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Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1B—report

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Yahoo!’s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Free Inquirer tablets for lucky INQSnap readers

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A free app, with free extra content—and, for the first two months, a chance to win an Inquirer tablet package for free.

Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Hong Kong launches first electric taxis

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Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city’s high levels of roadside pollution.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

DepEd website now up and normal

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The website of the Department of Education was up and running again on Saturday after being attacked early this week by pro-Taiwan hackers.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer poses for a photo at the Yahoo! On the Road Concert Series at Turner Hall, Sunday, May, 12, 2013 in Milwaukee. AP

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company’s website and mobile applications.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

‘Sonic’ video games coming to Nintendo

This undated publicity image released by courtesy of game publisher Sega, shows Sonic, left, and sidekick, Tails, in the 2006 video game "Sonic the Hedgehog," for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the iconic blue critter on Nintendo platforms. AP photo

Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

‘Hatchet hitchhiker’ arrested in US murder

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME - In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutor’s website, Caleb “Kai’ Lawrence McGillvary is shown. McGillvary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York’s Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a hatchet to intervene in an attack in California on a utility worker on Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Union County Prosecutor’s Office)

Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as “Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. A Starbucks employee was credited Friday with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb “Kai” McGillvary, wanted in the beating death of a man nearly three times his age.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Telcos to Comelec: What weak signal?

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The country’s two major telecommunications providers have denied claims that weak signals played a major role in the delayed transmission of results in Monday’s elections.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Pet lovers take blogging to next level

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When Dexter the cocker spaniel tore a ligament in his hind leg a few weeks ago, he didn’t suffer in silence. Instead, his owner blogged about.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories,Social Media | Read More »

Hacked DepEd website still down

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The website of the Department of Education is still down after a cyber attack by hackers believed to be sympathetic with Taiwan in its row with the Manila government over the killing by the Philippine Coast Guard on Thursday last week of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Balintang Channel.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Facebook and Twitter jump on Google glasses

Google Glass team members wear Google Glasses at a booth at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.  AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU

Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Hontiveros shows there’s life outside Senate

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On the verge of her second defeat in elections, administration candidate Risa Hontiveros has taken to Twitter to show there’s more to life than making it to the Senate.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Smartmatic lets PPCRV examine audit logs

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Election technology provider Smartmatic will allow the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) to examine its audit logs amid allegations of data tampering.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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