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24 May 2013
News: Twitter: Now brought to you by more ads

The second screen phenomenon is now mainstream. Advertisers have discovered that you're using Twitter to chat about TV shows or special events, and they plan to find you.
News: Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression

Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address some negative user feedback.
23 May 2013
News: Two in three Australian tweens are on a social network: McAfee

Tweens as young as eight are adopting technology faster than imagined, and as a result are joining up social networks.
News: French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead

The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.
22 May 2013
News: Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.
News: Prevent a hack attack with Twitter's new two-factor authentication

After a series of high-profile hackings, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication.
News: Act on technology to achieve competitive advantage

Mobile, social, virtualisation, big data and cloud are well past the point of exploration and are at the point where they can be leveraged for businesses to gain a competitive advantage, according to Accenture's chief technology officer Paul Daugherty.
News: Corporations need to balance data transparency and security: legal experts

The Internet is driving greater transparency of information but has also created more risk for corporations drowning in customer data, according to two legal experts.
News: CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey

There are only a few CIOs who are delivering on their innovation initiatives in their organisations, with the majority struggling to find the time and resources to make it happen, according to Harvey Nash's 2013 global CIO survey.
News: Twitter's 'refreshing' patent may cut down on vicious tech lawsuits

With a newly awarded 'pull-to-refresh' patent in hand, Twitter could earn itself a wealth of licensing fees for the highly popular touch gesture.
21 May 2013
News: Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds

Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.
News: These are the 4 best Twitter clients for each smartphone OS

In March, Twitter announced that it would be shutting down its TweetDeck iOS and Android apps. That's bad news for TweetDeck devotees, but good news for Twitter--I'm betting that the social network plans to funnel users to its own app, which offers basic functionality but allows the company to display paid tweets (better known as ads).
News: Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands

Yahoo again ranks as one of the world's 100 most valuable brands.
News: Gartner analysts on the 'Nexus of Forces'

What are the new forces that are transforming the way people and businesses relate to technology?
News: Social enterprise can boost productivity by up to 25 per cent: NewsGator

Adopting a social corporate strategy can lead to tangible productivity time savings, according to NewsGator Asia Pacific business development director, Cuneyt Uysal.
News: Yahoo overhauls Flickr with one free terabyte for every user

After snapping up hipster blogging platform Tumblr on Monday, Yahoo summoned the tech press to a New York media briefing. But explaining why it dropped a cool $1.1 billion on Tumblr was so 15 minutes ago, Yahoo apparently decided. Instead, it used the event to focus on updates to Flickr, the tech giant's Web-based photo hosting service.
News: Welcome to the new Tumblr: cat GIFs and more ads

Yahoo won't ruin Tumblr, CEO Marissa Mayer says, but Tumblr users are understandably skeptical of that promise. Yahoo has a history of buying popular properties (Flickr, Delicious) and letting them wither away. But Tumblr will change. It has to. Yahoo must monetize the popular platform to justify its $1.1 billion price tag. And you know what that means: More ads.
20 May 2013
News: Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage

Yahoo has made some radical changes to its Flickr photo sharing service, which now has a more photo-filled interface and comes with a free terabyte of storage so that users can upload images at their original resolution.
News: The good, the bad and the ugly of Tumblr under Yahoo

Yahoo has promised "not to screw up" Tumblr now that it has acquired the freewheeling blogging site. But there are still several ways Tumblr could get better, and worse, as a Yahoo-owned company.
News: Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'

Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash.

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