Mark Zuckerburg and his team of lawyers are on the prowl and attempting to take the necessary legal proceedings to trademark the words “face” and “book” in URL titles. If they are successful at getting the trademark ownership for these two terms, a large deal of internet sites will be fairly in danger of getting their domains seized and fined for the use of the trademarks. The process is certainly one that is tangled and difficult to get across but it may just be possible for the multi-million dollar company to pull off the process.
Google released the new service which allows users of the Gmail service to make free calls to other Gmail accounts and phone numbers. The service has already been used to make over one million calls over the span of 24 hours. Users of the service are also able to make calls internationally for a very cheap international rate of 2 cents per minute which is affordable to most internet users. The service is free to the US and Canada and is getting adopted quickly into regular use by many Gmail Users.
Many countries across the globe are seriously exploring the concept of electronic voting. Rather than a paper ballot, or any sort of mechanically punched cards, using an electronic voting machine can reduce the risk of a voter accidentally voting for the wrong person, or having their vote go missing. In theory electronic voting machines are a great idea. Unfortunately, no one has found a way to create one that can’t be misused. One such exploitable e-voting machine was recently discovered in India by researcher Hari Prasad.
A few weeks back, Google announced a new licensing service for Android apps. The service, once added to an app, would force an online ID check each time the app was launched to ensure the person using the app did, in fact, pay for it. Piracy is a huge concern for Android developers, and it’s one of the reasons some larger software companies haven’t begun releasing their products on the Android Market. Google had hoped that their new licensing service would alleviate some of those concerns. It turns out, the licensing service might not be all it’s cracked up to … read more