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Vic Gundotra. ©Reuters/Beck Diefenbach Google+ boss leaving the company The executive credited with bringing the Google+ social network to life is leaving the Internet colossus after playing a key role there for nearly eight years.
25 апреля 2014
U.S. director Quentin Tarantino. ©Reuters/Robert Pratta US judge dismisses Tarantino lawsuit against website A US judge threw out Wednesday a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking $1 million from a gossip website for helping leak a screenplay for his latest planned movie.
25 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Carlo Allegri Hello Kitty mayhem returns to Singapore Singaporean fans of Hello Kitty raged on the web Thursday after their frantic attempts to buy limited-edition toys from the McDonald's website failed when overwhelmed servers crashed, in the latest frenzy over the Japanese cat to hit the city-state.
25 апреля 2014
Brazil passes trailblazing Internet privacy law Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.
24 апреля 2014
Twitter blocks two accounts on its Turkish network Twitter blocked two accounts on Sunday that had been used to spread corruption allegations against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and his inner circle.
21 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Yuya Shino Sony's PlayStation 4 sales top seven million Sony says it has sold seven million PlayStation 4 worldwide since its launch last year and admitted it can't make them fast enough, in a welcome change of fortune for the Japanese consumer electronics giant.
18 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Russian FSB demanded Ukraine protest group details: VKontakte founder The founder of Russia's biggest social network VKontakte (VK) said Russia's security services demanded to know the identities of people running group pages of Ukrainian pro-EU protest last year.
18 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Bogdan Cristel Online-addicted Korean man arrested over son's death South Korean police said Tuesday they had arrested a man for allegedly allowing his infant son to starve to death while spending days playing online games at Internet cafes.
15 апреля 2014
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović . Photo © RIA Novosti OSCE urges Kazakhstan to reconsider restrictions on media and internet access OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has expressed her concern over the changes in Kazakhstani legislation concerning freedom of speech and free internet access.
14 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Instagram photo-sharing service goes down Popular photo-sharing site Instagram was not working Saturday, as frustrated users quickly turned to social network Twitter and other web sites to share their complaints.
13 апреля 2014
Google Glass available in US as of April 15 Google will makes it controversial Internet-linked Glass eyewear available for purchase for a limited time in the United States beginning on April 15.
12 апреля 2014
© tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan can block Internet access without warrant New amendments to the Law On Communications allow Kazakhstan authorities to block access to networks, including the Internet, and turn off communications equipment without even needing to obtain a court ruling.
10 апреля 2014
©Reuters/Beawiharta Intel lays off of 1,500 employees in Costa Rica US microchip giant Intel announced Tuesday it was reducing its assembly and testing operations in Costa Rica and will lay off 1,500 employees.
09 апреля 2014
Photo courtesy of nextranks.com Facebook hits 100 million India users, largest after US Facebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, making it only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social network company has said.
09 апреля 2014
©Artem Romanov/vk.com Russia probes cheese factory after workers photographed bathing in milk Russia on Friday launched a criminal investigation into breaches of hygiene at a cheese factory after footage of bare-chested workers bathing in vats of milk went viral on the Internet.
04 апреля 2014
Microsoft launches 'Cortana' smartphone assistant Microsoft on Wednesday took on Apple's Siri and Google Now with a smartphone personal assistant dubbed "Cortana."
03 апреля 2014
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. ©Reuters/Ivan Alvarado Kirchner to be godmother of lesbian couple's daughter Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has agreed to be godmother to the baby daughter of a lesbian couple, one of the mothers told AFP.
02 апреля 2014
Pavel Durov. ©vk.com/durov No joke as 'Russian Facebook' founder resigns amid dispute The founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.
02 апреля 2014
Illustration  © Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan in fight against Internet terrorism To combat internet terrorism Kazakhstan requires intercalibration of the legislation.
31 марта 2014
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. ©Reuters/Albert Gea Facebook wants to beam the Internet from the sky Facebook revealed it has a lab working on using drones, satellites and solar-powered planes to provide web access around the world.
28 марта 2014

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