Today’s Tech Sightings: World First Bionic Eye Gives Hope to Millions A British pensioner suffering from macular degeneration has become the world’s first person to be fitted with a bionic eye. The ground-breaking operation gave Ray Flynn, an electronic implant that works with a camera attached to his glasses to send video feeds to healthy […]
Bionic Eyes; Schooling Vietnam; Android Malware; Google Maps
Posted July 22nd, 2015 at 3:04 pm (UTC-5)
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Asia Mobile Growth; Toshiba Crisis; Twitter, Digital Attack Map
Posted July 21st, 2015 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: APAC to Reach Two Billion Unique Smartphone Users by 2019 A new Forrester report said the Asia-Pacific region will have two billion unique smartphone users by 2019, accounting for 83 percent of the total unique mobile subscriber base. The number of smartphones in the region passed one billion last year. Toshiba CEO […]
Laser Internet; Android Malware; Windows 10; Mobile Addiction
Posted July 2nd, 2015 at 3:14 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Works to Deliver High Speed Internet Using Laser Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on his social media page that Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is developing a laser communication system that can beam data via drones and satellites, thereby providing Internet connectivity at much higher speeds. New Android Malware Is Sprouting […]
Facial Recognition; Cybersecurity; Java Legacies; Twitter Out Loud
Posted June 16th, 2015 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Privacy Advocates Unsatisfied With Government Plans on Facial Recognition A large group of privacy advocates dropped out of talks with the U.S. government over disagreements on facial recognition safeguards. The group, backed by tech giants that include Google, Microsoft and Facebook, argues that users should have an opt-in feature for facial recognition […]
Online Abuse Dilemma; Windows 10; Apple Apps; Hammer of Thor PC
Posted June 2nd, 2015 at 2:31 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The US Supreme Court Just Made the Web Even More Hostile for Women The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that violent statements on social media websites and the Web in general are not enough to consider the perpetrator’s behavior threatening and that his state of mind at the time should be […]
Mobile vs. PCs; ‘Chucky’ the Teddy Bear; Smartphone Cold Wars
Posted May 26th, 2015 at 2:38 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Mobile Isn’t Killing the Desktop Internet The PC is dead? No, wait, it’s not dead – yet. Pundits have been going on for years about how mobile is killing the desktop PC and how people are increasingly using their mobile phones to get online. But according to comScore, mobile use might not […]
Moore’s Law Turns 50; Killer Robots; Google vs. EU; Twitter Redesigned
Posted April 16th, 2015 at 2:02 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Happy Birthday to Moore’s Law Moore’s Law turns 50 on Sunday. The concept, put forward in the 1960s by Intel’s Gordon Moore, proposed that the complexity of chips doubles every two years as components become smaller, faster and more energy-efficient. Many pundits thought the prediction would falter in a decade. But half-a-century […]
Google, Facebook Vie for Africa; AI Threat; Kaspersky Denies KGB Ties
Posted March 24th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Battle for African Internet Users Stirs Freedom Fears Africa is expected to have as many as 360 million smartphones and 50 percent Internet penetration by 2050, according to data from McKinsey Consultants. And Google and Facebook are paying attention and offering controversial freebies as they vie for the continent’s Internet users. […]
FREAK Bug, Smart Glasses Still Alive; Windows 10 Piracy; IoT Future
Posted March 18th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Internet of Things: Sillier, Scarier and Coming Your Way Wearable, connected devices and “smart” everyday gadgets are slowly making their way into people’s homes, turning everything from the cellphone to the fridge to Barbie dolls into a connected, Internet of Things tech challenge. While using your cellphone to turn on or […]