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A survey by AVG Technologies claims that 69% of children first learn to use a computer before common activities like tying a shoe. The survey, conducted in late 2010, surveyed more than 2200 mothers with internet access and who had children at ages 2 to 5 years. With the changing scenario of early childhood education in comparison to 30 years ago, [...]

Using only the sending of SMS messages, a group of researchers managed to turn off cell phones and disconnecting them from the network. The devices in question they were not just smartphones, proving that any cell would be vulnerable to attacks. Beyond text messages, the SMS protocol can be used to transmit binary small programs that run on the device. [...]

First came the telephone, then erupted the saga of the cellphone and now the world of technology and mobile communications is gearing up for the tablet revolution, that will in fact revolutionize mobile computing, while leaving both the telephone and the mobile phone far, far behind. The tablet era began last year, in the month of April, when Apple [...]

A study by U.S. researchers shows that the use of communication services for teens at night can make them look even more hostile the next day. Dr. Peter Polos, JFK Medical Center, United States, believes that text messaging and other mobile communication services (Internet, for example) are associated with excessive movements during the night, insomnia [...]

Google began offering on Thursday Google Instant in some devices such as Android and iPhone, as promised when it launched the service in September. Google Instant displays the results as the user types the search term, instead of waiting for click the Search button. Although in theory can save time for mobile users as it does in the case of PCs, the [...]

Facebook has just increased its stake in mobile computing with the launch of location services, and facilitate the login process mobile, allows stores close send coupons directly to your mobile.to where the client is. The ads offer a complete redesigned Facebook mobile apps for Android and iPhone, and also the site touch.facebook.com. The company says [...]

Research In Motion (RIM), facing challenges from rivals as both governments for their growth and their market niche in a secured e-mail, is preparing for a long battle where it can come out defeated in a land that does not stop changing. The BlackBerry smartphone used to be regarded as the paradigm of enterprise communications secure. But the company’s [...]

The pioneering computer maker Asustek netbooks posted a quarterly profit worse than expected and cut its forecast for sales of notebooks this year, due to the uncertain prospect of European and American markets. Asustek said on Friday it expected sales of both laptops as netbooks, from 4.1 million units in the third quarter from the 3.9 million produced [...]

Is already available to users gradually the new design of Gmail. Among the most significant changes is a new area of contacts, better organized and easier to use, it should generate a great improvement in user experience. According to the site Mashable, one of the major reasons for the focus on improving Gmail contacts is to allow the service may be [...]

Many commendable initiatives start tiny, almost unnoticed, but can offer experiences that are capable of changing people’s lives. David Risher, former vice president of Amazon is a founder of Worldreader, philanthropic organization that is betting that digital books are able to influence in education and literacy in developing countries. Risher [...]