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1 hr ago | The Beaumont Enterprise

Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter

A view of an iPhone in Washington Tuesday, May 21, 2013, showing the Twitter and Facebook apps among others.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Facebook, Instagram, iPhone, Family, Teenagers

5 hrs ago | WSAW

Microsoft Expected to Reveal Next-generation Xbox

The company is set to reveal the next generation of its Xbox entertainment console during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

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Related Topix: X360, Video Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Redmond, WA

6 hrs ago | Business Journal

Wells Fargo slows foreclosure sales, while Bank of America continues

Wells Fargo & Co. , JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on how the troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Wells Fargo , Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Mach One, Institutional Venture Partners

10 hrs ago | Digital Video Editing

Microsoft to build Australian cloud computing centers

Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centers in the country.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

14 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Wahlman: Nvidia Is Google's Weapon of Choice

Among the biggest fights Google is engaging, are the following three: In the last few days, it appears that Google's weapon of choice to fight these three battles may be Nvidia Apple and the iPhone/iPad: At the annual Google i/o developer conference last week, the Android development leadership was on stage and answered questions from the very ... (more)

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Related Topix: Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, iPhone

Mon May 20, 2013

Bradenton.com

Under Mayer: Boosting mobile, buying companies

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years.

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Tumblr, Internet, Science / Technology

WPMT-TV York

Teslaa s fight with Americaa s car dealers

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, NEW YORK - Tesla Motors doesn't want to sell its cars the way every other car company does, and that's making a lot of traditional automobile dealers mad.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Tesla Model S, Sedan, Tesla Motors, York, PA

KTEN-TV Denison

Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs

Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Business Wire, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway , Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Empire Group, Investment Services

NEWS.com.au

Nutella fan ordered to stop spreading the love

SHE was sweet on Nutella for years, but the spread super-fan Sara Rosso has been ordered to quit talking about her favourite flavour online.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, Public Relations, Facebook

International Business Times

Yahoo Is Purchasing Tumblr For $1 Billion. Will Yahoo Kill The Uber-Hip Blogging Platform?

It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, Tumblr, Blog News, Tellme, WebMD, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Sun May 19, 2013

Al Bawaba

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Jotun has introduced its new Reveal Edge powder coatings range specially formulated to bring distinct visual character, colour and personality into household products.

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Related Topix: Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), The Foundry

Forth One

Daft Punk: One More Time's Rom...

The artist's sister said in social network posts that he died at home in Austin, Texas, on May 7, although the news took time to filter through to his friends and collaborators in the music world.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Daft Punk, Austin, TX, Romanthony, House, Facebook, Social Software

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Social Software, Publishing, Media, New Times

WMBF

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Social Software

EDGE

Nyc LGBT Center and Anti-Violence Project Announce Community Events to Respond to Recent Violence

The New York City Anti Violence Project and LGBT Center announced via social media yesterday that a rally and Community Safety Night will be held next week in response to the recent ash of anti-gay violence across the city that lead to Saturday night's attack and murder of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Facebook, Social Software

EDGE

Musto and Feingold Respond to Recent Village Voice Firings

On Friday, May 17, a shot was heard around the world of journalism when the financially troubled Village Voice dismissed three of its long time columnists.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Michael Musto, Facebook

Romsey Advertiser

Miliband pledges tax crackdown

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.

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Related Topix: Google

SiliconValley.com

Facebook IPO one year later: Ripple effects still being felt

It was supposed to be the IPO of the decade: a soaring success that would finally shake Silicon Valley out of its doldrums and pave the streets with gold.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Social Software, Mark Zuckerberg

Sat May 18, 2013

KFVS12

Illinois cracks down on social media 'flash mobs'

Illinois now has tougher penalties for those who use social media to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.

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Related Topix: Facebook

Digital Video Editing

Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

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Related Topix: Google, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, Cameras, Camcorders

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