The Internet goes on strike to boycott SOPA / PIPA in the US Congress
Google.com, Wikipedia.org, Imgur.com, Reddit.com, Mozilla, Wordpress, Wired have all joined in the strike against this draconian censorship bill SOPA and PIPA.
Corporations that support Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) face boycotts for censoring internet
Corporations are facing heavy boycotts after social media sites went into an uproar over the list of companies that put their support in for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Here's the full list of corporations that support SOPA.
Google logo becomes microchip to honor Robert Noyce
Today, Google.com honors Robert Noyce for his birthday by changing its logo to a microchip. Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel and one of the inventors of the integrated circuit or microchip. His ideas and inventions are the reason for much of our computer technology advances today.
Minority Report may be realistic with today's sophisticated algorithms
Criminologists have been working hard to use algorithms and statistics to create sophisticated systems that can predict where crimes are likely to occur. This allows many police forces around the US to concentrate their units in certain areas and neighborhoods. Here's some more information in a beautiful infographic:
Where is the Facebook Timeline?
Where is the Facebook Timeline?
If you have been keeping up with the latest trends in social media, there is no way you haven't heard about the new Facebook Timeline feature. What was touted by critics to be the ultimate stalking service has been late to develop on the social network.
Google 'do a barrel roll' easter egg
If you happen to search 'do a barrel roll' on google.com, google will surprise you with a very cool effect.
Yeah, they actually programmed google to do a barrel roll if you ask it to do so.
Instant photo filtering app Picfull.com
One of my friends introduced me to this new photo filter editing app called picfull.com. Basically, they've made a website that allows you to upload a photo, quickly apply multiple filters to a photograph and tweak the effect settings all in real-time.







