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Facebook pays for using your name in ads without permission 27 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
Users whose names and pictures were used in sponsored stories without giving their permission will get a $ 15 (about £10 / AU$ 17) payout from Facebook. The amount has been approved by a US judge, an...
As Badgeville Hones In On Gamification For Large Enterprises, It Launches A New Behavior Lab 27 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
Gamification — the idea of adding gameplay elements into services to get people to interact more with them — has been one of the more buzzy features in the last few years of social media services, but...
Seriously Is A New Mobile Gaming Entertainment Venture Started By Former Rovio Execs, Seriously 27 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Rovio built an empire out of a silly little physics-based game called Angry Birds. 1.5 billion downloads later, the company is thriving as an entertainment and merchandising brand thanks to licensing ...
HP buddies up with SAP to offer HANA in the cloud 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
HP has announced a new cloud service for SAP’s HANA in-memory database designed to help organisations analyse big data in the cloud. Named HP As-a-Service for SAP HANA, it bundles the SAP HANA softwa...
Xbox One may slip in ahead of PS4 with a November 8 release 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
The PS4 is arriving on November 15 in the US and November 29 elsewhere, but Microsoft still hasn’t spilled the beans on when we’ll get our hands on the Xbox One. But if you delay these sorts of thing...
In Depth: Identity management: how the cloud can help your business 27 Aug 2013 | 01:20 pm
The risk of attack is increasing, but few small to midsize businesses are taking the basic measures needed to prevent it. The costs incurred from a compromise are vast; damaged systems and software mu...
Sony announces new E-mount lenses 27 Aug 2013 | 11:22 am
Sony has introduced two new lenses for its expanding range of E-mount optics. Both of the new models are premium quality telephoto optics. First up, a Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm lens is intended...
Sony introduces two new E-mount CSCs 27 Aug 2013 | 10:24 am
Sony has introduced two new E-mount system cameras. The first, the Sony NEX-5T, replaces last year’s Sony NEX-5R and features a few minor upgrades. The second, the Sony Alpha 3000, features the E-moun...
Blip: Are Microsoft employees getting a special white Xbox One? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
It seems like the Xbox One is coming out in white … but you won’t be able to get your hands on one unless you work for Microsoft. A Reddit user recently posted a photo of a white and silvery console ...
Kodak to reinvent itself as a printing company 27 Aug 2013 | 02:33 am
Bankrupt camera maker Kodak has been given court approval to come out of bankruptcy and continue as a smaller digital imaging company. The company plans to reinvent itself by moving away from consume...
