http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/ http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:12:38 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26868 Microsoft and News Corp have announced a new app which allows Xbox owners to access Fox News and The Wall Street Journal through their games consoles. The apps for Xbox LIVE will also give users access to programs from Fox Broadcasting such as “Glee,” “House,” “The Simpsons,” and “Family Guy”. The latest gaming news and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/news-through-your-xbox/26868/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/ http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:50:44 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26760 Whether we use them to tell our friends about great articles we’ve read, or videos we just watched, many of us use Social Media to share – and receive – links every day. From micro-blogging websites like Twitter – which, with their shortened format are perfect for quickly grabbing a URL for “followers – to [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/tech-poll-whats-your-favourite-social-media-link-sharing-tool/26760/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/ http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:49:52 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26238 On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10th December 2011, the Council of the European Union weighed in on the debate over internet freedom, joining calls from world leaders, at a Google hosted meeting, that co-ordinated activism on the web should go unrestricted. The High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, said in [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/council-of-the-european-union-weighs-in-on-internet-freedom/26238/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/ http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:48:08 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26208 Google, one of the world’s largest internet-based businesses, has rounded up Western leaders for meetings on internet freedom at The Hague in The Netherlands. Telecom operators, bloggers and foreign ministers from United States, Canada, Estonia and Kenya were all present for the meetings on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December 2011. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/google-hosts-foreign-ministers-for-meetings-on-internet-freedom-at-the-hague/26208/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/ http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:10:30 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26109 Amazon has expanded its reach in the publishing sector with the acquisition of 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish. The internet retailing company plans to convert many books on the Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books into ebooks as part of a plan to expand reach in picture books and young adult novels, as well as create more content [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/amazon-expands-further-in-publishing-sector/26109/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/youtube-targets-latino-market-through-original-channels-project/25688/ http://theglobalherald.com/youtube-targets-latino-market-through-original-channels-project/25688/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:32:43 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25688 Youtube has moved into producing its own programming through the new “original channels” initiative. Cash advances have been given to around 100 popular Youtube channels to create original content for the Google entertainment behemoth. One of the channels chosen to take part in the pilot scheme is Clevver Media, who were already achieving 60 million [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/youtube-targets-latino-market-through-original-channels-project/25688/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/huffpo-grows-again/25280/ http://theglobalherald.com/huffpo-grows-again/25280/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:08:26 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25280 The Huffington Post has announced yet another raft of sub-editions with the launch of HuffPost50, HuffPost Gay Voices, HuffPost Weddings and HuffPost High School. Since being acquired by AOL in March 2011, the publication has set up 21 new verticals as part of the innovative multi-blog format. Set up by Arianna Huffington, the former wife [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/huffpo-grows-again/25280/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/1-and-1-network-outage-blamed-on-middleware/25207/ http://theglobalherald.com/1-and-1-network-outage-blamed-on-middleware/25207/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:05:54 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25207 1&1 experienced a server outage on Monday 26th September 2011. Two outages of around three hours affected dedicated servers, VPS and cloud hosting with only shared hosting and mail left unaffected. Customers were unable to reach the control panel, meaning many were unable to change DNS settings to switch providers. Customer service phone lines were [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/1-and-1-network-outage-blamed-on-middleware/25207/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/restauranteweb-joins-just-eat-group-providing-gateway-to-brazil/24976/ http://theglobalherald.com/restauranteweb-joins-just-eat-group-providing-gateway-to-brazil/24976/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:08:41 +0000 Business Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24976 The Just-Eat Group will now have access to over 1,000 restaurants in Brazil owing to a partnership with RestauranteWeb. The online food ordering business teams up with food outlets to provide a one-stop online checkout for takeaway ordering. RestauranteWeb was founded in 2004 by Luiz Jares and Marco Corradini. The financial terms of the deal [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/restauranteweb-joins-just-eat-group-providing-gateway-to-brazil/24976/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/firefox-6-downloaded-ahead-of-time-by-avid-fans/23421/ http://theglobalherald.com/firefox-6-downloaded-ahead-of-time-by-avid-fans/23421/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:53:11 +0000 Technology Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=23421 The new version of the Firefox browser has been downloaded ahead of time by avid fans who are so well versed in the naming conventions of the Firefox website that they began surfing with the latest Firefox update almost three days ahead of schedule. The new version had been made available on the FTP servers [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/firefox-6-downloaded-ahead-of-time-by-avid-fans/23421/feed/ 0