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Russian giant Mail.Ru launches social browser
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Google Play Store: 675k apps, 25bn downloads
Boom. There are now 675 000 apps on the Google Play Store and they’ve been downloaded 25-billion times. Impressive. To celebrate the milestone, the…
Your newest weekly Twitter mail: People you may know
Twitter seems pretty damned determined to occupy space in your inbox. The latest weekly email from the social network will see it suggesting people…
Freedom House: Government threats to web on the up, along with protests
Internet freedom is under attack. Governments are becoming increasingly repressive, frequently acting against their own citizens. At the same time however, activists are fighting…
Eric Schmidt: no Google Maps for iOS… yet
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4 great tips for tweeting journos
Twitter has completely changed journalism. One tweet can sometimes give you information that is as valuable as that source you’ve been cultivating for months….
Irish government joins Apple Maps haters brigade
Oh man, the guys at Google will be hosing themselves when they see this one. The Irish government has sent a request to the…
SA’s ‘Tokoloshe’ online video campaign is pure genius
Check this out. It’s one of the best online video campaigns we’ve seen in a while. Except, if you’d seen the first video, you…
US tech giants form lobbying group in bid to curb online regulation
US online giants including Facebook, Google, and Zynga have banded together to form a lobbying alliance. The aim of the alliance is to prevent…
Gartner: 10-15% of social reviews will be fake by 2014
Whether you’re booking a holiday or buying a new smartphone, chances are you’ll probably read a few consumer reviews. Chances are you’ll also trust…
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