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Google Apologizes for Stealing Customers From Kenyan StartupGoogle has apologized — via Google+ and by phone — to the CEO of an African startup whose databases were compromised by a Kenya-based team working for Google. Nelson Mattos, Google’s vice president for product and engineering for Europe and emerging markets, stated on ... Mass Effect 3 Gets XBox Kinect Function and Demo DateA new Mass Effect 3 trailer has hit the Internet showcasing the highly-anticipated action role-playing-game’s new Kinect functionality. The video shows players using their voices to give commands to allies, pick up guns or even shoot weapons, activate special abilities and throw grenades. It... Making Light of a Dark Day: 6 SOPA Memes Worth SeeingZing for Wikipedia Image from Someecards.com.Click here to view this gallery. As many popular websites go dark on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), amusing memes about the situation are making the rounds online. Sure, SOPA and the Protect... How Toshiba Uses Social Media to Make Products Its Customers Really Want [VIDEO]If you were paying attention to the news coming out of CES last week you probably know about Toshiba’s ultra thin new tablet, but what you may not know is the process whereby some of these brilliant new ideas come from. Toshiba uses social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and You... Zuckerberg: SOPA Is ‘Poorly Thought-Out Law’Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg voiced his opinion about SOPA and PIPA for the first time Wednesday, calling the legislature “poorly-thought out laws that get in the way of the internet’s development.” Zuckerberg’s opposition to the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP A... Google Thinks OPEN Is a Rational Alternative to SOPAThe tech industry isn’t against all legislative attempts to fight piracy. In fact, Google for one has even endorsed an alternative bill to SOPA called OPEN. Explaining its opposition to SOPA and Senate doppelganger PIPA, Google’s Official Blog gave a plug for OPEN as an “altern... ‘The Day The LOLcats Died’ Song Clobbers SOPA Supporters [VIDEO]Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. With Wednesday’s protest of SOPA and PIPA in full swing on the web and in person, the play button on “The Day The LOLcats Died” video from I Can Has Cheezburger is getting heavy at... PIPA and SOPA Co-Sponsors Abandon BillsThe widespread Internet blackout Wednesday, in which sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit went dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), seems to have influenced members of the U.S. Congress. PIPA co-sponsor Florida Sen. Marco Rubio pulled his n... Summer Coding: U.S. CTO Wants You to Get Tech Skills This YearMissed out on that New Year’s resolution to learn a programming language — the goal that 300,000 people signed up for, including New York Mayor Bloomberg? Too busy with school to make it happen? You’ll get another, even easier shot at that goal this summer. Codecademy, the bran... 9 Awesomely Beautiful Apple Store DesignsPudong (Shanghai) Apple made its Lourve-like design famous in New York, but Shanghai’s stunning cylindrical glass entrance is a sight to see. A glass spiral staircase leads shoppers to the store below. Click here to view this gallery. Steve Jobs was a fanatic ... |