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Samsung reveals poor earnings, bets on the Internet of Things

Samsung has released its Q4 earnings results, revealing a rather big drop in profit. That said, it’s not all that doom and gloom. The…

Amazon’s very busy 2014: more than five-billion items shipped

Amazon has revealed record figures for 2014. The ecommerce colossus shipped about five billion items in 2014, with more than 40% of those products…

Intel unveils aggressive plans to increase diversity and inclusion in tech with $300M initiative

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has unveiled a US$300 million diversity initiative aimed at making his company diverse from top to bottom. It is no…

Kickstarter’s 2014 score card shows a total of $529 million pledged by 3.3 million backers

Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has released its 2014 breakdown, which shows a total of US$529 million was pledged by 3.3-million backers. Some 22 253 projects…

2016 will bring an Assassin’s Creed movie

Assassin’s Creed, one of the world’s most successful gaming franchises, is set to get its own film in 2016. Produced by 20th Century Fox,…

Netflix seems to be clamping down on overseas VPN users

Using Netflix outside of its predetermined borders? Well, that might start to change very soon. If recent reports are anything to go by, the…

The Oatmeal wants to save Nikola Tesla’s tower [Update]

This may be the most ridiculously geektastic thing we’ve ever seen. The Oatmeal creator Matthew Inman is raising funds to save a historic landmark…

Tencent coughs up $27m for 49% stake in Singapore game company

It’s no secret that Chinese social media superpower Tencent sees gaming as a big part of its future. So it shouldn’t be all that…

Reuters blog hacked, Syrian cyber war suspected cause

Ouch. You do not want to be the person in charge of Reuters’ online security right now. The renowned news agency’s blogging platform has…

Pinterest goes mobile with iPad, Android apps

It was one of the fastest social networks in history to hit 10-million users, it drives more referral traffic than Twitter, Google, and Bing…

Sina Weibo set to launch social credit card

Here’s an interesting development from beyond the Great Firewall. Chinese social network Sina Weibo is teaming up with China Merchants Bank on a social…

German Spotify clone Simfy to expand into South Africa

Music streaming service Simfy is expanding its international presence, with a South African version of the offering set to launch later this month. The…

Outlook.com hits 10M users… like a boss

Well now, it seems Microsoft may actually have a hit on its hands with its new online email service Outlook.com. Just two weeks after…

VEVO embarks on Brazilian adventure

Joint venture music video website VEVO is set to have a go at cracking the Brazilian market with a standalone music video platform and…

Crowdfunded social network App.net raises $800k

It may not be the most successful crowdfunding project in history, but it is causing a serious stir. Subscription-based Twitter alternative App.net has raised…

Tencent looks to grow in other emerging markets as China gets saturated

It’s not exactly a state secret that Tencent has dominated the Chinese social media scene over the past few years. Now though, that market…

HuffPost Live: HuffPo launches streaming video network

The Huffington Post is bent on world domination I am sure. Earlier this year, founder and Editor-in-Chief, Arianna Huffington began to conquer the world…

Google+ to let you get your vanity URL on in the near future

Oh look, a new feature on Google+ that its users will actually appreciate. Google today announced that it will start rolling out vanity URLs…

Down with piracy: Google search to demote sites with copyrighted content

Some say that the best place to hide a dead body is on the second page of Google search results. Thanks to the new…

Google ready to lose $275m in Motorola deal

Ouch. If you’re a Google investor, avert your eyes. Turns out that Motorola buyout is going to cost the company US$275-million. In a regulatory…

Google to remake Motorola in its image, cut back on staff

Google’s acquisition of Motorola was one of the biggest tech stories of 2011. Now that the paperwork’s cleared though, we can begin to get…

While everyone was talking Twitter, Sina Weibo took gold in the social Olympics

Well now, this is interesting. It turns out the real social media platform of choice when it came to the Olympic Games was China’s…

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