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Icahn sets sights on Apple, talks to CEO Tim Cook

Activist investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple should be doing more to revive its stock price, and wants to help CEO Tim Cook with the resuscitation.

Business

Aug 14, 2013

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SEC warns of rise in risky email stock schemes

US market regulators warned Wednesday of a rise in spam email and social media-based stock promotions that are actually "pump and dump" schemes aimed at cheating small investors.

Internet

Jun 12, 2013

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Texting turns 20, LOL

It's been an especially fruitful week for rueful lamentations about "kids today." Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the text message. Along with it came the predictable chorus of bellyaching about the demise of literacy, ...

Telecom

Dec 10, 2012

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Sender of first text message 'amazed' 20 years on

The British software engineer who sent the world's first text message 20 years ago said on Monday that he is amazed at how the technology has developed.

Telecom

Dec 3, 2012

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Free message apps 'to cost telecom firms $23 bn this year'

Global telecom operators are expected to have lost $23 billion in SMS revenues by the end of 2012 as smartphone users shift to free messaging applications, an industry report said Thursday.

Telecom

Oct 11, 2012

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Twitter clocks half-billion users: monitor

Over 500 million people are on micro-blogging site Twitter and Americans and Brazilians are the most connected, according to a study by social media monitor Semiocast released Monday.

Internet

Jul 30, 2012

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Twitter CEO says company has 'a truckload of money'

Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Dick Costolo said the short message social network has a "truckload of money in the bank" and would remain a private company for as long as it wants.

Business

Jul 11, 2012

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Twitter study reveals explosion in Arabic 'tweeting'

The popularity of Twitter has soared in the Arab world over the past year, a study published Thursday revealed, reflecting the key role of the social networking site in the "Arab Spring" revolutions.

Internet

Nov 24, 2011

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