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North Korea Online Population: 0.03 Percent; Death of the Java Plug-in

Posted January 28th, 2016 at 11:40 am (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: There Are Just 7,000 Web Users in North Korea That there are any people online in North Korea is refreshing. But a new survey from marketing Group We Are Social found only 7,200 Web users in the country. The survey says only about 0.03 percent of the population are allowed to go […]

Dinotrux 5-Minute Favorites; TV Networks Reading Minds

Posted November 4th, 2015 at 2:08 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Netflix, DreamWorks Have Videos to Help Parents Get Kids in Bed Sooner Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have teamed up to give Mom and Dad an upper hand when kids often want to watch ”one more show,” before retiring, Netflix now has three new 5 Minute Favorites based on the animated series Dinotrux — each one […]

Coding for Kids; Coursera; Google in India; Internet TV

Posted September 22nd, 2015 at 3:00 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Coding for Kids Makes Sense, Needs More Than Just Classrooms Coding is becoming increasingly popular to create a new generation of young programmers, with some countries already requiring coding classes in public schools. But the effort faces some challenges, including teacher availability and new approaches to teaching. Google Tips ‘Nanodegree’ Program for […]

Secret Cell Towers; Space Station Glitch; Watchers Watching the Watcher

Posted June 10th, 2015 at 3:15 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Europol: Dozens Arrested in European Cyber Crime Sweep The European Union’s justice agency says it has arrested dozens of suspects in an international identity theft sting that involved millions of euros stolen; suspects allegedly stole victims’ usernames, passwords to steal money from bank accounts. Secret Cell Towers in London Fool Phones Into […]