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Russia Begins Selectively Blocking Internet Content — MOSCOW — The Russian government in recent weeks has been making use of a new law that gives it the power to block Internet content that it deems illegal or harmful to children. — The country's communications regulators have required Facebook …
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Youth flock to mobile messaging apps, may be threat to Facebook — (Reuters) - Create personal profiles. Build networks of friends. Share photos, videos and music. — That might sound precisely like Facebook, but hundreds of millions of tech-savvy young people have instead turned …
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Round Up: All of Google's jokes for April Fools 2013 — Every year, Google goes all out for April Fools' Day. The company not only pulls together more jokes than all the other tech giants, but the company makes a point to outdo itself too. It honestly gets difficult to keep track …
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Gmail Blog, youtube-global.blogspot.ca, Business Insider, The Atlantic Wire, Google Enterprise Blog, ABCNEWS, google-latlong.blogspot.ca, CNET, Carl Sednaoui, TechCrunch, Techie Buzz, Search Engine Land, Carl Sednaoui, Google Operating System, digitaltrends.com, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Mashable, WebProNews, Gawker, Android Authority, Daily Dot, Official Google Australia Blog, Business Insider, Reuters, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Daily Caller, ZDNet, BetaNews, Forbes, Search Engine Watch, Laughing Squid and iMore
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Exclusive: Snapdeal raises $50 million from eBay and existing investors — Exclusive: Delhi based online marketplace, Snapdeal has raised $50 million from eBay and existing investors; including a Japan based financial institution, according to two sources close to the deal.
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| David Feith / Wall Street Journal: |
Timothy Thomas: Why China Is Reading Your Email — Beijing's cyber attacks are rooted in military strategy, says one of America's foremost experts. The best way to combat them is for the U.S. to go on the cyber offensive too. — Fort Leavenworth, Kan. — For several years …
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| Somini Sengupta / New York Times: |
Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy — SAY you've come across a discount online retailer promising a steal on hand-stitched espadrilles for spring. You start setting up an account by offering your e-mail address — but before you can finish, there's a ping on your phone. A text message.| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
April Fools 2013: The Round-up — April 1st is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: pranks, gags, and joke products of dubious comedic value, as the tech world tries to make you crack a smile. Whether you love it or loath it, April Fools is inescapable, so join us as we run through 2013′s cons … | Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider: |
Angry Twitterers Are Threatening To Switch To Bing After Google Honors Labor Leader Cesar Chavez On Easter — Google's decision to celebrate Cesar Chavez's birthday today in its Doodle, rather than Easter, has spurred some mixed reviews on Twitter. — Cesar Chavez, whose 86th birthday would be today …
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Tweets: @glennbeck, @drudge_report, @pkafka, @bluecowdawg, @josephhatfield and @thestalwart
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple's ‘iPad Mini’ Trademark Application Initially Denied, but Resolution Should Be Simple — Over the weekend, Patently Apple reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had refused Apple's trademark application for the term “iPad mini”. While some such as The Verge's Nilay Patel …
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BBC, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, Pocket-lint, Gotta Be Mobile, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, T3 News, Neowin, App Advice, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com and The Atlantic Wire. Tweets: @reckless
| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
TV Service Providers Held Talks With Aereo — Aereo Inc., the Web television startup backed by media mogul Barry Diller, has discussed partnerships with major pay-TV distributors and Internet service providers, including AT&T Inc. and Dish Network Corp., as it looks to roll out its fledgling service …
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Henry Blodget Is Quietly Planning a Stunning Return to Wall Street — Kind of! — Business Insider's co-founder and editor is the subject of a Ken Auletta profile in this week's New Yorker, which means Henry Blodget is now in some rarefied media mogul air (see: Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, etc.)| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
The Pirate Bay Becomes #1 File-Sharing Site as Cyberlockers Collapse — Less than two years ago we published an overview of the most used file-sharing sites, covering both BitTorrent and traditional cyberlockers. — At the time one-click download sites were beating BitTorrent sites by a landslide.| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook Is Taking On Reddit's “Ask Me Anything” Series — The social network's newest feature could create a rival to Reddit's AMA giant — Watch out, Reddit. — This week, Facebook rolled out a new threaded comment feature, allowing users respond to specific comment in a conversation thread … Sponsor Posts
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