Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 billion: report
The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
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Twitter will mine people's tweets to target ads (Update)
Twitter on Wednesday began to allow ads to be targeted at users based on the words written in 'tweets' and messages forwarded to followers at the popular social network.
Apr 17, 2013
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Time-poor parents go digital to communicate
Teachers are turning to twitter, blogging and Facebook as a way of keeping in touch with parents about their child's learning, and according to QUT education expert Associate Professor Margaret Lloyd it is ...
Apr 16, 2013
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Admin password spells trouble in recent WordPress attacks
(Phys.org) —Sources from several Web hosting services this week raised an all-out alert: WordPress was under attack with at least 90,000 IP addresses involved to brute-force crack credentials of WordPress ...
Apr 14, 2013
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Italy party says 'hacker attack' on presidential poll
An Italian protest party said its website had come under a "hacker attack" that would force it to hold a new online poll among its members on Friday to identify possible candidates for president.
Apr 12, 2013
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YouTube to livestream Psy new song performance
YouTube will livestream a debut concert performance of Psy's hugely anticipated follow-up to his global hit "Gangnam Style," the South Korean sensation announced in a teasing video message.
Apr 11, 2013
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British Library sets out to archive the Web (Update 3)
Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try.
Apr 04, 2013
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China closes porn, content sharing websites
(AP)—China says it has closed scores of websites for offering pornography, video sharing and online gaming.
Feb 27, 2013
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Vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth allowed hacker full profile access
(Phys.org)—Nir Goldshlager writer of a security blog, is reporting that he found a vulnerability in Facebook's OAuth that allowed him full access to an individual's profile information. Facebook confirm ...
Feb 26, 2013
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US magazine readership stable amid digital shift
US magazines managed to hold circulation nearly steady in the second half of 2012 as more readers turned to digital editions, an industry report showed Thursday.
Feb 07, 2013
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Justin Bieber overtakes Lady Gaga in Twitter follower race
It took two days longer than expected, but Justin Bieber succeeded Tuesday in overtaking fellow pop idol Lady Gaga as the most followed person on Twitter.
Jan 22, 2013
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Sundance screens short films on YouTube
YouTube on Friday began online screenings of a selection of short films being showcased at the Sundance Film Festival underway in an enclave in the mountains of Utah.
Jan 18, 2013
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Facebook tests steep fees to message strangers (Update)
Facebook confirmed Friday it was dabbling with charging members as much as $100 to get messages to the inboxes of strangers such as social network co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg.
Jan 11, 2013
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Report: Social media talk focuses on gun control
(AP)—A report shows that the school shooting in Connecticut has led to more discussion about gun policy on social media than previous rampages.
Dec 20, 2012
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Word choices on political issues reveal ways of thinking
(Phys.org)—Communication and information science researches have developed a free online tool that offers a new way of looking at the news. "Reflext" provides a glimpse into how political events are being covered and discussed.
Nov 06, 2012
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