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  • Yahoo buys blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn cash Yahoo buys blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn cash

    NEW YORK - Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the popular Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn in cash, giving the company a much-needed base in social media to reach a younger generation of users. The relaxed wording of the memo for one of the internet giant's biggest acquisitions was echoed in the memo sent by David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old ...

  • Social network addiction taking over lives Australian study

    The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report has analyzed that a growing number of Australians are using social network at an addictive rate wherever they can, even in toilet cubicles! According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day. In a report by News.com, the study found that the time spent by ...

  • Facebook booked over group exhorting cow slaughter

    An FIR was Monday registered here against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said. The site was booked under penal provisions and under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, on the complaint filed by senior police officer Amitabh Thakur. In his complaint filed at Gomtinagar police station, Thakur alleged ...

  • Simple tips to secure your Facebook account on mobiles

    Mobile has made access to Facebook much easier, but the social networking site has also become susceptible to attempted hijackings and attempted thefts on cell phones. Here are a few ways to make sure that the most popular site is safe from being hacked. According to ABC News, one of the ways to safeguard your Facebook account is to always logout after using it on your mobile and use ...

  • Tweet Your Way Into Trouble Social Media Dilemma

    Gulf News recently carried a roundup of recent cases of bloggers and tweeters in trouble around the Gulf and it’s an extensive and growing list. Flagged as being ‘with inputs from AFP’, 60% of the story is ...


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  • CA might look at social media policy

    Chief executive James Sutherland says Cricket Australia might need to look at developing a social media policy in light of the David Warner ...

  • Quarter of Australian children aged 8-12 are underage Facebook users

    Australia A survey has found a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the minimum age for a user being 13.Tech company MacAfee surveyed 500 tweens - children aged between eight and 12 - and found more than two-thirds are on Facebook. The survey discovered that children found ways to get around the age restrictions, but in most cases they were given ...

  • Experts want Indian social site to counter Facebook

    cyber security experts are exploring the option of promoting a 'desi' social networking entity as an alternative to US-based sites. The idea is to have a parallel Indian social networking site -- possibly owned by a reputed domestic media house -- offer competition to Facebook and Twitter, putting the latter under pressure to be more amenable to Indian security concerns. Though China, ...

  • Google NASA Join Forces to Research Machine Learning

    launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that will allow researchers at the two organizations and a number of universities to research artificial intelligence using quantum computers. The lab will use a D-Wave 2 computer that is priced at around $15 million. D-Wave's computer, which for years ...

  • Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from government

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A zoomed image of a computer screen showing the Amazon logo is seen in Vienna November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter ...

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