A 16-years-old German girl had the biggest birthday party ever in Hamburg with some 1,500 guests after she posted the invitation on Facebook.About 11 people had to be detained by the police, while one officer was injured due to the sheer size of the unexpected crowd. The birthday girl, known only by her given name Thessa, posted the invitation for her party on her Facebook page. However, she accid

KT, LG CNS lead Korean firms moving into what promises to be key industryWith Apple Inc. officially announcing its dive into cloud computing, many local players believe the field is likely to become the next hottest trend of the mobile Internet era.Cloud computing technology enables people to access data and software, which are stored on servers and devices, through the Internet, making the inform

   SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Steve Jobs re-emerged from his latest medical leave Monday to show off Apple Inc.'s latest innovations and sustain the hope that he eventually will return to dream up more ways to reshape technology.   The highlight, as usual, came at the end of Jobs' presentation. He was onstage for less than 30 minutes during a nearly two-hour event that primarily featured his subordinate

(YouTube)German magician Simon Pierro has given Internet users a taste of what Apple’s soon-to-released iOS 5 software might be like -- as part of his magic show. He created the magic performance with his iPad 2, playing on the upcoming iOS 5 release, social media news blog Mashable reported. The video clip of the show has attracted more than 300,000 clicks on YouTube as of June 6. He brings objec

(Bloomberg)Emotions can spread between users of social network sites, U.S. media reported. San Jose Mercury News said that emotions have long been known to be contagious and social media were a new means of transmission, citing the research by Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer. Kramer studied about 1 million English speakers and their friends in different countries on the social network service

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Google said Wednesday that a cyber spying campaign originating in China had targeted Gmail accounts of senior US officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists."We recently uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing," Google security team engineering director Eric Grosse said in a blog post. The logo of internet search

A man wait outside an Apple Store in Beijing, capital of China, May 6, 2011. (Xinhua-Younhap News)SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 (AFP) - Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs returns next week from sick leave to unveil Apple's latest generation of software, the firm announced Tuesday.The 56-year-old cancer survivor will present Apple's new operating system, dubbed "Lion," at a developers conference in Sa

Podotree, a local mobile application venture firm, is gearing up for overseas business expansion, with the goal of becoming the top player in the Japanese and U.S. markets, the company’s chief executive said Tuesday.In an interview with The Korea Herald, CEO Lee Jin-soo said the company released its Cube Dog 3-D Toy mobile application in global app stores, except the Japanese market, on Tuesday. T

SNS increasingly used as tools for broadcast, dating, communication and shoppingChung Jang-hwan, CEO of business social network website Linknow, had never dreamed of being hired through such an online service before.Formerly employed at L&S Investment and AT&T, Chung posted his resume on the Korean Linknow site without pinning much hope on the move.However, he was called in for an interview by Lin

 Google unveiled a free mobile application on Thursday that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet and is designed to replace plastic credit cards.The Internet giant, at a press conference at its New York headquarters with financial partners Citibank, MasterCard and First Data and telecom ally Sprint, said "Google Wallet" is being field tested and will be available this summer.Google Wallet

Samsung 3-D TV (Yonhap News)Watching too much 3-D TV could harm kids’ eyes, NBC reported, citing Samsung’s warning which states children and teenagers may be more at risk of having vision problems or seizures if they watch too often.Ophthamologist Dr. Gregory Haffner said in the interview with NBC that as kids’ eyes are in the developmental stages until age 10 and watching 3-D TV may alter the way