Single tweet draws rowdy ravers to Hollywood
It started with a DJ’s simple tweet telling his followers about a free block party on Hollywood Boulevard.
It started with a DJ’s simple tweet telling his followers about a free block party on Hollywood Boulevard.
When the English Defense League sprang to life two years ago, it had fewer than 50 members—a rough-and-tumble bunch of mostly white guys shouting from a street corner about what they viewed as uncontrolled Muslim immigration.
Facebook began offering rewards of $500 or more on Friday to security researchers who identify vulnerabilities in the social network.
WASHINGTON—Google, which purchased a leading flight software company earlier this year, has launched a new tool for finding hotels. Hotel Finder is an “experimental search tool” designed to help users locate and book hotels, Google software engineer Andrew McCarthy said in a blog post. Hotel Finder, which is restricted to the United States for now, [...]
For the first time, the observance of the World Youth Day abroad will no longer be exclusive to young Filipinos who have the time and cash to spare for the coveted Christian gathering. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday launched an online portal that offers the Filipino youth a “virtual experience” [...]
PILI, Camarines Sur — With the efficiency of cellphones to connect people, text messages have proven to be very helpful means of communication during calamities to aid rescue workers and save lives during typhoons. Lucena Bermeo, secretariat head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) in Camarines Sur, said text messages sent to [...]
An Indian engineer, a Philippine charity group and an Indonesian social worker are among the winners of Asia’s Magsaysay award this year for giving green technologies to the poor, organisers said Wednesday.
The world’s largest and most advanced solar-powered boat, the M/S Tûranor Planet Solar, is proof that energy harnessed from the heat of the sun can power practically everything—from pocket-sized calculators to cruise ships.
WASHINGTON—When terrifying battlefield memories come rushing back to mind, in night sweats, flashbacks or a panic attack, some troops and veterans now find comfort by reaching for their smart phones. Using new-age technology to cope with age-old wounds of war, they tap into mobile phone applications, or “apps,” designed to help with post-traumatic stress and [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft on Monday apologized for a “tweet” that has been blasted for seeming like a blatant effort to cash in on the death of 27-year-old British singer Amy Winehouse. “Apologies to everyone if our earlier Amy Winehouse ‘download’ tweet seemed purely commercially motivated,” Microsoft UK PR said at a ‘tweetbox360′ account at microblogging service [...]
President Benigno Aquino’s State of the Nation Address was among Twitter’s global trending topics.
Toshiba produced the first laptop in 1985. Since then, the company has undertaken a number of innovations, including the release of the first laptop to feature an internal hard drive. To hold on to that distinction, Toshiba continues to improve the laptop, turning out faster, lighter and more powerful devices. Recently, the company marked the [...]
The mouse, an important accessory for navigating and accessing PC features, is definitely here to stay despite the emergence of touch technology in computing devices. Taiwan-based computer peripherals company A4 Tech recognizes this fact and has come out with a mouse that can now function on clear glass, glossy and furry surfaces, including hair. The [...]
