Yahoo! in ‘serious’ talks to acquire Tumblr for US$1bn
17.05.2013 Yahoo! is believed to be in acquisition talks with social blogging site Tumblr in a deal estimated to be worth up to US$1bn.
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Harlem Shake goes out with a bang, literally (video)
14.05.2013 You Harlem Shakers, you’ve had it coming! For some of us who found the Harlem Shake meme tedious and a bit of an overkill, a new video showing a Harlem Shake attempt gone wrong has us all laughing.
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AOL's digital prophet David Shing – ‘It’s time to build a new kind of web’
22.02.2013 AOL’s engineers are hard at work building the template for a new kind of internet experience with Big Data at its heart that the company’s digital prophet David Shing says will help suit the need states of internet users.
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Viral videos of the week – 17/02/2013
17.02.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a discussion on the inevitable zombie apocalypse in the Canadian House of Commons, a defence of the world’s most hated font, an affectionate look at Dublin slang, some great tricks to impress your friends, and a Harlem Shake video to end all Harlem Shake videos.
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Twitter launches transparency report site on Data Privacy Day
28.01.2013 In the spirit of an open and safe internet – and to mark international Data Privacy Day, a day focused on raising awareness and promoting data privacy education – Twitter has released its second ever transparency report with a dedicated website.
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Blog exposes the scary side of Facebook Graph Search
23.01.2013 Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg excitedly unveiled the supposed next big thing for the social network: a search facility that can pinpoint friends and others on Facebook based on their likes, interests, location and relationships. Immediately, there were concerns over what Graph Search could be used for – and one blogger has put them in plain sight.
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Timberlake’s Myspace faces trouble from independent music labels
21.01.2013 There are about 53m songs available for listeners on Myspace, which would make it one of the biggest online music libraries out there. However, the rebooted social network now faces trouble from independent labels seeing their artists’ songs used without permission.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger talks politics, Hollywood and favourite movie quotes on Reddit
16.01.2013 “Former Mr Olympia, Conan, Terminator, and Governor of California. I killed the Predator.” How better to introduce none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took to Reddit last night to let users ask him anything.
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Viral videos of the week – 13/01/2013
13.01.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week stars RTÉ's Aengus MacGrianna in Anchorman, celebrities dealing with some unsavoury tweets, an invisible drive-through caller, the next level of gaming immersion, and the science behind being in the “friend-zone".
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Viral videos of the week – 06/01/2013
06.01.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features an unexpected journey for The Office cast, the return of Charlie the unicorn, some new year's resolutions being kept by our feline friends, Walk Off The Earth, and why that might not be possible - the earth is round.