Daily Archives: December 7, 2011

Online social networking and microblogging service Twitter has revealed the most popular topics for tweets in 2011 — #egyptand #tigerblood. The first one, #egypt refers to the turbulence in Egypt while the second #tigerblood, references the comment “My fangs are dripping tiger blood,” by actor Charlie Sheen. ...

Social media giant Facebook has introduced its Timeline feature to all users in New Zealand. The country has got first crack at the major redesign of the profile page. ...

U.S. federal court has approved a provisional restraining order against Research in Motion (RIM), said Basis International Ltd, a developer and supplier of the BBx and BBj interpreted programming languages. ...

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”  -Steve...

Verizon, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, is not going to block Google Inc’s payments app, Google Wallet, on its latest smartphone. In a statement Jeffrey Nelson, spokesperson for Wireless service provider Verizon Wireless, said, “Recent reports that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet on our devices are false.” ...