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The Standard and Poor’s ratings agency on Friday downgraded the European Union’s long-term credit rating one notch, from “AAA” to “AA+”, citing weaker credit worthiness among the bloc. “The downgrade… reflects our view of weaker creditworthiness among…

Prismatic chief Bradford Cross believes that online social networks should go beyond following people to pursuing interests. To that end, the San Francisco-based startup on Thursday released a Prismatic app that lets users of Apple mobile gadgets tap…

The United States has signed anti-tax fraud pacts with six countries and territories including some considered tax havens, the US Treasury Department said Thursday. The Netherlands, Malta, and the British territories of Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey and…

Spain’s data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro fine for “serious violations” of users’ privacy. The Spanish Data Protection Agency accused the popular search provider of “illegal processing of personal…

What was hot in 2013. Topping Google’s search list was Fast & Furious star Paul Walker, 40, who died in a car crash on the last day of November. News of the actor’s death Nov. 30 of this year spiked to the top of Google’s list. Second was the Boston…

By Cale Guthrie Weissman On December 19, 2013 Sometimes the descriptor ‘entrepreneur’ is definitely pejorative. You’re at a party drinking a beer, minding your own business, and some dude comes up to you. He’s nice enough, is (of course) wearing…

Why is everybody making such a fuss about the latest Warren Buffett wind power purchase? Okay, so the legendary investor’s MidAmerican Energy Company has just ordered a huge mess of wind turbines from Siemens, but it was all the way back in May that…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will sell 41.35 million ‘B’ shares in the company for tax purposes, US stock market regulators said on Thursday. These shares will allow Zuckerberg to retain power over Facebook because each has 10 voting rights. Proceeds…

Ready for a little bit of change, Spotify users? The popular music streaming service is getting ready to release a new, totally refreshed desktop application for Mac and Windows users in the very near future. According to a report by The Verge, who…

Though most computers that run Google’s Chrome OS come in the form of affordable laptops, LG has decided to target a new demographic with their latest computer, the Chromebase. Announced this morning by the company, the Chromebase is an all-in-one…

The Bank of England is to issue plastic banknotes for the first time in its history, it announced Wednesday, with Winston Churchill gracing the first run. The polymer note, carrying a value of £5 ($8.2, 6.0 euro), is to be released in 2016 — and as…

When we last covered Roambi I told you about the latest release of Roambi Analytics, a stunning app that helps companies visual all different kinds of data.  The newly redesigned Analytics app for iOS 7 has been very well received according to Roambi…

The virtual currency Bitcoin crashed in China on Wednesday, falling almost 50 percent after the country’s biggest trading platform BTC China banned deposits in yuan following new restrictions imposed by the central bank. Chinese speculators have driven…

So let’s say that your mother just got a brand new iPad or iPhone for the holidays, and one of the things they’re most excited about is getting into the e-book game with the iBookstore. Gifting them a book from the iBookstore would be a great little…

Those who own Google Glass but use an iPhone received a bit of good news today, followed by some bad news: Google’s MyGlass companion app was reportedly added to the App Store, unlocking more of Glass’s potential for those who don’t carry an Android…

Back in September, Opera launched an iPad-specific web browser called Coast, an app that embraced minimalist design and looked like it would provide the ultimate browsing experience for its users. Today, Coast has gotten a major update, and while it…

Thanks for checking in for this edition of the Weekend Wrap-up, where we get you all caught up on the biggest tech stories from the past week. We’ve got a lot of big ones, so let’s dive in. Spotify Offers Free, Ad-Supported Mobile Access In the…

CALGARY, Alberta, December 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“Oando Energy Resources” or the “Company”) (TSX: OER), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria, today announced that it has further amended…

China’s Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon’s surface Sunday after the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades, a huge advance in the country’s ambitious space programme. The Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, was deployed at 4:35 am (2035 GMT…

Electronic and electrical gadgets that have reached the end of their life are expected to jump by a third in volume by 2017, a rise that poses major challenges for sorting and recycling, according to figures published on Sunday. By the end of 2017,…