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Highest Court in Europe Asked to Decide on ACTAThe highest court in the European Union has been asked to determine if the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, is legal. The move comes as country after country has stopped ratification of the controversial anti-piracy treaty. ACTA has been labeled by some as a “global SOPA,”... Twitter Is Testing Auto-Translate FeatureAs more Twitter users flock to the site worldwide, it’s only natural that the social network roll out an option that allows you to read tweets beyond your native language. Twitter is experimenting with a new feature that automatically translates tweets into various languages with the help of ... Your Life as Data: The Rise of Personal Annual ReportsEvery time he drinks a cup of coffee, Dan Meyer makes a note on his phone. He does the same every time he opens a beer, turns on his TV or travels away from home. At the end of each month, he spends about three hours transferring these meticulously gathered notes into an excel spreadsheet. Meyer... Will You Be Twitter’s 500 Millionth User?Twitter may hit a huge landmark on Wednesday — welcoming the 500 millionth user to the social network at approximately 3 p.m. EST. The countdown is on for Twitter’s user milestone. The projection of the figure comes from Twopcharts.com, a third party Twitter analysis company. New acco... Will You Be Twitter’s 500 Millionth User? [UPDATED]Update: Shortly after 1 p.m. ET, Twitter hit 500 million users, according to Twopcharts.com. Naturally, the analyst company is on to the next benchmark — the countdown to 600 million registered users. The estimated time until the next Twitter celebration is only 108 days away. There were an es... NASA Wants You … to Eat Space Food in Hawaii [VIDEO]Calling all supertaster space nerds: NASA wants your help to improve the bland food astronauts would have to eat while on a mission to Mars. The space agency is looking for applicants to eat astronaut food for four months during a simulated trip to the Red Planet. Participants will try inst... Why are Brands Shutting Their Facebook Stores?Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last year. Now many of those Facebook stores are closing. A Bloomberg report this weekend pointed out that Gap, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and GameStop have all o... Why Are Retailers Shutting Their Facebook Stores?Eager to monetize the large followings they had built on Facebook, many large brands set up shop on the social network for the first time last year. Now many of those Facebook stores are closing. A Bloomberg report this weekend pointed out that Gap, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and GameStop have all o... Apple in Shanghai Showdown for ‘iPad’ Name in ChinaApple defended its right to use the “iPad” trademark in China in a mainland Chinese court on Wednesday. In a David-and-Goliath legal showdown, Shenzhen Proview Technology, a fledgling Chinese electronics company, is suing Apple, claiming they never sold Apple the right to use the nam... Twitter App Updates Bring New Features for iPhone and Android UsersTwitter announced updates to its iPhone and Android apps on Tuesday, re-introducing some well-loved features and adding new improvements as well. But the updates don’t impact all mobile tweeters equally. Both updated apps bring back the swipe shortcut. That move allows users to reply to, f... |