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The world's biggest online market just got bigger. There are now 450-million Chinese internet users, which is just over a third of the country's 1,3-billion-strong population, claims the country's government.This is added to the country's rapidly growing mobile internet user base. The China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC) reported last ...

While other officials took heat for their lame response to paralysing US blizzards, Newark's mayor ingeniously used Twitter and earnt himself political kudos for helping dig out those in need."I need street names and patience," Cory Booker told one worried tweeter as up to 80 centimeters (32 inches) of snow ...

Culture defines an era and the internet is our time’s Rosetta Blog. While the cultural touchstones might be ephemeral and fleeting, we have to realise and appreciate the journey that brought us here. An insignificant event or idea can gradually evolve into a complicated and awesome product that needs ...

Internet sensation Groupon, which specialises in dishing out local bargains, says it has raised $500-million, just weeks after rejecting a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by Google.The mega-financing, revealed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was part of a funding round launched on December 17 that could fetch up to $950-million ...

Reporters Without Borders has issued a joint call with rights groups for Egypt's president to intervene after an Internet user was sentenced to jail for starting a Facebook group for army recruits.President Hosni Mubarak was asked to "intercede in the case of Ahmed Hassan Bassyouni, a young man who was ...

China wants to restrict Internet phone services -- a move that could affect thousands of businesses and individuals making cheap calls via web-based communications companies such as Skype."We are carrying out with relevant authorities a campaign to crack down on illegal Voice over Internet Protocol phone services", the Ministry of ...

Skype has finally launched a new application for the iPhone, iPod and iPad allowing video calls via its popular service.The latest version of Skype, available in the Apple App Store, takes advantage of the latest iPhones and iPod music players being equipped with front-facing cameras to offer the video calls.Skype ...

At times the technology stories of 2010 read like the pages of gossip magazines. Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd’s sex scandal -- slander or truth? The Social Network’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg as the evil genius archetype --accurate or simply Hollywood sensationalism? As Julian Assange and Wikileaks became water-cooler conversation and ...

Most of the widely publicised failures of the year have happened to the most successful companies -- organisations that can easily weather experimental projects or changes. They are able to bounce back, even after massive setbacks because of their “failing forward” approaches: Risk management, PR, and monetary reserves set aside ...

The World Cup, the BP Gulf oil spill, Wikileaks, the launch of the iPad, Chilean miners... 2010 was a year with plenty of opportunities for online witticisms and criticisms. The 140-character-enforced brevity of Twitter means that it often distilled a current topic down to its essence. The phrase, “Did you ...