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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Pop science and the wonder women
Science and engineering got popular and when young women do it, it's just hot. Now you might wonder why I want to discuss this as I'm very supportive of the +STEM Women on G+ so let me explain, A post … Continue reading
Breakthrough for HTML5 apps? Now accepted by Amazon app store
Will we finally see HTML5 apps instead of the native apps for the different operating systems? Is Amazon's new policy proof that phones and tablets are now fast enough to run portable HTML? Of course you can't use device specific … Continue reading
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The end of trust: Email "Made In Germany" launched to counter NSA
The largest German mail providers launched a program to send all emails SSL encrypted AND make sure they would stay within Germany and on German servers. Making sure that that the fierce Germany privacy would govern them. Commercially smart and … Continue reading
Racism in Swiss: Oprah not allowed to see expensive bag
The shop assistant told her the bag would be too expensive for her and offered to show her others instead. The excuse: “We don’t have any facial recognition here” Ophrah Winfrey was shopping in the chic Trois Pommes store and … Continue reading
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Email service shuts down to protest US demands to Snowden emails
No, that's not what the owner of Lavabit says, as he is not allowed to say more. He decided to close his business to defend Edward Snowden's privacy and the values of his company., but he can only tell you … Continue reading
The silent force: Messenger service Whatsapp has 300 million users
Most of the talk is about iMessage, Skype, Facebook Chat and of course Google's efforts to take over the instant messaging spece, but the elephant in the room is startup WhatsApp. The amazing thing is that it's one of the … Continue reading
Terrorist 'chatter' red alert: will we see a false flag operation?
We are led to believe that the NSA detected online activities in terrorist circles which equals the "pre-9/11" level. Hence the closure of embassies and a weekend of overtime for national security teams in Europe and the US. Frightening, but … Continue reading
These telecom providers are allowing the Brits to eavesdrop on you
Hidden by top secret codenames are: BT ("Remedy"), Verizon Business ("Dacron"), and Vodafone Cable ("Gerontic").The other firms include Global Crossing ("Pinnage"), Level 3 ("Little"), Viatel ("Vitreous") and Interoute ("Streetcar"). Thanks to Edward Snowden it was already known that all phone … Continue reading
Snowden gets asylum in Russia: 'won the battle, now the war'
He has left the airport and is on his way to an undisclosed location. His lawyer states '_Because he is the most wanted person on earth, his security will be a priority_' He has been granted temporary asylum status for … Continue reading