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Mobile ads' promise eludes Facebook, other businesses

Mobile ads are the Holy Grail of revenue for anyone with a social-media plan.

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Google tips China searchers to hot-button terms

Google on Thursday tuned its search engine in mainland China to tip people off when they try to use characters that evidently prompt censors to derail queries.

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Hot Apple developers rally gets June 11 keynote

A sold-out Apple gathering devoted to tailoring programs for the company's coveted gadgets will kick off in San Francisco on June 11 with a keynote presentation by top executives.

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Apple VP: New project is 'most important,' 'best work we've done'

Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, said that despite the iMac, iPhone, iPod or iPad, Apple's current project is its best.

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Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

(AP) -- Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."

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Cyber crooks cranking out new weapons experts warn

Cyber criminals are cranking out new weapons at a brisk pace, tailoring malicious software for a spectrum of gadgets including smartphones, tablets, and Macintosh computers, a security firm said.

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News Corp takes stake in private China film group

US media giant News Corp. has taken a 19.9 percent stake in Bona Film Group, which calls itself the largest privately owned film distributor in China, the firms said.

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Samsung buys music-movie streaming firm mSpot

Samsung Electronics announced it is buying mSpot to take advantage of the Silicon Valley company's prowess at streaming music and films to smartphones or tablet computers.

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Britannica's halt of print edition triggers sales

(AP) -- It turns out all Encyclopaedia Britannica had to do to breathe new life into the sale of its print edition was to kill it.

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Orders soar for Ubisoft's coming 'Assassin' game

French videogame titan Ubisoft said Thursday that pre-orders for the next version of its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame are on a record-setting pace.

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Facebook's Timeline change disrupts some businesses

Stephen Terrell expected a group of happy users when he updated his company's Facebook profile page to the new Timeline format, allowing his mostly senior-citizen customers to register for a contest to win a trip to Hollywood ...

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VEVO launches redesign with Facebook in mind

With TV screens and social networking in mind, the music video site VEVO has launched a significant redesign.

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'SimCity' game rebuilt for age of climate change

Climate change is coming to SimCity. A new version of the city-building computer game that factors in real-world consequences of energy choices has won endorsements from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and the director of the ...

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Chinese downloads 25 billionth Apple app

Apple announced Monday said that downloads from its App store had hit 25 billion, with a person in eastern China grabbing a $10,000 prize for taking the tally to the landmark level.

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Ex-congresswoman to head Google Washington office

Google on Thursday named a former Republican congresswoman from New York to head the Internet giant's Washington-based policy and lobbying operation.

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