Apple has been recently granted a patent for a dock connector with USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt, reportsAppleInsider. Titled “Reduced Size Multi-Pin Male Plug Connector” andpublishedby the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, the patent describes a smaller, 30-pin dock connector with updated connection standards which could carry power, data and A/V signals. The Thunderbolt technology, which Appleintroducedwith the latest generation of MacBook Pros, is capable of transmitting data at speeds of up to 10Gbps, both ways....

Bayt.com, best known as a job search portal for the Middle East, is continuing to reinvent itself, adding new services and keeping up with the times. Their latest innovation could potentially become known as theLinkedInof the Middle East. Simply identified asPeople, Bayt’s latest service offers a space for employees to create public profiles and connect with other users on the site. The social networking side of Bayt’s service may have a negative effect on Bayt’s core service, with users now given the option to take their CV information public for the first time on the site....

If you’re a fan of velomobiles and love the retro style, then I think you’ll find theKinner Carintriguing — and not just because of its hybrid car-bike nature. While the Kinner is described as a primarilyhuman-powered vehicle, you’ll still get electrical assistance. Still a work under progress, the current prototypeis 285cm long, 100cm wide, and has a 220cm wheelbase, allowing it to be legally classified as an electrically assisted bicycle — in Europe, at least....

Twitter has transformed the way journalists work, allowing them to source and report on stories much faster than in the past. How about Facebook though? Could it ever become just as important a journalistic tool? The Atlanticyesterday picked up on an interesting job vacancy at Facebook –Journalist Program Manager. This person, who must have “Proven experience using Facebook in progressive ways as a journalist” will fly the flag for the social network in journalistic circles and train individual reporters in best practice....

Facebook hit 500 million active users back inJuly. Last week,rumourswere rife that the 600 million mark was surpassed. Even if this claim proves to be premature, the world’s preeminent social network is certainly close to achieving this amazing milestone. And one hundred million new users in six months is staggering. Now, if you’re a ‘glass half-full’ kind of person, then you’d perhaps say that almost 10% of the Earth’s population uses Facebook....