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FB 'App Economy' creates 1,82,000 US jobs, reveals study

Washington, Sept 20: Popularity has been booming for social networking site, Facebook and now a recent study has revealed that it is increasingly being used to create as many as 182,000 jobs and contributes billions of dollars in wages and benefits

Microsoft: Gender bias proves costly; employee paid £ 1mn

London, Sept 20: This is not the piece of news that software giant Microsoft wanted to associate itself with. In an apparent case of gender discrimination, Microsoft had to pay off a whopping one million pound for not considering a

Pakistan to block access to Facebook?

Lahore, Sept 20: The Pakistani authorities have been directed by the Lahore High Court to block access to all websites including Facebook (FB) involved in spreading religious hatred.The order issued by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Sept 19 directed the Information

E-commerce in India has not taken off as expected: Rediff

Bangalore, Sept 19: Web portal Rediff said e-commerce in India has not yet taken off in as big a way as it expected, but it hopes the government's commitment to creation of "back-hall" broadband infrastructure would give a fillip to online

India's Computer market to grow high; Dell on top

Chennai, Sept 17: India's personal computer (PC) market will be a new hub for Asian PC makers as western PC makers are gradually slowing down and hence Asian makers are starting to make a contrive plan to grab the Indian market.A

BlackBerry's UK messenger service to be stopped?

Washington, Sept 17: Smartphone giant BlackBerry said that they would discuss with mobile operators to stop its messenger service, if they were ordered by authorities concerned to do so during civil unrest. Since, UK police clearly pointed out that messenger service

Google Doodle goes oranage-y; honours the founder of Vit C

It's Google Doodle time yet again and this time the doodle appears to be an orangey-fresh and standing out with 'Google' written ornately in the home page. The occasion is the commemoration of the 118th birthday of Albert Szent-Györgyi. Györgyi

Microsoft all set to beat iPad? Launches Windows 8 today

Anaheim, Sept 13: Finally, the much-awaited day, Sept 13 has come when Microsoft is all set to unveil Windows 8 to the world. The next-generation Windows 8 is to be debuted at its Build developer's conference, starting today, Sept 13.Windows 8

The New York Times introduces 'India Ink' website

New York, Sept 12: The New York Times has launched an English-language website called "India Ink" targeted at the growing media market in India and South Asia.India Ink will be edited by the The New York Times in India and the

AOL-Yahoo to join hands soon?

New York, Sep 10: Tim Armstrong, AOL Chief Executive approached private equity firms to gauge interest in a deal with Yahoo and make Armstrong the head of the company, according to a report in Bloomberg.A source close to Yahoo said that

Twitter to launch Hindi services in India

New York Sept 10 : The popular online social networking and micro-blogging site twitter is all set to launch Hindi services in next week in India. Twitter was launched in 2006, founded by Jack Dorsey have now 200 million users across

Iranians at risk, Google offers solution

San Francisco, Sep 10: Iran should change their password. This has been adviced by Google Inc in the wake of a cyber attack that has affected a major swath of the country."We learned last week that the compromise of a Dutch

Yahoo! up for sale? CEO firing part of shedding weight?

London, Sept 8: With the CEO of Yahoo, Carol Bartz getting fired dramatically over the phone, and being temporarily replaced by Tim Morse, the internet services company is headed for tough times ahead. Rumours are rife that the company could

Beware, your Facebook page could be hacked!

New Delhi, Sept 6: Do you pride on your Facbook presence and keep checking you profile every other hour, if so, be prepared, because your FB page could be hacked due to a flaw in the social networking sites settings.

'Ind smartphone users spend more time on net than voice'

New Delhi, Sep 5: An average Indian smartphone user spends about two-and-half hours a day on the handset, dedicating more time to entertainment and internet activities than to voice calls and text messages, says a survey.According to a Nielsen-Informate Mobile Intelligence

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