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Facebook moves to massive new Silicon Valley campus
Facebook on Tuesday announced plans to move its fast-growing operations to a sprawling Silicon Valley campus once home to Sun Microsystems. Facebook, which turned…
Is the traditional bookstore doomed?
It is a known fact that traditional booksellers are struggling from the onslaught of eBooks and web 2.0 technology. The current woes of large…
Groupon backpedals on offensive Superbowl ad
After an embarassing gaffe at the Superbowl, internet start-up Groupon was on the defensive as it faced outrage for running an advertisement that highlighted…
Real book page numbers for Kindle
On Monday Amazon released a preview version of a Kindle software update, Kindle 3.1, which matches the exact page numbers as the paper version….
Android outsells iPhone for first time in US
Google’s Android surged past Apple’s iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United…
Huffington Post bought by AOL for $315-million
In a major vote of confidence for one of the world’s most well-respected blogs, US internet provider AOL will buy The Huffington Post, a…
New dating website ‘steals’ photos from Facebook
In an ironic case of art imitating life, a freshly-launched dating website that lets visitors seek mates by sifting through profile pictures mined from…
That’s it folks. The internet is over
The global warehouse for Internet addresses has run empty. The non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doled out its last five…
Mobile operators need new revenue models to cope with data usage
Mobile operators are facing a crisis which requires innovative thinking. Rocketing smartphone use could drive mobile operators into losses in three years unless they…
Nigerian jailed for Facebook insult of governor
Nigerian police detained a man for 10 days after he insulted a state governor on Facebook, traumatising him to such a degree that he…
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