Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg post on Facebook’s 10 year anniversary.
Author: ttcsadmin
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Microsoft’s new CEO is Satya Nadella
Via Microsoft’s Press Release:
“Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Nadella previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group.”
Microsoft has a dedicated page about Satya Nadella at
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.htmlSatya Nadella – Microsoft’s CEO.
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Google Releases SDK for Google Chromecast
Great news for fans of the Google Chromecast, the $35 us hdmi dongle that can display Netflix and YouTube videos on your HDTV via your Android or iOS smartphone.
….we’re releasing the Google Cast Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers who want to build Chromecast support into their apps and websites.
This should mean more content and applications that can be made available on the Google Chromecast. Read the announcement at
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/02/chromecast-is-now-open-to-developers.html
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Ars Technica : Picking up the pieces after the @N Twitter account theft
Excellent writeup by Ars Technica on what happened to Naoki Hiroshima’s @N Twitter account theft and suggestions on how to keep it from happening to you.
Read: Ars Technica Picking up the pieces after the @N Twitter account theft
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Microsoft testing Windows 8.1 update that hides tile interface by default | The Verge
Microsoft testing Windows 8.1 update that hides tile interface by default | The Verge.
Microsoft is testing an update to Windows 8.1 that will boot Windows in desktop mode by default instead of the Modern UI
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T&T steelpan newspaper history now on the Web | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
T&T steelpan newspaper history now on the Web | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper.
“The history of steelpan as chronicled in Trinidad newspapers is now only a click away. As a result of a grant from UWI and collaboration between students at UWI and the UWI library, more than 4,000 newspaper articles related to the history of steelpan in T&T will be uploaded to the Web. ”
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TSTT announces 6 month project to offer 1Gb Internet connectivity via fiber optic cable to housing development in Chaguanas
Via the Trinidad Guardian :
TSTT unveiled a 6 month pilot project on Wednesday where houses in the Legacy Housing Development will be wired using fiber optic cable capable of Internet connectivity speeds of 1 Gigabit/s.
TSTT also announced that it is prepared to deliver gigabit Internet connectivity to 10,000 homes in Trinidad, 70 per cent of which are located in the north of the country, with a increase to 40,000 homes by the end of 2014.
No pricing from TSTT will be announced pending a review after the pilot project.
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Naoki Hiroshima : How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username
A story from Naoki Hiroshima, describing in detail how his online accounts were taken over via social engineering attacks at PayPal and GoDaddy. To regain his domains, he gave away his Twitter handle (which was the ultimate target of the attacker(s) to get back access to his domain names
How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username — Medium.
PayPal has responded :
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Happy 30th Birthday, Apple Macintosh
- Screenshot of Apple’s home page paying homage to the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh
Thirty years ago on January 24, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh computer.
The launch was advertised by Apple two days before in a TV ad shown during the US football SuperBowl tournament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSnW-ygU5g
Apple’s home page pays homage to this milestone, along with a website at http://www.apple.com/30-years/ showing a timeline of Apple Macintosh product line over the past 30 years, and highlights prominent persons use of the products and a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp697DqsbUU
