Germany’s Top Publisher Bows to Google in News Licensing Row Based on the findings of a two-week experiment, Germany’s biggest news publisher, Axel Springer, says it scrapped a bid to block Google from running snippets of articles from its newspapers. China Proposes Tougher Rules on Text Message Spam China proposed stricter regulations on sending spam […]
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Tech Sightings, March 27, 2014
Posted March 27th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Tomorrow’s Cargo Ships Will Use Augmented Reality to Sail the Seas The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Rolls-Royce says operating ships by remote control is already a possibility; and there are plans to deploy the first remotely-operated ship as early as next year. NASA Crowdsources New Spacesuit Design As of Wednesday morning, More […]
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Tech Sightings, December 26, 2013
Posted December 26th, 2013 at 2:30 pm (UTC-4)
China Approves Pilot to Open Mobile Telecoms Market, Boost Competition China has approved a pilot scheme allowing private companies to piggy back on the country’s three dominant telecommunications providers to offer own-brand mobile services, opening the world’s largest mobile phone market to increased competition. From Twitter to Tinder: Social Media’s Biggest Hits and Misses of […]
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