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Budweiser to live stream opening FA Cup match on Facebook
FA Cup sponsor Budweiser will make history this Friday as they live stream the opening game of the FA Cup via an application on their Facebook page, the first such live sporting broadcast to take place on the social network.
Darren McCarra
18th August 2011
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Google Earth imagery update helps uncover part of Scotland's hidden heritage
The Google Earth and Google Maps team published an imagery update earlier today which, as usual, contains some really interesting sites. Ireland is not featured is this update, but large parts of Scotland and England, among others, are.
Darren McCarra
16th August 2011
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Google plans to "supercharge" Android with €8.73 billion Motorola acquisition
Google has today announced that they've entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for €8.73 billion ($12.5 billion). If approved, this would be Google's largest ever acquisition, four times that of the $3.1 billion paid for DoubleClick in March 2008.
Darren McCarra
15th August 2011
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Detailed renderings of Apple's new circular HQ in Cupertino, California
The official website for the city of Cupertino, California has posted new renderings of Apple's planned circular headquarters, first revealed in June of this year. The building, officially known as "Apple Campus 2", will house 12,000 Apple employees in a single four-story circular structure that is due completed by 2015.
Darren McCarra
14th August 2011
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Book scanning for $1 anyone?
A novel service, 1DollarScan, launched in the US last week and builds on the successes of their Japanese counterpart Bookscan. 1DollarScan scans and digitises books, documents and photos for as little as one dollar.
Darren McCarra
12th August 2011
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Wolfram Alpha comes alive with new Computable Document Format
Computational knowledge search engine Wolfram Alpha has announced that their recently introduced Computable Document Format (CDF) has been integrated with their web-based service. The new format allows results to be interactively manipulated by various parameter controls right within the browser.
Darren McCarra
12th August 2011
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Twitter vows to purge spammers with "predictive" spam technology
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has vowed to counteract spam accounts with "realtime" and "predictive" spam technology that the company is currently working on. In a tweeted response to a spam complaint by Twitter user Peter Kafka, Costolo stated,
Darren McCarra
11th August 2011
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Amazon launches Kindle Cloud Reader to bypass Apple's App Store restrictions
Amazon today, Wednesday, unveiled the Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5-based version of their Kindle book reader app that works on Chrome for Mac, Windows and Chrome OS, and on Safari for Mac, Windows and most notably the iPad.
Darren McCarra
10th August 2011
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Facebook launches standalone Android and iPhone messaging app
Facebook has just launched a standalone messaging app, Facebook Messenger, for Android and iOS devices. The app allows Facebook users to message friends individually or by group, send photos and share location information.
Darren McCarra
9th August 2011
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HTC’s Android-powered Wildfire S [Review]
We've got our hands on the HTC Wildfire S, the successor to the hugely successful HTC Wildfire smartphone that originally helped bring Android to the masses. The Wildfire S is a compact but robust device that runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is available online from Three.
Darren McCarra
9th August 2011