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Under Microsoft, Skype aims for one billion users

Microsoft's Skype Internet telephone service hopes to quadruple the number of users to get to one billion, division president Tony Bates said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

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Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey

The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

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Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads

Yahoo! shuttered its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads on Friday in what it said was the start of a product purge intended to make the floundering Internet pioneer more nimble.

Technology / Internet

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Several iOS developers welcome Apple's larger-screen iPhone

The sixth-generation iPhone is expected to have a larger screen, and several iOS developers say they would receive that change with a warm welcome.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Leap Motion creates finger-happy gesture control (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Developers and end users both have been indicating they are ready to start saying long goodbyes to mouse and keyboard. In this touchscreen generation of mobile users, the big stir among gadget ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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Cell network security holes revealed, with an app to test your carrier

Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

Technology / Software

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China Mobile in talks with Apple over iPhone

China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation.

Technology / Business

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At least half of S.Korea cellphone users on smartphones

Smartphones now account for more than half of all South Korea's mobile phones following the iPhone's belated debut in the tech-savvy country in late 2009, according to industry figures.

Technology / Business

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Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June

(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...

Technology / Telecom

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Google ahead of Facebook in mobile space: US study

Google is leading Facebook in the race for smartphone users, a US survey showed Monday.

Technology / Internet

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Walmart nominates Google star to board

Walmart, a bastion of mass-market retailing, turned to one of the tech world's brightest female stars to beef up its board of directors Monday, nominating Google highflyer Marissa Mayer.

Technology / Business

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Bharti Airtel offers 4G service in India

India's Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it had become the first company in the country to offer high-speed Internet services using fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications technology.

Technology / Telecom

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China's mobile phone subscriptions top a billion

China said Friday it had broken the barrier of one billion mobile phone accounts at the end of February, as more people in the world's most populous country ditch fixed phones.

Technology / Telecom

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Google lets users monitor their online activity

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.

Technology / Internet

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Mobile apps raise new privacy concerns

Smartphone in hand, you tap into your local application store. You click on a nifty tool that promises to massage your belly and pat your head at the same time. But just as you're about to download it, you decide to click ...

Technology / Software

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