Yearly Archives: 2011

Internet growth slows in China but microblogging...

The China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) releases two reports a year about the nation’s internet usage. It has been doing this since 1997 and is therefore well placed to …

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Justin Timberlake said to have invested in Dekko

Having invested in ailing social networking site, MySpace, the singer and Social Network star, Justin Timberlake, is now said to have acquired a stake in Dekko, which is described as …

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Has Google+ hit 10m users already?

The founder of Ancestry.com, Paul Allen, estimates that Google+ may already have reached 10m users, despite only having been launched a fortnight ago. The data analysis was based on surname …

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Public transport information from Google Maps

The latest version of Google Maps for Android now has public transport information. Although only 400 cities are currently included (none in Ireland, unfortunately), it seems certain more will be …

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Facebook and Skype team up to provide new feature

Facebook has teamed up with Skype in order to provide a new video communication feature for its users. This will be available on PCs, but not yet on mobile phones. …

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Google Health and Google PowerMeter to close

Two of Google’s services are to be closed due to a lack of impact. Google Health has been around since 2008 and Google PowerMeter since 2009. Google Health was meant …

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Google to be investigated regarding web dominance

It is being reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will investigate Google in response to suggestions that the search giant has abused its dominance of the internet. The Wall …

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News Corp still looking for $100m for MySpace

The UK’s Daily Telegraph claims to have been in contact with a source closely involved with News Corporation’s mooted sale of ailing social networking site, MySpace. This source claims that …

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Facebook app for the iPad in the pipeline

The Apple iPad has been on sale for more than a year, but as yet it doesn’t have its own Facebook app. According to reports, this could be about to …

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