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Article | 19/06/2013 5 products Facebook should announce instead of Instagram video

Facebook's coffee-stained paper invitation to a Thursday announcement in Menlo Park promised a new product, which by all accounts will be Vine-like vi...

Article | 18/06/2013 Facebook set to beef up Instagram with video?

Speculation abounds that Facebook Thursday will unveil tools to enable its popular Instagram app to take and share short videos.

Article | 12/06/2013 What a #copycat: Facebook apes Twitter with hashtags

Hashtags, the popular tool used on Twitter and in an array of other social sites to surface content around specific topics #likeso, are coming to Face...

Article | 6/06/2013 Optus 2300Mhz 4G launched to the public in Canberra

Following the unveiling of its multi-band, 2300Mhz TD-LTE 4G network last month, telecommunications provider, Optus, has publicly launched the network...

Article | 23/05/2013 Twitter #Music doubles down on song discovery with new chart features

It's not a groundbreaking feature, but nice to have nonetheless: Twitter has added a bunch of genre charts to its #Music discovery service to display ...

Article | 23/05/2013 Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says

Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and v...

Article | 21/05/2013 Yahoo's 1TB of Flickr storage may signal bigger cloud plans

When Flickr announced its 1TB free storage giveaway on Monday, the company said it was offering you enough storage to "take a photo every hour for for...

Article | 21/05/2013 Spotify's 1st birthday in Oz: all the stats

It's Spotify's first birthday tomorrow -- the incredibly popular music streaming service, which boasts millions of tracks and thousands of albums from...

Article | 20/05/2013 It's official: Yahoo will buy Tumblr for $US1.1 billion

After a weekend chock full of rumors and speculation, Yahoo has announced it plans to acquire Tumblr, the popular social service that hosts more than ...

Article | 15/05/2013 Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network

Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some...

Article | 14/05/2013 Outlook.com to let users engage in IM chats with Gmail users

Microsoft is upgrading its new Outlook.com webmail service so that its users can communicate with Gmail users via instant messaging.

Article | 13/05/2013 New Samsung tech could pave way for 5G in 2020

Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that's not going to keep 5G technology waiting in the wings. Samsung has ...

Article | 13/05/2013 Samsung tests first 5G broadband: download a movie in 1 second

Super-fast 5G broadband transmits data in the millimetre-wave band at a frequency of 28GHz at a speed of up to 1.056Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilo...

Article | 15/04/2013 Sony ISP launches world's fastest home Internet, 2Gbps

A Sony-backed ISP in Japan has launched a 2Gbps Internet service, which it said is the world's fastest for home use.

Article | 12/04/2013 Facebook Home goes live in Google Play

Facebook Home, which doesnt replace the Android OS but sits on top of it, includes a family of Facebook-focused apps and also works with the apps a us...

Article | 4/04/2013 Introducing Vdio: the new TV and movie streaming service from Rdio

Popular music streaming service Rdio has quietly launched a complementary video streaming service for TV shows and movies, challenging established pla...

Article | 8/03/2013 Facebook turns News Feed into 'personalised newspaper'

Millions around the world begin their online day by checking out Facebook's News Feed. But what they see there is about to change. Facebook announced ...

Article | 7/03/2013 Facebook shows off more visual, customised News Feed

Facebook unveiled an updated look for its News Feed on Thursday, showing a feature that is more visual and offers different feeds for drill-down inter...

Article | 6/03/2013 Facebook's new News Feed wish list includes mobile and highlighted friends

Facebook is set to unveil an updated News Feed on Thursday and analysts have a wish list of changes that users might welcome.

Article | 1/03/2013 Facebook set to launch new look for News Feed

The social network sent press invitations to a March 7 event at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. "Come see a new look for News Feed," the i...