Google – do not expect privacy when sending to Gmail
By Dominic Rushe in New York, The Guardian UK Critics call revelation ‘a stunning admission’ as Google makes claim in court filing in attempt to head off class action lawsuit Google said the plaintiffs were making ‘an attempt to criminalise…
NSU shark-tracking website helped viewers ‘dive into Shark Week’
From Bahama islandsinfo HOLLYWOOD, Florida — Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) helped shark enthusiasts take their “Shark Week 2013” to the next level with an interactive website that tracks four shark species (mako, tiger, oceanic white…
Devices Connect with Borrowed TV Signals, and Need No Power Source
By Tom Simonite from MIT Technology Review A novel type of wireless device sends and receives data without a battery or other conventional power source. Instead, the devices harvest the energy they need from the radio waves that are all…
Celebrity Cruises introduces Suite of Rich
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Celebrity Cruises Introduces Suite Of Rich, New Vacation Apps For Easy, Immersive Vacation Planning MIAMI, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — To bring vacation planning out of the realm of daydreaming and into the palms of consumers’…
Digicel agrees to abolish regional roaming charges
From Guardian Media Digicel has agreed to abolish roaming charges for users of the company’s networks when they travel in the region from October 1, according to a statement issued last night by Caribbean Telecommunications Union president Phillip Paulwell. Paulwell…
BlackBerry awarded “authority to operate” on U.S. Department of Defense Networks
DISA deploying BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to support BlackBerry 10 smartphones on DoD networks Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today (8) announced the U.S. Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has given BlackBerry® Z10 and BlackBerry® Q10 smartphones…
Your TV might be watching you
By Erica Fink and Laurie Segall From CNN Money The camera in your TV is watching you Today’s high-end televisions are almost all equipped with “smart” PC-like features, including Internet connectivity, apps, microphones and cameras. But a recently discovered security…
Golden Frog Launches VyprVPN Server Cluster in Miami
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Miami, Florida. VyprVPN is a personal VPN (Virtual Private Network) service that encrypts…
BlackBerry fires 250 more employees in turnaround effort
By Seth Fiegerman From Mashable BlackBerry (originally RIM) laid off 250 more employees on Tuesday as part of a continued effort to turnaround the company. The layoffs, which were first reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, affected employees at BlackBerry’s product…
Cayman Islands’ submarine cable system MAYA-1 partially down
From TeleGeography Cayman Islands’ incumbent telco LIME Cayman Islands has announced that MAYA-1 cable system, which provides international bandwidth capacity to the island, has suffered a shunt fault on Segment Six, located between the system’s landing station at Half Moon…
