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India seeks a tighter grip on social media
Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)
India, with the world's third largest number of Facebook users, is clamping down on social media after recent posting of inflammatory videos on Web sites. But t...
US seizes websites linked to pirated phone apps
Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)
US authorities have seized three website domain names involved in distribution of pirated Android phone apps, in the first such action involving mobile app mark...
S.Leone, China sign $15mln fibre optic deal
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
Sierra Leone and China have signed a $15 million (12 million euro) loan agreement for the installation of a fibre optic cable which will boost internet capabili...
In US, 19 mn can't get high-speed Internet: study
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
Around six percent of the US population, or 19 million people, lack access to high-speed Internet even though deployment has improved in recent years, a governm...
Megaupload boss wins right to see US evidence
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
The boss of file-sharing site Megaupload has the right to see US evidence against him so he can defend a bid to extradite him from New Zealand on online piracy ...
Taiwan, China get first undersea cable link
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
The first undersea telecommunications cables linking Taiwanese and mainland Chinese territory have been completed, a company official said Thursday, amid fast w...
Twitter co-founders create online publishing site
Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)
A website launched by Twitter co-founders as a publishing platform for stories, memories and news was open Wednesday to members of the hit one-to-many text mess...
Google social network adding verified accounts
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Google on Monday announced that it will let users of its online social network have verified accounts with names or brands in a manner similar to that offered a...
Groupon stock slides despite quarterly profit
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Online shopping deals giant Groupon on Monday posted a sound quarterly profit but saw its stock tumble nearly 20 percent due to a disappointing forecast for the...
Google extends online search to email boxes
Aug 08, 2012 (AFP)
Google on Wednesday began allowing users to extend online searches to include messages stored in accounts at Web-based email service Gmail. "Sometimes the best ...
U.S. opposes changes in Internet control
Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)
The United States says it will resist efforts to have control of the Internet transferred to the United Nations. The Internet's technical specifications and dom...
At half-price, Facebook still faces doubts
Aug 03, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook shares have lost nearly half their value since a highly-touted public offering in May, but it's still not a bargain for some. Facebook in the past week...
LinkedIn results give relief to social media
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
The professional social media group LinkedIn reported better-than-expected results Thursday, giving some relief to a sector battered by disappointments from Fac...
Facebook growth clouded by dubious accounts
Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook's latest figures showing growth in global users also suggest as many as 83 million may come from dubious sources -- duplicate accounts, pages for pets ...
US aims to block bid to give UN control of Internet
Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)
The United States will oppose a bid to revise a global treaty to bring the Internet under UN control or to impose new taxes on Web traffic, the head of a US del...
Twitter clocks half-billion users: monitor
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
Over 500 million people are on micro-blogging site Twitter and Americans and Brazilians are the most connected, according to a study by social media monitor Sem...
Facebook hammered as earnings fuel doubts
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook shares took a beating Friday after uninspiring earnings in the first results since the much-hyped public offering of the world's biggest social network...
Facebook posts loss in first earnings after IPO
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook reported a loss of $157 million Thursday in its first earnings after its public offering, as reserves set aside for stock grants offset results largely...
Facebook shares hit new low on growth worries
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook shares on Thursday sank to a new low after the world's leading social network reported a loss of $157 million in its first earnings after its public of...
Megaupload boss raps Obama in musical protest
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has launched an online song attacking US President Barack Obama and urging supporters not to vote for the US leader, who he accuses o...
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