US Authorities Planning Database to Combat Smartphone Theft / image via cio.com

Led by the US Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.), government authorities and the wireless phone industry are fast on the heels of a national database that could track down hijacked smartphones and render them useless once reported stolen.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that officials of the communications commission are set to meet today in Washington with police authorities from New York, …

Iran Blocks Official Website for Upcoming 2012 London Olympics / image via dariknews.bg

The Iranian government has apparently blocked the official website for the upcoming July Olympic Games in London.
BBC News Tuesday said BBC has received information via tweets from users in Iran that the official website for the Games is no longer accessible, and users will re-direct to a site that normally carries material from Iran’s official news agencies.
BBC’s Click Farsi program presenter Nima …

Your iPad Can Actually Work and Look Better With Rakuten iPad Keyboard Case / image via Tecca

With the iPad image still in the process of transforming itself into the latest high-tech icon recognizable anywhere on the planet, its latest look may include one that is a bit different but could make it look—and work—better.
Industry observer Tecca Tuesday reported that Japanese accessory maker Rakuten has come up with an iPad keyboard case that would make the iPad tablet perform with the …

Good News For Unhappy Mass Effect 3 Players: Better Endings Come Summer

By the summer of 2012, the popular Mass Effect 3 video game will have better endings through a free extension set provided to thousands of unhappy players by game maker Bioware, an apparent response to complaints that the original three endings were “underwhelming”.
BBC News Monday reported that Bioware co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka assured players the extended cut for Mass Effect 3 will strike the right balance between …

Google Glasses to Take Away the Risk Of Texting While Walking / image via Flickr

Diehard texters, which mean practically everybody with a smartphone or a tablet, may be resting easy very soon and not worry about falling into a hole while texting and walking or getting hit by a car while punching in that urgent message without looking where they’re going.
An Associated Press report on Monday, said Google might soon release glasses connected to the Internet, apparently for the sole purpose of …

Genericization: A Brand-New Word From The New English By Apple / image via The Next Web

There is betting and you’ll probably lose that when someone walks into a computer store anywhere in the world, the persons will immediately ask the clerk for an iPad even when they mean tablet, any brand of tablet.
The Associated Press, reporting from New York, this morning said Apple is not simply leading the way in the planet’s technology business trek, as it continues to hold on to the position as …

Google Upgrades Its Google Art Project in Collaboration with Chicago Arts Institute / image via IBTimes

Online appreciation and enjoyment of great works of art got a big new boost Tuesday when Google announced the upgrade of its Google Art Project initiative in partnership with the Chicago Arts Institute.
In a report from Chicago, the Associated Press this morning said the new Google art page upgrade will add thousands of great art works from more countries around the world.
Google president …

Facebook-Yahoo War Heats Up as Facebook Files Own Lawsuit / image via Digital Trends

The legal battle over patents between Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. and social networking giant Facebook went up the temperature scale Tuesday as Facebook filed its countersuit in a court in San Francisco, CA.
Digital Trends, citing the Associated Press report, said that Facebook, in its own filing, asked the California court for a jury trial, and likewise sued for damages. It asked the court to dismiss …

Google vs. Facebook – Giants Battle for Revenue Supremacy / image via Digital Trends

The two biggest names in the Internet today are battling it out for Web supremacy as their revenues climb to stratospheric heights, thanks to the heated business landscape of the Internet in 2012.
Search giant Google and social networking colossus Facebook are going neck and neck this early in the year, as both worry that the other is luring away the incredibly lucrative advertising business that has made …

Ashton Kutcher to Play Apple’s Steve Jobs in Indie Movie / image via Business Insider

A movie entitled “Jobs” will begin shooting in May with the role of Apple founder Steve Jobs played by actor Ashton Kutcher, who is a familiar eye-catcher for viewers of “That ‘70s Show” and “Two and a Half Men”.
Film industry publication Variety told CNN yesterday that the indie movie will see Kutcher filling the shoes of Jobs during the Apple founder’s early years, until his founding of …