A "revolutionary" app enabling people to send and receive money just by using mobile phone numbers is to be made available to Barclays Bank customers across the UK. The Barclays Pingit allows users to send and receive cash to or from anyone with a UK current account and mobile phone number, without having to share bank details. The app, which is free to download and use, links the user's current account wit ...

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is to be immortalised as a waxwork to mark the start of Black History Month in the US. The Respect hit-maker's wax double will be unveiled at Madame Tussaud museum in New York today (Thursday). The big reveal will also launch a three-month exhibit at the museum in recognition of Black History Month, which is aimed at promoting awareness about black culture. The interactive disp ...

The new look for the upcoming BlackBerry London designed by Porsche was leaked to the Web back in November. Photos of the metallic, angular smartphone surfaced along with information about the London being the first phone to run the QNX operating system. Today, however, new photos of quite a different looking phone were leaked, according to CrackBerry. Looking strikingly similar to an iPhone, this new Black ...

Just when you thought it was safe to continue to enjoy the internet, yet another ugly censorship law raises its ugly head. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international trade agreement negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, and Morocco, Singapore as well as a few other countries, whose aim is to enforce copyright and tackle counte ...

Opponents of a pair of controversial copyright bills won a temporary reprieve, when upcoming votes in the Senate and House of Representatives were postponed. Lawmakers stopped anti-piracy legislation in its tracks on Friday, delivering a stunning win for Internet companies that staged an unprecedented online protest this week to kill the previously fast-moving bills. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said ...

Shade Software Solutions announced the release of their localised news and information service Ah Wha Gwan(TM) (AWG) in collaboration with Copiers Limited Jamaica. The goal of this service is to simplify and improve how Jamaicans at home and within the Diaspora, access relevant local and international news. AWG is primarily targeted to the Jamaican community within the England, United States and Canada but ...

I finally treated myself to Robin Walker’s book When We Ruled. I'm looking forward to some downtime so that I can fully enjoy our history. I promise to share what I learn but in the meantime watch the video and see what it’s all about. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElA0ZOOb_Y[/youtube] ...

According to Research by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by PayPal, 2016 will be the year you throw your wallet away. Cash, cheques and cards will no longer be a necessity, all you’ll need will be your mobile phone and you’ll be good to go, whether online or on the high street. As well as paying for goods without having to queue, the report reveals shoppers can look forward to being able to carry digital ...

Internet users are enjoying a 1991 television spot in which Obama -- then a student at Harvard Law School -- talks about pioneering African-American lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston. Obama - longer hair, no gray - taped the spot as part of the "Black History Minute" series run by the TBS cable station in 1991. Who could have guessed the heights that young man would have reached in less than two decades? [you ...

People with $40,000 to spare can now attend Georgetown University to be taught about the life and times of Jay-Z. Professor Michael Eric Dyson, who teaches at the university in the US, has offered a course titled the 'Sociology of Hip-Hop: Jay Z', with the scholar arguing that the course will include topics found in any sociology course. "It just happens to have an interesting object of engagement in Jay Z ...