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» Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook, one of the world’s leading social media websites has moved ahead with plans to solidify their efforts in the editing and distribution of photos by purchasing photography app, Instagram...
» Yahoo sues Facebook over patent infringement
Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media. MORE..
Apple announced a new 4G LTE iPad featuring a 9.7-inch retina display Wednesday, following months of speculation about the company’s next big launch.
» U.S. lawmakers call on FTC to investigate Google over Safari cookies
Three lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether last week’s report of privacy violations of Safari users by Google violated a consent agreement the company had reached with the FTC last year. MORE..
» Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion,’ Windows 8 Poised for Fight
Apple’s Mac OS X “Mountain Lion” will do battle against Windows 8, with both operating systems betting big on their respective mobile features. MORE..
» Facebook’s reach: 845 million and counting
In its IPO filing, Facebook revised its active user count up to 845 million, a significant jump from the 800 million that the company had listed on its site as recently as this afternoon.
» U.S. halts anti-piracy bills following online protest
Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, the U.S. Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. MORE..
» Apple reportedly objects to Steve Jobs doll
Sites across the Web have been given another chance to run images of the eerie Steve Jobs poseable doll from In Icons as the expected legal challenge from Apple seems to have been delivered to the Chinese company. MORE..
» Wearable computing by Apple and Google
Wearable computing is a broad term. Technically, a fancy electronic watch is a wearable computer. But the ultimate version of this technology is a screen that would somehow augment our vision with information and media. MORE..
» Twitter Redesigns Its Site, Adds New ‘Stories’ Section
Twitter Inc. on Thursday announced a redesign of the micro-blogging service and new features to help widen its appeal. MORE..
After months of speculation and anticipation, Google’s online music store is live and it’s going up against some big industry names, including Apple’s iTunes and Spotify. MORE..
» Unhandled Exceptions: Cheer Your Team!
One of the first companies we interviewed (although due to some technical difficulties the video couldn’t come out until now), Cheerurteam.com is a web startup that acts as a portal to support your school’s activities online. MORE..
From October 6th all candidates for the upcoming elections were required to halt any public promotional activities or campaigns. In the age of media disruption there appears to be one place where the rules should apply but are not enforced. The internet. MORE..
Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple passed away today at the age of 56. Even though I have never met the man, his work has had a large impact on my life and will continue to do so for many years to come probably...
» Unhandled Exceptions: Daily Deals
As the deals business in Sri Lanka has recently seen an explosive growth we decided that it would be a good idea to bring the four major companies in this space to have a panel discussion with us to get each one’s views on this business model. MORE..
» Addictive Mobility – Mobile Advertising Done Right
In this week’s interview I catch up with Dilshan to talk about the US based startup “Addictive Mobility” that he co founded. I met Dilshan first at Refresh Colombo which is fast becoming an event to meet amazing people and investors and potentially your future co founders. MORE..
» Steve Jobs resigns; end of his era but not of Apple.
Early this morning (Sri Lankan time) the tech world blew up to the news of famed CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, handing in his resignation letter. In fact less than a few hours later the Wikipedia pages for Tim Cook, Steve Jobs and Apple have all been updated to reflect the change in the company. MORE..
» Geek Week Part 2: Tweetup SL2
A chance to meet your fellow tweeps in more than 140 characters is the theme of Tweetup SL. For those who don’t know, a Twitter status update is set at a maximum value of 140 characters allowing for byte sized communication updates. As for what a Tweetup is; it is a global term for a physical gathering of Twitter users (or tweeps). MORE..
» Geek week Part 1: Refresh Colombo
The month of August 2011 is in its final stages and this week is an exciting one for the tech and social media interested community of Sri Lanka. With two major events happening in the same week the term ‘geek week’ has been coined which may hopefully in the future become an annual or even a monthly occurrence. MORE..
» Unhandled Exceptions: Anything.lk
In this edition of unhandled exceptions we take a look at one of the hottest web startups in the Sri Lankan scene which is Anything.lk and question into how they operate and how they plan to keep moving forward. MORE..
» Should you take Forbes list of 100 innovative companies seriously?
Forbes released a list of 100 companies which they believed were the most innovative companies around today. In the past they would collect the opinions of CEOs and form a list but for a newer ranking they felt this method to be more of a popularity contest amongst evangelists and therefore deemed this method unsuitable. MORE..
» The Esala Kandy Perahera goes live
For the first time the Esala Kandy Perahera is being streamed live online throughout the whole Perehara week. This amazing and awe inspiring tradition that defines part of our Sri Lankan culture has taken to the online realms where every single person in the world now has the opportunity to experience it. MORE..
» Google calls foul over patent acquisition deal
Yesterday David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer posted his thoughts regarding the recent Nortel patent deal via the official Google blog claiming that the practice of the other companies was anti competitive. MORE..
» Unhandled Exceptions: Asenshal
Asenshal (pronounced essential), as described on their Facebook page is a Media Conglomerate, Production House and Advertising Agency. While none of this may sound exactly new, the concept that Asenshal is trying to bring to life is more long term and global than what typically surrounds this market. MORE..
» Refresh Colombo - July Meetup
The time for Sri Lanka’s only organized and regular tech meetup has rolled around and after an extremely successful June edition, it looks to be lifting the bar again for the July edition. MORE..
