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09 May 2013
News: California may outlaw 3-D printed guns

Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online.
08 May 2013
News: Facebook to Microsoft: Dump fake Facebook apps from Windows Phone Store

Facebook has asked Microsoft to remove 41 unofficial and clone 'Facebook' apps from the Windows Phone store as the social network prepares to introduce its official app for the platform.
News: Google may roll out overhauled Maps at Google I/O

Google Maps is reportedly getting an overhaul that may be shown off at the annual Google I/O conference next week.
News: Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

Syria suffered another Internet and mobile communications outage that lasted for about 20 hours. Service was restored earlier today.
News: Manage multiple social media accounts with your Mac

Keeping up with just one social media account is tough enough. But if you personally hang out on even one or two more services, or are in charge of socializing with your business's customers online, juggling it all starts to feel a lot more like work, and not the fun kind. Here are a few tools and tricks--some for power users, others for business cases, and even a slightly nerdier option--that can help take the drudgery out of managing social media.
News: Consumer service lawsuit looms for Google in Germany

A lawsuit against Google's customer service practices in Germany is looming after the company declined to sign a document promising German consumer organizations to start answering customer emails individually.
News: Welcome sign for hijackers on 24-7 for 30% of social networkers

Survey also finds nearly half of netizens need nudge to change passwords
News: Social and mobile a priority for businesses, but so are traditional outlets: Optus

There is a lot of industry chatter about using digital means in engaging with customers, but Optus has found that bricks and mortar and call centres are still prevalent in Australia.
News: Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo

Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft.
News: Downdetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster

A Dutch startup has launched a service that studies data from social networks to quickly identify online service outages -- sometimes, it says, before the service providers know about the outages themselves.
07 May 2013
News: San Francisco adds social networking element to emergency, disaster planning

If an earthquake struck San Francisco tomorrow, would its residents be prepared for the aftermath?
News: Syria 'disappears' from the Internet, security firm says

Internet traffic to and from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war, appears to have dried up.
News: Hey everybody, we've had a functional quantum Internet running for two years now

On Monday, the Department of Energy's advanced research facility at the Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico unveiled that it has had a functioning quantum Internet for more than two years--in a work-around sort of way.
News: YouTube Trends Map tells you what North Dakota's watching

According to YouTube, most of the country can't wait for season six of True Blood to begin.
News: FTC sends warning letters to 10 data brokers

More than 20 percent of data brokers checked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegedly violated a U.S. privacy law when sharing personal data with agency workers posing as companies wanting to purchase information.
News: SAP unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud service

SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology.
News: Will Online Sales Tax Bill Spur or Stifle Competition?

Strong bipartisan support sends controversial Marketplace Fairness Act to the House, as opponents continue to raise concerns about impact on small businesses.
News: S. Korea beefs up national emergency response capability

South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it has recently deployed video collaboration solutions that can help it respond promptly to emergency situations.
News: Chinese online population to hit 720 million by 2016

China will have 600 mobile Internet users and the nation's online population will be 720 million by 2016, according to a new Forrester Research Benchmark report.
News: SAP unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud service

SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology.