iDrum lets you rock out like Animal on your iDevice for $70

May 21

iDrum lets you rock out like Animal on your iDevice for $70 Posted on 21 May 2012 by If using almost any surface as an instrument to drop some beats is out of the question, Dream Cheeky’s iDrum might be a decent second choice. The rechargeable, seven-piece drum kit connects to any iDevice running iOS 5 or higher via Bluetooth and rings up at $70....

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Pakistan turns to Interpol after Twitter declines to help manage “anti-Islamic material”

May 21

Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Senator Rehman Malik, has taken to Twitter to explain that, following the Twitter blockage over the weekend, the government has contacted Interpol to take up the issue of screening sensitive content, after Twitter’s management reportedly offered no assistance with the matter. Twitter was blocked and subsequently unblocked in Pakistan...

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Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer as the Web’s most used browser

May 21

Google Chrome has been long expected to leapfrog Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) to take its position as the Web’s most used browser and, according to data from Statcounter, the momentous change of leadership happened last week. The firm’s latest figures — spotted by Global Nerdy blogger Joey deVilla – show that Chrome’s line of usage creeped...

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Dubai Police continues social media crackdown, orders shutdown of 15 Facebook and Twitter accounts

May 21

At least 15 UAE Facebook or Twitter accounts have been shut down by order of the Dubai Police this year, The National reports,with ‘electronic crime’ cases more than doubling from 2010 to 2011. The Dubai Police reported the accounts to Facebook and Twitter, and the social networks complied and shut them down. Details of the crimes have not been made clear, beyond...

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