Windows Microsoft beefs up Windows Azure with optional multi-factor verification via mobile app, phone call, or SMS Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Yahoo Yahoo will reset IDs inactive for over a year on July 15 to free up ‘short, sweet, and memorable’ usernames Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Twitter Facebook copies Twitter yet again, launches hashtags to let users add context and discover shared interests Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Google launches Chrome experiment Cube Slam, a pong game to demo the browser’s video chat support via WebRTC Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Facebook opens its first data center outside the US, near the Arctic Circle in Luleå, Sweden Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Reddit debuts new benefits subreddit for gold members, partners with Backblaze, Goldbely, Uniqlo, and more Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Mozilla: Moving Persona servers outside the US to escape surveillance won’t work, but changing the law will Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Bing Maps adds 270TB of Bird’s Eye imagery, the most to date, and expands Venue Maps to 4,700 in 59 countries Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Canalys: Almost half a billion PCs to ship in 2013, as desktops and laptops dip but tablets grow 59% to 182.5m Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Google updates BigQuery with large results, window functions, query caching, and reduces monthly costs to $0.08/GB Emil Protalinski 12 years ago
Emil was a reporter for The Next Web between 2012 and 2014. Over the years, he has covered the tech industry for multiple publications, including Ars Technica, Neowin, TechSpot, ZDNet, and CNET. Stay in touch via 
