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RIM: 50+ carriers now have integrated billing for BlackBerry App World
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Opera gives 70m Brazilians access to app store in partnership with TIM
Opera has partnered with Brazilian mobile operator TIM to launch the TIM App Shop, which will be powered by the Opera Mobile Store. According…
Indonesia, Malaysia show strongest tech growth in SE Asia
Indonesia and Malaysia’s tech sectors are showing some serious growth, leading the South East Asia region along with Thailand. According to research company GfK…
Google Now gets Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year
Google Now has won Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year, putting it in the company of past winners such as the Large Hadron Collider,…
Facebook to change its governing policies, lets you comment but not vote
Facebook is proposing updates to its governing documents and it’s asking its users to have their say. The documents explain how the social network…
Behind the Great Firewall: 5 top Chinese tech predictions beyond 2013
The tech world’s eyes are glued firmly on China, and with good reason too. It has the world’s largest online population. And despite, or…
HP admits to overpaying for Autonomy, says it misrepresented its financials
HP has admitted that it overpaid for software company Autonomy, saying that it was misled by management about the company’s finances. The purchase means…
Online travel explodes in Latin America
Online travel is big business in Latin America and it’s only going to get bigger as internet penetration increases across the region. In fact,…
Facebook and Yahoo! are discussing a search deal… or not?
Yahoo! chief Marissa Meyer has reportedly been in talks with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg over how the two companies can work more closely. According…
Sina Weibo hits 400m users, thanks Olympics
Sina Weibo is in rude health. The Chinese social network revealed that it had gone past the 400-million user mark thanks, in part, to…
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