Technology trends of 2011: year in review

BlackBerry’s crash, the launch of Google+, and the growing popularity of Android, eBooks, the iPad and hacktivism made 2011 a busy year for tech   trends.

1. The rise of hacktivism
This was the year in which hacktivism entered the mainstream thanks to a   brief and chaotic digital …

Post-processing in the digital age: Photojournalists and 10b Photography

When Yuri Kozyrev was covering the Arab Spring, working in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and  Yemen for Time, instead of wiring his images direct to the magazine in New York,  he sent them first to Claudio Palmisano in Rome, who would process them  according to the …

Adobe Flash 11.1 update adds Ice Cream Sandwich support

Adobe has announced the release of its Flash 11.1 update for mobile devices.

The latest version of the web video software adds security updates and Ice Cream Sandwich support to coincide with the US launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

“This update to Adobe Flash …

Cyber Culture: Where’s my black bar!? Is good design change always a change for the better?

A handful of services to which we are welded for huge amounts of time have made some fairly radical design alterations of late. Twitter, YouTube, Gmail have all introduced major revamps to their interfaces, causing much hand-wringing and consternation from vociferous users who are …

Flash memory makers team up to protect HD content on SD cards

Five of the world’s top SD card manufacturers are working on a “next generation secure memory initiative” that will see them develop a …

5 Innovations IBM Says Will Change Your Life

Mind-reading PCs, people-powered generators, and an end to passwords could all become realities within the next five years, according to Big Blue.
The next five years will bring about scientific and technological advancements that will enable entirely new classes of smart machines, predictive software, and …