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Mark Zuckerberg, of Facebook, has announced that Internet.org will be opening itself up for developers to design apps. For those who don't know, Internet.org is a plan to get Internet access to billions more people across the world.

Inspiration comes in a variety of forms, even bad ideas. CloudFlare story is one of the best examples. Two Harvard Business School students were on a field trip. Matthew Prince had ideas, a lot of ideas. Michelle Zatlyn was to be Prince's partner, but hadn't decided on it yet. Tom Eisenmann is a faculty member of Harvard Business School, and thought that Prince and Zatlyn would work well together. Previously, the pair had been told that getting funding would be difficult, near on impossible.

Sony's next flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z4, is to be released in Japan during the summer. No international release date has been mentioned as yet, but Sony has released information on the features of the next model of the Xperia Z series. Previously Sony has said it is unlikely to make any more smartphones.

Nokia seemed to get a raw end of the deal with Microsoft, with the once popular mobile phone device now looking like disappearing. For Microsoft and its mobile Windows based operating system, it means a change of thinking and direction

"When asked what my first language is, I often answer, "visual." I think in images, prefer to be taught through images, and like to express what I know through images. I find it disconcerting that as learners progress to the higher grades, there is less use of images and visuals to teach concepts. The power of the use of vision for learning is emphasized by developmental molecular biologist, John Medina, where in his publication, Brain Rules, he states: Vision Trumps All Other Senses We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you'll remember 65%. Professionals everywhere need to know about the incredible inefficiency of text-based information and the incredible effects of images (http://www.brainrules.net/vision)."

The Phree is an interesting device that will probably be very useful to a lot of people. The Phree is a pen that can write on pretty much everything and input the data to a mobile device. So you can picture it, look at the armrest of your chair, get a pen and write.

Should the U.S. government force tech companies to put a backdoor into encrypted information on communications devices to allow them to easily decrypt an individual's information?

Some websites feel as if the Internet was designed with them as a planned fixture, weaving seamlessly through websites and making so much

Apple has announced it's new iOS 9 for the iPhone and iPad and iPod touch and it aims to fix a few issues and make iOS more intelligent and intuitive. The iOS 9 is due out this fall (Or spring for those in the southern hemisphere.) as a free download.

What is you're at a concert, and you'd like the sound to be a bit different so you could enjoy it more? Here Active Listening is an audio device that fits into your ear and is controlled by your smartphone.

Google has released the name of their next version of Android, with the M standing for Marshmallow. Marshmallow is to be released for Android users in fall, and the official developer SDK is ready for developers to test their apps on the updated platform.

The ability to view images, apps and whatever content is on screen in 3D as a holograph is what the Holus gives you in your home, workplace or educational environment.

Cab-on-demand service Uber, which has been growing leaps and bounds in the last couple of years, has taken over a portion of Bing's mapping assets. The acquisition, which includes around 100 Bing engineers, is an interesting move that shows a coming expansion from the transportation startup.