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Of the hundreds of channels from your cable or satellite provider, how many do you actually watch?I watch 21. On an exam, that would be a definitive fail. Variety is used to mask overpricing, and we the consumers are none the wiser.In a world where most things are DIY, ...

Yes this is a real thing. Huggies has rolled out a device that will send you a tweet whenever your baby soils its nappy.The device, dreamed up by Ogilvy Brazil, affixes to the outside of the child's nappy (thankfully) and is meant to be used in conjunction with a ...

This is sad, desperately sad. A Brazilian company is helping all the lonely hearts out there on Facebook create perfect, but completely fake, girlfriends.To be fair, it's not doing so as an act of charity. The site, called Namorofake, actually seems quite ballsy in the pricing structure it's chosen ...

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September.That represents a 22% increase over the previous six month period and is in no small part down the company's ecommerce and emerging markets online investments. In fact, ...

Opera has partnered with Brazilian mobile operator TIM to launch the TIM App Shop, which will be powered by the Opera Mobile Store.According to The Next Web, the partnership will see the TIM App Shop pre-loaded on all devices sold by the mobile carrier, which is Brazil's second largest. ...

Latin American countries get social media. Brazil and Mexico lay claim to the world's second and fifth largest Facebook populations respectively. But it's not just Facebook that's making its mark in the region.The big blue social network alone wouldn't provide enough users to account for online research company eMarketer's prediction ...

Brazilian officials have arrested Google’s President of Brazil Operations Fabio Coelho after YouTube refused to take down videos criticizing a mayoral candidate in the city of Campo Grande.According to Brazilian news site G1 the videos in question accuse the candidate of having a criminal history. They come as people in ...

Joint venture music video website VEVO is set to have a go at cracking the Brazilian market with a standalone music video platform and free apps now available.The venture, which is a collaboration between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media, officially announced the new service today ...

Mobile web usage looks set to overtake desktop usage in India by the end of the year.Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Mobile vs. Desktop Market ShareTHe latest numbers fromStatcounter show that online desktop usage is plummeting at almost exactly the same rate as mobile web usage is surging. ...

There are a good few people who think that the next big thing in tech could come from Latin America. It makes sense that foreign companies would want to invest there too. The latest to do so is Ad Dynamo, an online and mobile advertising marketplace with a global presence. ...