EFF says otherwise

Google has promised it’s not doing anything untoward in its tracking of school children and students working on its Chromebook line of hardware. The cheap, slimmed-down laptops have been a big hit in educational institutions, but claims have been made that Google is harvesting more data from its Google for Education initiatives than it really should.

Can recycle almost 7,000 sheets of A4 per working day

A sizeable business will likely use a lot of paper – generally speaking, the paperless office hasn’t nearly arrived yet – but what if you could take those used documents and chuck them in a machine on-premise which is capable of recycling them into fresh sheets of A4? That’s exactly what Epson’s new invention does.

NFC-powered smartwatch magic

Paying for goods with a swipe of a phone or a smartwatch is something we’re all gradually getting more accustomed to, and venerable watchmaker Swatch wants a part of this brave new world too – it’s just announced a partnership with Visa for wrist-based mobile payments.