Tag: WORLD

In a move to decrease Russia's dependence on American technology, the Russian government has announced plans to develop a state-sponsored national operating system. Shifting away from Windows would mean both money savings for Russia, and increased digital security. 150 million rubles (5 million dollars) have been set aside to create an operating system that will be based on Linux. It's not yet ...

Unlike iPhone and iPod touch users I know, BlackBerry owners tend to be plenty happy with the built-in array of apps RIM ships on their smartphones. That's probably a good thing, because BlackBerry App World had some fairly big shortcomings when compared to the App Store. RIM hopes the release of App World 2.0 brings the experience more in line with competitors -- and at first glance, I'd say ...

HP -- who recently acquired Palm -- hasn't been shy about stating how much they like webOS. They've also said their developers are working away at creating new apps for the under-appreciated mobile OS. And now, they've taken the wraps off their very first submission to the App Catalog. Brace yourselves...It's WORLD TIME for webOS! Okay, in all seriousness the app looks good and functions ...

A research group has just released an astonishing figure: at the end of the first quarter, 2010, there were 4.8 billion mobile phone connections across the world. The same report says that by the end of the year there will be no less than 5 billion connected mobile phones. To put this into perspective: there are only 7 billion souls on this planet. That means 71% of the entire world has a ...

I don't know if this kind of thing happens over in the UK (probably in the London Times, if anything), but it seems the New York Times has given Bono of U2 fame a one-off guest column in their paper. In it he has a bit of a mindless rant above the next ten years: cars, pollution, sports and then, out of frickin' no where: PIRACY. Citing, of all things, China's ability to quash online dissent, he ...

Dopplr is a notification service for travelers. This once private location built for a mysterious international team of world travelers is in the early stages of public launch. Dopplr gives travelers who travel more than five times per year, and their traveling friends the opportunity to share future travel plans, and notify friends in far away places via email or mobile device when they are ...

Google has teamed up with the United Nations Environmental Program, Discovery Networks, and the National Park Service to bring a new showcase of Google Earth multimedia overlays. The informative content from the premium content providers can be activated by clicking the Featured Content checkbox in the sidebar on the Google Earth application. Icons will then be displayed across the earth for the ...