The latest Google Doodle is celebrating the 216th anniversary of the first parachute jump. This jump was done by Andre-Jacque Garnerin, though his jump was not exactly what many would think of by the current definition of a parachute jump. Of course, given the timeline, it goes without saying that he did not jump out […]
Yahoo has been denied a request to delay Microsoft’s Bing search in Taiwan, something that is required under a partnership the company has with Microsoft. The reason cited was the upcoming Microsoft CEO shift, with Yahoo’s CEO Mayer wishing to delay the search in Hong Kong and Taiwan until Microsoft appointed a new chief executive […]
Earlier today, we detailed Google’s Project Shield, one of three new “free expression tools” it has introduced. Alongside this is another called uProxy, which is a browser extension that essentially works as a peer-to-peer proxy between friends or mutual users who want more privacy or need to bypass country restrictions, such as a firewall. Though […]
Google has introduced a new tool aimed at helping businesses map their data on Maps: Google Maps Engine Pro. With the tool comes the ability to important important data, such as the location of business offices, as well as sharing information, with Google Maps. The tool is built upon Google Maps Engine, hence the name. […]
It is the time of year when companies’ financial reports come in, and the most recent to dish out its numbers was Netflix, which has had a positive experience across the board. In addition to beating out most expectations analysts had for its third quarter, the video streaming service has achieved a new milestone, hitting […]
This morning the folks responsible for keeping an eye on uptime for Facebook components of all kinds up and running have reported downtime for their Payments system specifically, while reports of downtime for statuses and wall posts have also appeared across the USA. The status updates on the Payments system for Facebook can be found […]
This might be the modern day equivalent of an “Eureka!” moment, as scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics claim to have discovered the ability of a microchip to emit Wi-Fi after being embedded with a one-watt LED bulb, where the signal strength is good enough to offer Internet connectivity to not one, two, or even a trio of computers, but four! This particular discovery has led to it being called “Li-Fi”, where it will rely on the use of a special LED light bulb which operates with light as the carrier of choice, ditching the traditional radio frequency bus instead. It has been said that data rates through this new medium would be able to be as fast as 150 megabits per second, which would mean that we could be looking at faster, cheaper and more energy efficient wireless signals down the road.
Li-Fi apparently sips a mere 5% of the energy that is required to power Wi-Fi-emitting devices, where the latter will also need a plethora of other systems to work together including energy cooling systems. This is one discovery that could very well revolutionize the way we make use of Internet connectivity. Li-Fi is still in its infancy, however, and would not be made a standard anytime soon. After all, it right now does not work if the light bulb is turned off, or if it is blocked, but I am quite sure that there will be advances made down the road which will overcome such obstacles!
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Some of the technical details behind Google’s Project Loon were revealed in a recent video explaining the inner workings of one of its global Internet antenna balloons. Network engineering lead Cyrus Behroozi popped off the top half of one of the bulbous shells to point out the various parts of its two main components: a […]
When Google first announced Project Loon, its plan to cover the world in a blanket of Wi-Fi using internet balloons
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Back in March of this year, rumbles starting surfacing regarding Google’s stock prices, with RBC Capital Markets anticipating that it would reach the $1000 milestone by March 2014. Fortunately for both the company and its stockholders, not only was the firm correct, the Internet giant has achieved its financial-first months early. It is a rare […]
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