The journey of Nintendo’s gamer CEO Satoru Iwata

Though Satoru Iwata was a corporate president but at heart he was always a gamer. R.I.P. Satoru Iwata, beloved CEO of Nintendo died on July 11, 2015 at the age of 55 after battling cancer. His death has not only started an outburst of grief online but it is also celebrating his contributions to the world of video gaming as well. Satoru Iwata stood out due to his friendly and outward behavior and unabashed love for games amidst a sea of “professional CEOs”, In the 2000s, he won laurels for restoring Nintendo’s flagging fortunes, guiding...

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First Ubuntu powered Drone launched

Erle Robotics launches the first Ubuntu powered drone It seems world is slowly and steadily moving towards Linux powered devices. After Linux was used to power destroyers for US Navy, now Erle Robotics has used Ubuntu to power a drone. Erle Robotics, a Spanish company, has been at the forefront of using Linux in devices and had introduced the Erle-Copter drone powered by Ubuntu Snappy Core back in February 2015, has launched the world’s first Ubuntu powered Drone on 3rd May. The Erle-Copter Drone is powered by  Snappy...

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Real-Time Cyber-Attack Map Shows the Truth of Global Cyber War

This real-time global cyber attack map is trending in the social media since couple of days. Colorful lasers depict the attacks that are currently occurring across the world, making the real-time map pretty dazzling. The map shows a huge amount of cyber attacks being carried out between China and America. Created by Norse, it is an effective way to detect the malware attacks on the real system beforehand. Norse is an attack intelligence firm that detects, blocks, and even tracks the threats and check out the hidden breaches all around the...

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Self Marketing – Let Your Personality Shine

Personality marketing is one of the simplest ways to market and brand a product or service. Take Oprah Winfrey for example.  Oprah is one of the most powerful women in the world. She can take any unknown author into a top New York Times bestseller just by giving her endorsement. Her entire business, and businesses, is built around her personality. People often follow websites but because of the people behind the site – not just because of the content. In many industries, like weight loss for example, success is determined much more by...

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.BANK domain is the future of online security - so why have so few heard of it?

The real battle isn't about rolling out secure domains. It's about getting people to trust them. With the arrival last week of the brand new .bank (or .BANK) top-level domain (TLD), everything to do with global online banking is about to get more expensive, more complex but, the experts claim, a lot more secure for both banks and consumers. Never heard of .bank or have any idea how it or any other secured .TLD will improve...

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One of The best-armed Government on earth can’t defend itself

The revelation that personal information records of 4 million US federal government workers has been hacked raises real concerns for health of the digital economy. While commentators were busy once again pointing the finger of blame at China for what could be the largest ever theft of government data, the ramifications are likely to be felt across the global digital economy. The hack was uncovered as the US Department of Homeland Security tried...

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Chrome spell-checker works for multiple languages at the same time in Dev channel update

Above: Hallo would be the correct choice, for those who don't speak German. Google has made a useful improvement to its spell-checking in the latest,version of the  Dev channel of the Chrome browser.  Thanks to the tweak, you can now run the spell-checker tool for multiple languages at once — there’s no need to switch. The new feature is included in the log for version 45.0.2453.0 of the Chrome Dev channel,...

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800+ tech leaders coming to MobileBeat 2015: Join our biggest mobile-focused party ever

We’re throwing a party and we’d like you to come. MobileBeat 2015 is Monday and Tuesday July 13-14 in downtown San Francisco and it’s almost full up. Currently over 900 people are coming. That includes attendees from brands like Adidas and Staples, and tech heavyweights such as Twitter, Google, and Facebook. Top leaders from Microsoft, Vevo, Airbnb, BitTorent, Lyft, Walmart, and hundreds of other companies will also participate. Above:...

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See 12 most influential programmers working today

Above: Richard Stallman, software freedom fighter Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The apps and games you use every day don’t exist in a vacuum — someone, somewhere, wrote the code. That also goes for the underlying platforms and hardware that those apps run on. And the web. And the entire Internet itself. Even the programming languages that people use to build this stuff first had to be written by somebody else. So...

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