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WeChat leans on Lionel Messi as it goes global
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Doug Engelbart, the man behind the mouse, dies at 88
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Instagramming Africa: Michelle Obama documents the first family’s trip
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Mail.ru abandons Google, goes it alone with search engine
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9 moving Vines in honour of Nelson Mandela
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Viral mega-star Psy is now the best Korean-language teacher ever
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Take a creepy Street View tour through abandoned Japanese island
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