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Facebook took more steps to stop third-party applications from sharing identifying information about users with advertising and Internet tracking companies."Today, we are clarifying our policy to ensure that developers understand the proper use of UIDs (user identification data) in their applications," the world's leading online social network said in a ...

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is stepping down as head of the online video-sharing superstar bought by Google for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006."For the past two years, I've taken on more of an advisory role at YouTube as Salar Kamangar has led the company's day-to-day operations," Hurley said in a ...

Climbers at the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, will now be able to make video calls and surf the internet on their mobile phones, a Nepalese telecom group claims.Ncell, a subsidiary of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera, says it has set up a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base ...

After more than a decade as the architects and masterminds behind the acclaimed Halo franchise, design house Bungie recently released what has arguably been the most anticipated Xbox title of 2010.Generating more than US$200 million in the United States and Europe during its first 24 hours of release, Halo ...

Apple has for the first time outpaced Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) in global smartphone sales thanks to the success of its iPhone 4, a report said on Friday.Industry tracker IDC said Apple sold 14.1 million iPhone units in the third quarter while Canada's Research in Motion shipped 12.4 million ...

The Liqui-Fruit iceberg has been one of the most successful viral campaigns of 2010, moving effortlessly from YouTube to Twitter and Facebook and into the blogosphere.The campaign began late on Sunday evening, so it seems only fitting to end the week with some insights from people who created the campaign. ...

The demise of mainstream print media is now taken as gospel by many leading editors and media thinkers, while an even more radical idea -- that there may not be any online future for existing newsrooms -- is also being put forward. Whether or not you believe in that ...

I'm a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the more interesting Silicon Valley startups.Levchin recently sold Slide to Google and he is an investor in Yelp and several other startups. And he is still young ...

Friends have been found, photos uploaded and tagged, gaming has gone social, status updates are now second nature and a movie, The Social Network, has been made. Keeping up with Facebook, its growth and the ways in which people are using it can be quite daunting task. But help is ...

QR Codes will soon become commonplace. It will be second nature for anyone with a mobile phone to scan codes and get information. If you want to be ahead of the curve and exploit the nascent buzz of QR Codes then now is the right time. South Africa has 100% ...