New Black Cab Unveiled in London

The city of London has welcomed a new black cab for public transportation. The 1.6 litre petrol engine will be emit lesser fumes than the diesel powered cabs in the city according to manufacturer, Nissan. In August 2012, the new cab was unveiled but was taken back to the manufacturer due to the Mayor's feedback report.

According to the manufacturer, the new cab conforms to Transport for London (TfL) regulations on black cabs which include a requirement for a 25ft (7.6m) turning circle. Modifications include: radiator grille and LED lighting to improve visibility of the traditional taxi sign, and new front bumper panels.

Skype under Attack

A group of hackers known as Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has hacked the media platform, Skype, which permits voice and video calls. The group hacked Microsoft owned Skype and posted messages warning people not to use email services (hotmail, outlook) provided by Microsoft. The hackers also claimed Microsoft monitors users email account and sell their data to the government.

Skype has confirmed the hack but denied the allegations by the hackers group. The Syrian hackers were responsible for the recent attack on New York Times and Twitter and have also revealed threat to attack BBC, CNN, Guardian and others.

Report has revealed that Skype has been providing information to the US surveillance even before Microsoft bought the company.

A man named Edward Snowden leaked that US National Security Agency (NSA) has access to the servers of nine major technology companies which include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. However, all these companies denied their involvement in the backdoor access.

Song Writer and Singer, Alicia keys, Ends Deal with BlackBerry

Few weeks from now, the talented song writer and singer, Alicia Keys, will end her deal with the once-giant phone manufacturer, BlackBerry. Ms Keys has served as the company's creative director for one year and the agreement is set to end by the ending of January 2014. One of her contributions to the company is to assist women get Blackberry scholarship programme in other to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Recently, the phone manufacturer was seen rolling off the ladder due to loss of almost a billion dollars as a result of failed BlackBerry 10 sales. The company has decided to move into business and government customers rather than consumer market.