[Technology] China Toughens Its Restrictions on Use of the Internet

China Toughens Its Restrictions on Use of the Internet
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/china-tightens-internet-controls-legalises-post-deletion/312868-11.html
HONG KONG - The Chinese government issued new rules on Friday requiring Internet users to provide their real names to service providers, while assigning Internet companies greater responsibility for deleting forbidden postings and reporting them to the ...

Fujitsu to bring its senior citizen-optimized Raku Raku smartphone to the US ...
http://www.slashgear.com/fujitsu-to-bring-its-senior-citizen-optimized-raku-raku-smartphone-to-the-us-europe-28262504/
Smartphones are a lot of things - convenient, powerful, and feature-rich. They're also exceedingly complicated to many older users who are accustomed to 12-button panels and curly phone cords.

Microsoft Sticks With Metro for Next-Gen Windows
http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/microsoft-sticks-with-metro-for-next-gen-windows/
Windows 8 is barely out the gate, and already details on Microsoft's next OS are surfacing. While it's a long road to launch, one thing looks certain: Metro is here to stay.

Meet Google's Top Android Apps of 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/12/28/meet-googles-top-android-apps-of-2012/
Google has released a list of its top Android apps of 2012, which have been hand-picked by Googlers as being among the top apps on the Google Play app store.

Apple to pay minor sum in copyright case
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Apple-to-pay-minor-sum-in-copyright-case-4153078.php
copyright. Apple to pay modest penalty. A Chinese court has ordered Apple to pay $165,000 to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store.

Apple drops patent claim against Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-finance/industries-a-sectors/98255.html
Apple disclosed the agreement today in a filing with the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The iPhone maker requested last month that the new smartphone and other Samsung products be added to the ongoing patent dispute between the two ...

Christmas Day 2012 saw record-breaking number of iOS and Android activations
http://www.starkinsider.com/2012/12/at-51-of-all-activationstablets-outpace-smartphones-on-christmas-day.html
On Christmas Day, an unprecedented number of Android and iOS devices were activated, statistics have shown. When it comes to mobile industry sales, it's no surprise that smartphones, tablets, and other gadgets see a surge in purchases around the holiday ...

Ms. Mac 2012: 'Pretty Cute, Awkwardly Dressed'
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/12/ms-mac-2012-pretty-cute-awkwardly-dressed/
She has freckles, a normal-sized head, wears t-shirts and jeans. She is also “awkwardly dressed” and “pretty cute.” She is the average female Mac user, according to an infographic complied and released by software start-up BlueStacks.