term effort to cut dependence on entrenched foreign technology. In a notice issued on Monday and reviewed by Reuters, Chinese regulators said the decision on the rules, which would have effectively replaced foreign tech products with domestic alternatives,
By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Friday voted to open a swath of government-controlled airwaves for commercial use by tech and telecom companies such as Verizon Communications Inc and Google Inc as they seek to meet growing data demands from new wireless devices. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to create a process to allow companies free access to the frequencies in the 3.5 gigahertz band.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd deepened its push into the automotive business on Friday, saying it had struck a partnership with Shanghai General Motors (GM) to offer online sales and financing for GM cars. Currently, Shanghai GM’s Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet brands are available for sale on Alibaba’s TMall.com website, and the two companies said they would collaborate by using Alibaba’s big data analysis to serve ads to prospective car buyers,
Dutch prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Uber for providing an illegal taxi service in violation of a court order, a statement said on Friday. It was the latest setback for the taxi service, which has been banned in several European countries in recent months. Uber allows users to summon taxi services with smartphones while its UberPop arm links private drivers to passengers. In December, a Dutch court banned UberPOP
U.S. stocks traded sharply lower on Friday, following a global decline in equities on renewed Greece concerns and new Chinese trading regulations.
