Age: 51 Known for: Twitter Quote: “You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.” It’s quite a change to go from being a comedian to becoming the CEO of one of the busiest destinations on the internet, but Dick Costolo has managed the transition well. Soon after graduating from college, Costolo joined the same comedy improv troop that Mike
Last week OnePlus failed to announce the OnePlus 2, instead revealing a week-long discount to its ageing One smartphone. It initially said the discount would only apply from June 1-7, but the Chinese firm has now confirmed it will be kept at the new price indefinitely. That means you can pick up the 16GB OnePlus One for just $249, $179, while the 64GB handset is now an attractive $299/£219. When
Cheap laptops laptop deals Cheap laptops aren’t that hard to find, but which deals should you go for? Cheap laptops, like Chromebooks, are more powerful and capable than ever, while high-end devices are often perfectly good replacements for your desktop computer, able to cope with more intensive programs. In order to make your buying decision easier, we’ve tracked down all of the UK’s best cheap laptop deals and linked to
The Martian proved one of 2014’s runaway hit novels, garnering some fantastic reviews from critics – and we can assure you, it’s a fantastic read. It’s being made into a film by Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and the first trailer shows it’s looking just as great. Centering around Mark Watney, an astronaut having to survive on Mars after being stranded there in a freak accident, the story follows his
There are already loads of great mods to try out on Grand Theft Auto 5, but someone has gone a step further and recreated the entirety of Vice City on the GTA 5 engine. The mod isn’t available to download yet and there’s still work to be done, but there’s still plenty to see in the video below. Set against an 80s Miami backdrop, Vice City remains a favourite among
A Taiwanese semiconductor company has launched a wireless chip that it claims will be able to work for as long as 35 years on a single AAA battery. Rockchip, better known for its low-cost ARM-based chips and for its partnership with Intel, unveiled the product, called the RKi6000, at Computex in Taiwan. The chip was developed with a third party that remains anonymous although it wouldn’t be surprise if it
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is setting up a high-speed network and upgrading how it builds data centers, to compete better with Amazon.com Inc, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp in cloud services, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the plans. The plan entails connecting Apple’s data centers in California, Nevada, North Carolina and Oregon, and others to get content closer to Internet hubs in some densely populated markets, Bloomberg reported.
Apple is expected to unveil a new music service and better tools to build apps for its smartwatch at its annual gathering of developers in San Francisco on Monday. The tech giant’s legion of independent developers will get a preview of a new software kit for the two-month-old Apple Watch at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, said at a recent tech event. Like
Responding to a recent cyber attack on U.S. government computers, President Barack Obama said on Monday the United States has old computer systems with “significant vulnerabilities” to cyber attacks and needs to be “much more aggressive” in stepping up defenses against hackers. The personnel records of an estimated 4 million current and former federal government employees were compromised, the Obama administration disclosed Thursday. Obama declined to discuss who U.S. authorities
Chipmaker Qualcomm has put a chunk of spectrum up for sale in Britain which could appeal to mobile operators grappling with the demand for Internet access. Qualcomm said it plans to sell spectrum known as L-Band which can be used to boost the downloading capacity that mobile operators provide to customers. “Qualcomm UK Spectrum (QUKS), Qualcomm’s subsidiary that owns L-Band spectrum rights in the UK, plans to trade this spectrum,”
