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Google Is Going After Groupon And Livingsocial

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Google has failed in its $6 billion attempt to buy Groupon last month, so now the Internet giant is planning to launch their own version. Mashable has reported that Google is planning to offer a similar service to Groupon and LivingSocial. Consumers will be able to receive notifications about local deals in their email. Just [...]

Management Shake-Up At Google?

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Confidence in Google Inc and CEO, Larry Page (38), wavered today and shares suffered as a result. Shares had previously gained 2 points after the quarterly results released on Thursday, January 20, reflected positive growth for the search engine giant. The announcement also included CEO Eric Schmidt being replaced by Page. However the stock market [...]

Starbucks Launches Smartphone Payment System

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On Wednesday, January 19, Starbucks launched their new mobile system for payment. The system is now available to Blackberry and Apple iOS customers in the U.S. This payment option can be used in conjunction with a Starbucks Card Mobile App. The application is downloadable from the Apple Store. It can also be downloaded from the [...]

First Cable Channel Comes To Roku

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It seems that as time goes on, more and more people are presuming the direction of cable is moving to the Internet. Many believe that it is certainly inevitable that the move will take place, even though there is an evident lack of support currently. But one station, WealthTV has taken its first step in [...]

Cyberwar Still More Science Fiction Than Fact

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The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has just published a major report about cyber-security, which shows that a true cyber-war can never take place. The report was undertaken by two British professors. The report does state that cyber-espionage and other online attacks will be crucial to future wars. However the report makes it [...]

At CES Everything Will Be About Tablets

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The Consumer Electronics Show started in Las Vegas yesterday and the trend is already clear:  tablets. Many analysts watch the CES carefully as a preview for the trend that can be expected in the coming year. The general vibe indicates that 2011 is looking better than last year. The CES has already seen some luxurious [...]

The Internet Language Of Tomorrow: Chinese

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According to a recent site, Chinese may soon overtake English as being the language of the web. Recent estimates say it may take as little as 5 years. According to the Next Web, a technology blog, China gained 36 million internet users last year alone, bringing the total number of world wide web users to [...]

Kindle Is Best Selling Product At Amazon

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Amazon has been quoted saying that the Kindle is the best selling product on their site, not just for the holiday season, but for all time. No definitive numbers have been released by the bookselling giant. On November 29th, better known as Cyber Monday, Amazon saw a selling rate of 158 items per second, selling [...]

FCC Soon Decides On Web Traffic Rules

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On Tuesday the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will review a proposal on internet user-traffic rules that will make it possible for providers to portion out network access. The rule change would prevent internet providers who offer high speed networks, such as Verizon or Comcast, to block legal online traffic. However, the FCC is expected to [...]

Bing Reinvents Itself And Launches Many New Features

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The change that many have been waiting for has finally come to Micosoft’s search engine, Bing. The service has just undergone a major facelift. During a San Francisco conference Microsoft announced that they had implemented upgrades on Bing that will now put Bing up on the same playing field as Google’s Search Engine. Microsoft has [...]