The world of quantum mechanics is weird. Objects that are far apart can influence each other in what Albert Einstein called “spooky action at a distance”, and cats can potentially be dead and alive at the same time. For decades, scientists have tried to prove that these effects are not just
Social network Mxit has exited its Indian and Nigerian markets as the business shuts down its commercial operations. Mxit had a high-profile launch in India at the beginning of 2014 which
Apple has removed 250 apps from the App Store because they were secretly stealing users’ account and device identifiers to Chinese advertiser Youmi. The developers of the apps were unaware that this was happening as they were simply using Youmi’s service to display ads
The art of futurology — predicting what future society might look like — is plagued with difficulties. Books, films, TV shows and plays that feature such efforts are all judged through the prism of hindsight. The 1989 film Back To The Future Part II saw its
A US federal court has found that Apple infringed a patent held by the patenting arm of the University of…
Anyone who has visited Chipata, a picturesque town in eastern Zambia near the border with Malawi, will know it’s not exactly a technology hub. But one company, Impact Enterprises, is helping
Dell has offered US$67bn to buy EMC in the biggest acquisition in the history of the IT industry. The deal will create a “premier end-to-end technology company”, Dell said in a statement. Under the
The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions into Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes on bombing raids over Syria, Nato’s secretary general Jens
Two of the biggest players in enterprise technology, Dell and EMC, are reportedly in talks. According to the Wall Street Journal, the privately held Dell is in advanced discussions to buy EMC in a deal that would be mostly made up of cash
From satellites, to autonomous solar-powered drones, or balloons, there have been plenty of ideas recently on how to connect up the world. Facebook, Google, large international organisations, national governments, even Bono, have laid out ideas of a near future in which we are all hooked into the network
