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Google finally decides to demote ‘notorious’ piracy sites in search results

This week, Google is rolling out changes to its search engine that will “visibly affect” the rankings of “notorious” sites that enable the downloading or streaming of pirated music, movies, and TV shows. In the place of these unofficial or


Drawing comes to skype for windows phone

Skype 2.24 released for Windows Phone (versions 8 and 8.1) which has a new drawing tool that allows users to send hand-drawn images and other personalized messages to recipients. Announced on their blog post, the drawing feature can be used


Why Facebook will never have the ‘Dislike’ button

Last month’s ‘Facebook Dislike Button’ scam caused some disturbance for those seeking to voice a wider spectrum of opinion than simply ‘like’. So this seems like a good time to look at whether an official ‘dislike’ button is ever likely


Apple releases iOS 8.1 with Apple Pay support for iPhone 6 & 6 Plus models

iOS 8.1 is now available for download in the Software Update section of native Settings app on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The most prominent feature, Apple Pay, is currently restricted to the U.S. only. Changes to Photos include


Facebook is biggest threat to YouTube

Video streaming and sharing through Facebook are catching up fast with YouTube and the social networking site is likely to surpass YouTube in video sharing service through news feed, as per a report from researchers. An analysis based on 20,000


Skype Qik Video Chat: Shoot, Send, Vaporize

Microsoft on Tuesday released Skype Qik, a new mobile chat app that features short, self-destructing video messages that automatically self-destruct in two weeks — or sooner if set to do so.Although associated with the Skype brand, Skype need not be


Amazon wants to hire 80,000 seasonal employees

Amazon plans to add 80,000 temporary employees to its quickly expanding logistics and delivery network for this year’s holiday season. The company announced Thursday that it would hire thousands of new workers to staff its more than 50 fulfillment around


Google introduces .SOY Web domain for Latino audiences

Google announced it is bringing a new domain name to the Web: .’SOY’. Not to be confused with the popular vegetarian alternative to meat, the new domain means “I am” in Spanish. .SOY is a space for this influential community


Photo-sharing site Twitpic to shut down on October 25th.

A month or so after telling the world Twitpic would be shutting down, then backtracking and saying it had found an acquirer, Twitpic has reversed its position once again. The photo sharing service, which was one of the first initial


Twitter Tweets Start to Sing Stream Music, Audio via SoundCloud Tie-up

Twitter began letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular messaging service. The new Twitter Audio Card feature, launched on Thursday in partnerships with SoundCloud and Apple’s iTunes store, will allow users