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The ability to manipulate vast swaths of information at warp speed is transforming businesses across the world. But as with all technologies there are risks. All users of technology should take note: withbig data comes big responsibility.A recent study I jointly led concludes it is possible to create instantaneous and surprisingly detailed psycho-demographic user profiles containing statistically valid information about an individual’s race, personality and scores, happiness, substance use, sexuality, political views and religious beliefs This have more tevcnolagy from stylish verity.The hashtag has already found its way into real-life conversations. Similar to airquotes, some people mostly young – form the square number symbol (#) popularised on Twitter with their index and middle fingers as they talk, to make a humorous or sarcastic point, or reference a cultural meme.Now Facebook may want to claim the hashtag for itself. Read morsing only publicly available Facebook Likes.As New York braces itself for Samsung’s heavily hyped launch of its latest Galaxy smartphone, complete with coverage on giant screens in Times Square, the choice of venue reflects the company’s conviction that it has gained the upper hand in its battle with Apple, writes Simon Mundy.In with Apple still dominant in the smartphone market, the first Galaxy handset was launched at a modest event in Singapore. A year later, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled the second in the series it was confident enough to launch the Galaxy at a high-profile standalone event in other country of modal latest design. Now, as Thursday’s New York launch demonstrates, Samsung is going all out to attack Apple’s grip on its home market. Read moreIt sounded like hubris last week when Nick Hayek, chief executive of Swatch, dismissed out of hand the threat from a potential Apple “smartwatch”. Hadn’t he heard what happens to companies involved in areas of personal technology that come under attack from the creative geniuses of Cupertino, California?Summoning up images of unwieldy internet watches dating back to Microsoft’s Spot watch of nearly a decade ago, Mr Hayek questioned whether “an interactive. .terminal on your wrist” would ever catch on. “Personally, I don’t believe this is the next revolution,” He was quoted as saying.Dell has entered the portable All-in-One category with the and up to five hours of battery life.The smaller and much lighter with longer battery life than Sony’s the first machine in this new category and Lenovo’s in IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC, which was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics show in January. Read moreTags: dell Nobody, it seems, wants to miss out on the African growth story Another rallying cry was issued on Tuesday by the body that regulates the naming system for websites calling for a rapid expansion of domain registrars, and pushing ahead with six new offices on the continent.“We’re coming to you” that was the message of president Fadi Chehadé. And Africa might ask: “What tookyousolong?”Interesting commentary from around the Web on the tech story that made headlines this week.A more visually engaging newsfeed with additional streams was the focus of Facebook’s redesign this week. Bigger photos, however, didn’t bode well for a few tech observers who argued that the facelift won’t make up for deeper problems with the social networking site’s algorithm. Read moreSony is first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and available this month in.I like to roll this small audio ball of a wireless speaker in the palm of my hand and pet it like an executive toy, before tucking it away in its string bag for travelling. Read moreAngry Birds developer Rovio has already become the first app maker to successfully transfer its brand from digital to physical, with all sorts of merchandising and toys.Vimeo, which has established itself as a niche video platform player next to , is launching an on-demand service where content owners will keep per cent of their sales.this is revenue split is exceedingly generous by existing industry standards is reported to be considering taking 45 per cent of subscription revenues for its planned video channels on .