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- 23 May 2013
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News: Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.
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News: Facebook now lets you broadcast your bad taste in Pandora stations
If you listen to a song on the Internet and no one else knows about it, does it make a sound?
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News: Google improves desktop voice search in new Chrome update
Google's latest Chrome build allows desktop users to interact with its iconic search engine simply by having a conversation.
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News: Web suffered 9000 service outages in last five months
Seeing a "404 error" or the Twitter "Fail Whale" can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers from Outage Analyzer illustrate.
- 22 May 2013
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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.
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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.
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News: Rapid-growing mobile payments market is driving a financial fraud marketplace
The global mobile payments market is predicted to exceed US$1.3 trillion in the coming years, presenting opportunities for cyber crime gangs to exploit, according to a whitepaper published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).
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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.
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News: Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
Google is launching a new fund through which it will make later-stage investments in technology companies, a Google executive said Wednesday.
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News: Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments
Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices.
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News: Does the Xbox One have to be online?
Last night Microsoft unveiled its Xbox One, aka the Xbox 720 and successor to the Xbox 360. Prior to its announcement the Xbox One was rumoured to demand an always-on internet connection, and much of the games console's new functionality does indeed require you to be online. But does the Xbox One have to be online at all times?
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News: Ruckus implements the bells and whistles of Wi-Fi
This year's East Africa Com conference puts a magnifying glass on how the telecommunication industry has changed and of course, where it is headed with the latest innovations. Despite the various industry movements and changes, one topic seems to be a constant and that is the talk around access. There continues to be an ongoing need for access to reliable and effective networks and access to a sufficient broadband infrastructure
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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.
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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.
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News: Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership
China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.
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News: Airbnb runs afoul of New York law
If you're a New York City dweller looking to make a quick buck by renting out your apartment for a few nights on Airbnb, be careful of nosy neighbors. If they file a complaint against you, you could rack up thousands of dollars in fines.
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News: Pandora Premieres gives you an early listen on new albums
Right now I'm a fortunate son. Because I'm listening to John Fogerty's new take on the classic Credence Clearwater Revival song of the same name (with the Foo Fighters) from Fogerty's upcoming album Wrote A Song For Everyone. And that's thanks to Pandora Premieres, a new station from Pandora that launched on Tuesday.
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News: The new Flickr: Goodbye customers, hello ads
Flickr always had its share of problems. The servers used to crash. The design was simplistic, then confusing, then outdated. The first iOS app was laughable. But the one thing you could always rely on Flickr for was honesty. From back in the day when cofounder Stewart Butterfield wrote a blog post titled "Sometimes We Suck," to its current community guidelines, one of which simply says "Don't be creepy," you could always trust Flickr to speak simply and truthfully to you.
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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
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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.
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