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Emerging market fund launched for digital media innovation
A well-known New York-based fund that focuses on emerging market media has launched an early-stage fund for entrepreneurs developing digital news and information businesses….
Facebook rolls out new brand pages, includes Timeline
Timeline was big news when it landed on all our individual profiles, even if it took a long time to roll out to everyone….
New virtual prepaid card looks to bring online shopping to the masses
There was a time when you needed a credit card to shop online. Then a few pioneers engaged in some technical wizardry and brought…
Your home: The centre of mobile innovation in 2012 [Report]
Your home is where you relax, feel safe, and take five minutes for yourself at the end of a long day. According to research…
Memeburn columnist goes high tech for marathon
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Online reputation management, now with crowdsource sauce
This is interesting. Take the field of online reputation management, the practice of managing a person’s or company’s brand across the web and social…
Indonesian authorities to crack down on ‘abusive’ tweeters
Twitter’s decision to censor tweets on a country by country basis caused widespread outcry. For the government of Indonesia, however, such measures may not…
Facebook’s IPO — Uncharted waters
Facebook is growing up. As soon as today or tomorrow, Facebook will become a public company with grown up things like quarterly earnings reports…
GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards nominees announced
The GSM Association(GSMA) has announced the nominees for the 17th annual Global Mobile Awards, a ceremony that honours “excellence and innovation in mobile communications”….
Mocality Kenya scandal: ‘mortified’ Google ‘apologises unreservedly’
A “mortified” Google has issued an apology to Kenyan mobile listings site Mocality over customers and data that was allegedly pilfered from the startup’s…
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