| Google Sea View | We will soon be able to explore the seabed around the Great Barrier Reef, thanks to a major new project involving Google. The Catlin Seaview Survey is a scientific expedition to monitor the impact of climate change on the reef, set to commence in September 2012. However, as well as scientific data, the divers will be using specially adapted cameras - inspired by the eyes of sharks - to capture images of life under the waves. It is .. |
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| Contacts copycats | It emerged this week that the contacts and address books of smartphone users may have been copied and shared without their knowledge. When an app invites users to 'find friends' or similar, it searches their contact list, but it seems some do not ask permission to access this data, while many in fact copy and store this data on their servers. Singapore app developer Arun Thampi first noticed the problem last week, relating to .. |
| Groupon loss | Group voucher company Groupon has revealed its first set of results since going public in November 2011. Unfortunately, the results for the last quarter show a net loss of $42.7m (£27m). Only 33 million Groupons were purchased during that time, which - along with extortionate tax expenses - was the company's excuse for the poor performance. Meanwhile, the net loss for 2011 as a whole was revealed to be $350.8 (£221.5m), despite .. |
| Infuriating Firefox | Another day, another Firefox. Or so it seems at the moment as the Mozilla Foundation has rolled out yet another version of its browser. This week, we had the dubious pleasure of welcoming Firefox 10 to the office. Since Firefox 9 only reared its head on 20 December 2011, the new arrival shows there's still no end in sight for Mozilla's rapid release cycle. It's hard to believe we were all using Firefox 3 until March 2011. .. |
New Google Maps features leaked Wednesday 15th of May, 2013by James RichesGoogle appears to have released details of its new Maps earlier than planned, with leaked screenshots seemingly revealing new features.
Google cracks down on link selling Thursday 16th of May, 2013by Ben DudleyMatt Cutts confirms that Google has begun taking action against networks of link sellers.
Yahoo to potentially invest in Tumblr Friday 17th of May, 2013by Lauren KnowlesIs Marissa Mayer set to make a possible game-changing acquisition to target a more mobile demographic?
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