A Google-backed innovation community in Nairobi, Kenya, plans to build the first African supercomputer outside of South Africa, which backers hope will be a step toward a more self-sufficient technological infrastructure and community in the region.
GeneXus, software development company and Techli sponsor, will be holding their 7th annual GeneXus USA event at the Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy in downtown Chicago on June 6th.
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has joined Twitter. Now, the social media team needs to learn how to use their presence effectively. Techli’s Kathryn Hough gives the old school investment bank some new school tips on using Twitter to effectively reach their audience.
Some of the most common methods of contraception are also the most likely to fail, according to new research at Washington University — and those failures are due to user error rather than anything inherently ineffective about hormonal birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. But without resorting to other birth control methods, is there any way mobile developers can increase the effectiveness of common contraceptives?
Internet connectivity is nowhere near leveling off, according to an annual Cisco forecast, though future growth will be increasingly driven by mobile devices.
In a blog post this week, Yusuf Mehdi of the Xbox team, detailed how the “gravity defying” sales of the nearly seven year old console are due to its transformation from gaming to all media.
The popular 90s trivia game has resurfaced as a free-to-play app, containing all the quirky trivia fun of the full release with the added benefit of letting you crush your Facebook friends.
Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.
Hackers wasted no time in releasing S Voice for other current-generation Android phones, casting a shadow on Samsung’s day in the sun while potentially opening up the functionality to a much wider range of users.
In what could be the most significant pivot in the company’s history, bitly overhauled its services today with a fresh focus on social sharing and curation of viral links.
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