Twitter to restrict user content in some countries
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.
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The hashtag revolution
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iBooks Author, Apple’s new app that allows you to create your own interactive e-books, recently introduced to you here at CanoeTech, has genera...
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Jobs transformed the way we consume music, watch movies and use our phone, so why not the way we read textbooks? Although Jobs, is no longer with...
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A number of sites across the web have either gone dark, blacked out or have definitive messages emblazoned across their home pages today, January...
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U.S. lawmakers press Google on privacy policy
A leading lawmaker on privacy issues said on Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement it made with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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Nintendo sees profit next year
Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone.
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Smartphones drive record Samsung profit
Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion US quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals.
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German court rules against Samsung
Facebook takes on 'clickjacking' spammers in court
Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called "clickjacking"that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.
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Netflix wins over Wall St.
Netflix Inc won back Wall Street's affections on Thursday after adding more U.S. subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter, a rebound that prompted analyst upgrades and the company's biggest one-day stock jump in two years.
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Lo-pro for high-tech
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of The Little Prince, once said: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
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