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International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized Rwanda’s efforts in implementing the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Media Category and ICT for Development (ICT4D) action plan implementation. The two prizes were given to Rwanda during the WSIS Forum 2013 which was hosted by ITU at its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The forum is currently [...]

The satellite TV provider is eyeing the video streaming service, according to news reports. Satellite TV provider DirecTV is thinking about buying all or parts of streaming-video site Hulu, according to news reports Friday. An unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal that Hulu’s owners, which include Walt Disney Company and Comcast, are considering several [...]

New MacBook Air models may be right around the corner — if a reading of retailer tea leaves is correct. Signs may point to a refresh of Apple’s popular MacBook Air. Possibly next month. AppleInsider said Friday that at large online retailers like MacConnection, stock has vanished for the popular 13.3-inch Air with a 1.8GHz [...]

The Chromebook Pixel may be pretty, but it can’t talk to cameras — among the many problems that keep it from being a prime-time laptop. SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s expensive Chromebook giveaway here at its I/O 2013 conference can’t handle connecting to digital cameras, but that’s just one of many problems the laptop causes for its owners. Chromebooks, [...]

These systems blur the line between megatablet and touch-screen all-in-one, creating an entirely new category. This new category of PC can be hard to pin down. To some, these are all-in-one desktops, similar to the Apple iMac, but with the added ability to either fold down flat or detach their screens. To others, these are [...]

At its Google I/O conference, the company showed off the equipment it uses to gather its 360-degree panoramic imagery of the world. SAN FRANCISCO — By now Street View is a routine part of online mapping. But people might not be so familiar with how Google actually gets the data for its 360-degree panoramic views [...]

The Twitter co-founder’s new company, Jelly, closes its first round of funding with a celebrity-studded group of investors, including tech notables like Jack Dorsey, Reid Hoffman and Evan Williams. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has picked up some interesting celebrity investors for his mysterious mobile startup Jelly. The list, published on the company’s Tumblr Thursday, includes [...]

During the fireside chat at Google I/O, a team of Google Android engineers acknowledged continuing fragmentation issues with the Android software and talked about how they’re trying to fix it. Engineers on the Google Android team say they are still working hard to ensure that Android updates are rolled out to new devices in a [...]

At its Google I/O conference, the company showed off the equipment it uses to gather its 360-degree panoramic imagery of the world. SAN FRANCISCO — By now Street View is a routine part of online mapping. But people might not be so familiar with how Google actually gets the data for its 360-degree panoramic views [...]

Google says it has rebuilt Google Maps for the Web with a new version that’s more immersive and social. The new version takes a page from Google’s mobile efforts by putting the search box inside the map and making use of cards — Google’s take on interactive information widgets. “It’s simple and powerful. The map [...]