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Facebook hits billion users amid revenue worries

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook on Thursday celebrated eclipsing the billion-member mark, touting its mission to make the world more social while investors wondered how the service wo...

US orders $163 mn fine for 'scareware'

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

A US federal court has ordered a $163 million fine against the operators of a "scareware" scheme which tricked computer users into thinking they were infected, ...

Microsoft stores to 'pop up' on October 26

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

Scores of real-world Microsoft stores will "pop up" in the United States and Canada on October 26 to showcase the technology giant's latest gadgets including th...

Zuckerberg meets Russian PM on Moscow mission

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday met Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as he visited Moscow on a mission to boost the social network's presence i...

Google races past Microsoft to number two tech firm

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

Google soared past Microsoft in terms of market value Monday to become the second-richest firm in the tech world behind Apple. Google shares gained 0.96 percent...

US launches effort to ease 'spectrum crunch'

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

US regulators voted Friday to begin a process to reallocate some of the broadcast spectrum to meet surging demand from smartphones, tablets and other devices th...

New Zealand apologizes to Megaupload head

Sep 27, 2012 (UPI)

The prime minister of New Zealand has apologized to Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom, admitting investigators illegally spied on the file-storage site founder. The in...

Time not ripe for Twitter IPO, CEO says

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Twitter is not readying a public offering nor is it seeking to be sold to another group, chief executive Dick Costolo said Wednesday. An initial public offering...

Online freedom sees setbacks, a few gains: study

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

Online freedom has suffered setbacks in many countries, but also some gains, amid the Arab Spring uprisings and political upheaval in parts of the world, a new ...

New US lobby calls for 'free, innovative' Internet

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

A new Washington lobby group -- comprised of the biggest firms in the online space -- formally launched Wednesday, saying it would fight for a "free and innovat...

European online radio platform Radionomy hits US

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Radionomy.com on Tuesday launched its online radio platform in the US, putting its spin on a market dominated by the likes of Pandora and Spotify. Unlike online...

Gannett buys Belo TV stations in shift to multi-media

Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)

USA Today publisher Gannett Co. announced Thursday it was buying Belo Corp. and its 20 television stations for $2.2 billion, its latest step towards becoming a ...

China's Huawei says to spend $2.0 billion in Britain

Sep 12, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies on Wednesday said it would invest $2.0 billion (1.5 billion euros) in Britain and roughly double its workforce ...

New York says you can't 'hail' taxi with app

Sep 07, 2012 (AFP)

In New York, you still must hail a taxi the old-fashioned way, by raising your arm, no smartphone apps allowed. A startup called Uber seeking to launch a servic...

Internet has no 'off switch', says web inventor

Sep 05, 2012 (AFP)

Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web, on Wednesday warned governments that attempts to block the Internet were doomed to failure due to i...

Facebook stock slide continues

Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook stock hit a new low on Tuesday, with the world's leading social network having lost more than $50 billion dollars in market value since it became a pub...

'Super Wi-Fi' poised for growth in US, elsewhere

Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)

Move over Wi-Fi, there's a new wireless technology coming. So-called "Super Wi-Fi," which offers a bigger range than existing hotspots, is being deployed in the...

Facebook cracks down on insincere Likes

Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook ramped up efforts Friday to get rid of "Likes" that aren't from people genuinely interested in giving a virtual thumbs up to pages at the world's leadi...

Twitter targets ads based on interests

Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)

Twitter on Thursday began letting advertisers target users with "promoted tweets" based on interests expressed at the globally popular one-to-many texting servi...

US in-depth journalism rebirth defies Twitter age

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

The Twitter age is killing in-depth journalism, while local newspapers are becoming extinct -- right? Then what is a talented young New York Times reporter doin...