Facebook is holding a press conference Stateside later today, and the big news the social network is expected to announce is that you’ll soon be able to turn your status updates public, so every poking, virtual Frisbee throwing chap and chapette on the site can get your two cents, all the time. Just like Twitter, wouldn’t you say?
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O2 has announced a deal with BT that allows O2 customers to use BT’s Openzone hotspots as part of their mobile tariff – that means you can now hook up online while waiting for your Vanilla Frappuccino at Starbucks.
It’s fun to mock those who feel compelled to report their every inane activity using Twitter, but worryingly there are those who even need to Tweet their vital statistics on the social networking site. For these Twitter addicts, there’s The Akiduki Pulse box – a new device that will post your heart rate at the touch of a button.
A new cyber-security operations unit, based at spy central GCHQ, is to be created, the government has announced. The unit will be backed by a policy co-ordination office in Whitehall. And was announced as part of an “updated national security strategy”. Like something out of Spooks: Code 9, Lord Alan West, Home Office security minister, said the unit was looking to recruit young hackers with questionable pasts.
Vodafone is about to launch a new plug-in box that’ll boost your mobile phone signal at home. The Vodafone Access Gateway plugs into your home broadband line giving you a localised burst of 3G signal and, of course, reliable access to all of Vodafone’s phone services. That means no more balancing on one leg holding a coat-hanger when trying to find the best signal spot.
Google is working on a new form of image recognition technology which can automatically work out what landmarks are in your photos, no geotagging required!
Google Maps just rolled out a new feature, “What’s Here?”, a headsmackingly simple but superb addition that’ll let you pull up all the Maps and user-generated info around a spot just by right-clicking on it.