BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 ITPP has captured a video of the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS in a hands on walkthrough of the new platform, which ITProPortal has learnt will be arriving on existing PlayBook tablets in two...

That man that sent a joke tweet about blowing up an Airport is due to appeal his conviction today in the high court. "Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I am...

The Brazilian government has sought legal action against Twitter by filing a lawsuit against microblogging site and asking it to remove all those accounts which are warning citizens about police speed traps and roadblocks. The...

Microblogging platform Twitter has disclosed that it is pondering over the idea of hiring Shaliesh Rao, the former chief of Google's advertising sales in Asia. According to a Twitter spokesperson, Mr Rao may join Twitter some...

It's the same old tussle between the ambitious firms and local government laws which Google is now facing and in a response to it Google has adapted its blogger site to censor some of the contents in countries which do not...

A new study reveals that out of all the millions of tweets posted every month on the microblogging platform Twitter, around one third are worth reading. The study was conducted by researchers at MIT, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon...

Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, has introduced a quartet of masked and caped superhero characters that are supposed to aid the company in selling more phones. The cartoon characters are Gogo Girl (the Achiever), Max...

Facebook faces threat to its growth rate and cites competition from Google and Twitter as the major reason for the impediment in its progress. According to Facebook's latest perceptions, it is undoubtedly going to face a cut...

Having been subject to criticism from various sources for its newly introduced censorship policy, microblogging platform Twitter has announced that the changes were made with the vision of making censorship on the site more...

When Leigh Van Bryan, a 26-year-old UK national tweeted to his buddies about going to the US and "destroying" it, he only meant he was going to have a great time and perhaps a few drinks, like many other tourists of his...

Google was subject to severe criticism by the UK authorities for not taking appropriate measures to remove the images from the Max Mosley orgy video. Google was earlier alleged for not making endeavours to take down the images...

Police departments in both Las Vegas, Nevada and Rochester, Minnesota, are taking advantage of IBM's high tech analytics to help forecast crime "hot spots" and pursue leads quicker.  With the assistance of software...

A recent report from the Associated Press shows that teenagers are ditching Facebook, for Twitter. A more thorough view to this trend reveals that Twitter is increasingly becoming a popular choice for the teenagers, but they are...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly looking for a spy tool for monitoring social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Earlier in the month, the agency published a RFI (request for information) as a part of...

Chip giant Intel has announced that it is buying near about 190 patents from the Washington based software maker RealNetworks. These patents, according to Intel, are part of the $120 million deal it inked with the company. In...