United States Archives - Page 4 of 6

Wikipedia community has spoken, global anti-SOPA blackout protest begins Wednesday The Wikipedia community has spoken. A 24-hour anti-SOPA blackout protest will begin on Wednesday, January 18 at 5pm Western European Time (WET). During this 24-hour period, English language Wikipedia articles will be unavailable globally - a unprecedented move never before seen in the crowd-sourced encyclopedia's 11-year history. Darren McCarra No responses 16th January 2012
Sony says no PS4 announcement at E3 2012 Sony will not be announcing the PlayStation 4 at this year's E3 gaming expo. Microsoft and Nintendo, however, are still expected to press ahead with their own forthcoming console announcements. Darren McCarra No responses 12th January 2012
Facebook to reach one billion users by end of summer Facebook is set to reach one billion active users by August of this year, according to research from iCrossing. Facebook, comfortably the world's largest social network, currently has in excess of 800 million active users. Darren McCarra No responses 11th January 2012
Microsoft say good riddance as IE6 falls below 1% in the United States Microsoft is today celebrating the further demise of Internet Explorer 6 as it officially falls below 1% market share in the United States for the first time. The US now joins other leading nations Austria, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway where support for the defunct browser had already dropped below this milestone. Darren McCarra 4 responses 3rd January 2012
Top gaming companies may have pulled their support for SOPA Electronic Arts (EA), Nintendo and Sony Electronics may have all pulled their support for Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), that's according to an updated list of bill champions published by the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. Darren McCarra No responses 2nd January 2012
Xbox 360 selling better than ever, 1.7 million units sold in US in November alone Even as rumours of Microsoft's next generation console (dubbed the Xbox 720 by some) release in late 2012 gather momentum, Xbox 360 sales have never been better, selling some 1.7 million units in the United States last month alone. Darren McCarra No responses 10th December 2011
Facebook acquires travel service Gowalla to help improve Timeline feature Facebook has reportedly acquired Gowalla, a travel check-in service used to share and discover interesting places, for an undisclosed sum, according to a CNNMoney report published early this morning. Darren McCarra One response 3rd December 2011
New PlayStation update prepares system for launch of PS Vita next month Sony are preparing for the launch of PlayStation Vita in Japan next month by releasing a new PlayStation 3 system software update (v4.0) later this week. The update will allow for sharing of digital content between PS Vita and PS3. Darren McCarra 5 responses 30th November 2011
Barack Obama joins Google+ ahead of re-election campaign United States President Barack Obama has joined Google+ ahead of next year's presidential election. The Google+ Page has officially been verified by Google and its first update published Wednesday afternoon. Darren McCarra 3 responses 25th November 2011
How to find out where your Twitter followers are located Out of simple curiosity or as an important aspect of social campaign monitoring, a new service known as TweepsMap analyses your Twitter followers and graphs their location by country, state or city. Darren McCarra 5 responses 23rd November 2011