Greek athlete is expelled from the Olympics after a tweet

  The athlete Papachristou Voula, Greek triple jump champion, will have to leave the Olympic venues in London and return home after making an offensive tweet last Monday. The declaration of the athlete on Twitter was considered racist by members of the Greek government, which prevented it from representing the country in competitions.The tweet was: "With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes (which transmit a disease)...

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Two-thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is free, admits industry

  The Torrent Freak obtained copies of images from a presentation by an executive of the RIAA, the main lobbying organization of the American music industry, for people connected to major labels in the country.Confidential data reveal that 65% of music consumed in the United States is obtained for free, but the vast majority of content comes to people in order offline via external hard drives, CDs burned on a home or pendrives acquaintances.According...

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Instagram has more than 80 million users

 The Instagram continues its amazing growth and has surpassed 80 million users - more than 30 million new members signed up since May.Created in 2010, has Instagram currently has over 4 billion photos uploaded by its users, according to The Next Web .In December 2011, the Instagram had 14 million users and its growth began to impress from April, the month in which the version for Android app was launched.It was also in April that Facebook...

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'Our own phone would not make sense, "said Mark Zuckerberg

  Forget the rumors of a telephone Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg assured that the company does not intend to produce a smartphone in its own time, according to CNET. During the announcement of the stock of the company , Zuckerberg said that the focus of Facebook is to develop a platform and not hardware. "Producing our own phone does not make sense to us," said the creator of the social network. Zuckerberg said the successful application of...

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Apple security firm AuthenTec bought for $ 356 million

  The Apple bought the technology company AuthenTec security for $ 356 million, according to CNET .The AuthenTec provides security solutions for various platforms, including Mac OS and even Android, and other large customers such as Cisco, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG, Samsung and Motorola.The company specializes in network security and authentication, and video solutions. Their technology could be incorporated into iOS devices or services streaming...

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Achim is the clone of the North Korean iPad

  The iPhone is not sold in North Korea, but that does not mean that the North Koreans do not have access to tablets - they have their own clone of the Apple device.According to the website NK News , the North Korean media reported that a tablet called Achim ("Morning"), developed by a state enterprise is becoming very popular within the country, especially among students.The device has a 7 inch screen, weighs 300 grams and the battery lasts...

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The 50 most frequently used sources of information on Wikipedia

  A visual applications company took all the data on information sources of the English edition of Wikipedia, and built an infographic that shows what the fifties sites mentioned in the articles of collaborative encyclopedia. The three most accessed sites are books.google.com and web.archive.org, which would provide access to books and websites out of the air, and informative news.bbc.co.uk. Sites like YouTube, NY Times, IMDB, Google, MySpace...

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Google launches broadband service and television in the U.S.

The Google presented officially on Thursday (26/07) in Kansas City, Google Fiber, your broadband service and television in the United States. The company promises an Internet 100 times faster than the major U.S. and ensures that the download speed is 1 Gigabyte per second for downloads and uploads. Fiber The service also comes with TV with local channels and integrated with Netflix and YouTube, allowing content to watch live or on demand, when...

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