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Article | 6/09/2010 Former Google China head invests in Chinese startups
One year after leaving his position as head of Google's China operations, Kai-Fu Lee is funding a dozen startups with his new company, Innovation Work...
Article | 3/09/2010 Google toots browser birthday horn, ships Chrome 6
Google today celebrated Chrome's second birthday by launching the sixth version of its browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Article | 2/09/2010 Jobs slashes Apple TV price, unveils 'Ping' social network
Apple today introduced a dramatically smaller and less expensive Apple TV that streams rented movies and TV programs to high-definition television set...
Article | 1/09/2010 Gmail promo for Priority Inbox creeps out Chrome users
Chrome users yesterday bombarded Google's Gmail support forum with complaints about music suddenly playing in the background when they reached their i...
Article | 27/08/2010 US FTC settles complaint about fake video game testimonials
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint it made against a public relations firm accused of using employees to pose as ordinary custo...
Article | 26/08/2010 Microsoft's big Bing theory targets Google
With Microsoft and Yahoo officially teaming up in the search market this week, it's time to wait and see if this move could eat into Google's hearty l...
Article | 26/08/2010 Ring! It's Gmail's new voice feature calling
Google announced Wednesday it is offering the ability to make phone calls over the Internet via its popular Gmail service.
Article | 26/08/2010 Craigslist under fire (again) for 'adult services' ads
Craigslist is back in the hot seat over the Adult Services category on its popular classified advertising site.
Article | 24/08/2010 Google tests instant search feature
The Internet is abuzz with talk about a new search feature that Google has been trying out.
Article | 22/08/2010 Google buys visual shopping engine Like.com
Google has acquired Like.com, which offers a visual search engine for retail products, a deal aimed at boosting Google's shopping search capabilities ...
Article | 19/08/2010 Yahoo grabs search share from Google
While Google easily hung onto its first-place spot in the U.S. search engine market last month, Yahoo made a surprising, if slight, advance.
Article | 13/08/2010 Flattr opens beta of its micropayment platform
Swedish company Flattr has opened up the beta-test version of its social micropayment platform to everyone, the company said in a blog post on Thursda...
Article | 10/08/2010 MTV gets its first Twitter Deejay
Remember when MTV debuted in 1981 with VJs, the on-air music equivalent of record-spinning deejays?
Article | 9/08/2010 Global Brands Snap Up .co Domain Names
Originally, .co was just the Internet country code for Colombia. But now it's becoming a popular top-level domain for major global brands such as BMW,...
Article | 10/08/2010 Topix to stop charging for fast review of troll complaints
News and discussion website Topix.com has agreed to stop charging users US$19.99 to expedite the review of abusive or inappropriate posts, after 34 st...