Tag: Venezuela
Facebook and Twitter remove more fake accounts linked to Iran and Venezuela
Facebook and Twitter have taken action against thousands of fake accounts and pages thought to be linked to Iran, Venezuela and Russia in the latest crackdown on political manipulation across social media. Facebook said it had removed a total of 783 pages, groups and accounts “engaging in co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour tied to Iran” using re-purposed…
UK is 12th cheapest place to buy an iPhone. In Venezuela one will cost you $97,000!
Next time you grumble about the cost of your phone, spare a thought for the poor people of Venezuela where hyper-inflation means that the cost of an iPhone is currently a mouth-watering, wallet-loosening $97,000! By comparison, the UK comes in relatively cheap at an average price of $542 (without contracts), but not as cheap as…
EA mistakes Finsbury Park for Venezuela, hijacks petrol station
Electronic Arts decided to disrupt North London’s rush-hour commuter traffic this morning by staging a mock hijack of a petrol station in Finsbury Park and giving away £20,000 worth of free petrol…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 19-June-2007: Wi-Fi, Broadband, Yahoo, EA, Vodafone
– A Venezuelan tech-god puts the rest of us to shame by setting a new record for the longest Wi-Fi link, of 237 miles.
– John Howard, the embarassing Aussie Prime Minister has announced a US$1.68 billion initiative to bring broadband to 99% of the population by 2009. Now, to get at least 80% of the population to buy computers and actually start using electricity…
– Yahoo’s Terry Semel…
