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Facebook IPO could top $100bn in 2012
Social network Facebook is likely to go public in the first quarter of next year with a valuation of over US$100 billion, the CNBC…
IMF admits cyber attack seeking ‘insider info’
The International Monetary Fund was the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, according to senior IMF officials quoted by the New…
Facebook tests Twitter-like real-time update feature
Facebook is dabbling with a Twitter-like feature that alerts members in real time to what their friends are up to on the social network….
Is Apple loosening its grip on its apps?
The word on the street is that Apple is about to relax its iPad subscription rules, a move likely to be welcomed by newspapers…
HP’s TouchPad on sale in US on July 1
Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday that its rival to Apple’s hot-selling iPad, the HP TouchPad, will go on sale in the United States on July…
Nokia’s technology chief ‘quits over strategy’
Nokia has watched its global market share dwindle in recent years, and another nail hovered over the mobile giant’s coffin on Thursday. Finland’s leading…
Can Chinese microblogging sensation Weibo trump Twitter?
Chinese online media company Sina Corporation is set to launch an English version of its microblogging site Weibo (pronounced Wei-bohr), and it’s worth seeing…
Facebook under fire for photo tagging feature
Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial-recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social…
Alibaba to help Japan crack Chinese market
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it has launched a service to help Japanese manufacturers crack the fast-growing Chinese market. The Tokyo-based arm of Alibaba.com…
Apple poised to introduce iCloud
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company’s annual conference…
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