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Taiwan woman 'commits suicide' during Facebook chat
AFP, Published on 27/03/2012
» A Taiwanese woman committed suicide while chatting to friends on Facebook after growing suspicious that her boyfriend was having an affair, police and media said Tuesday.
Business review site Yelp jumps 60% in IPO debut
AFP, Published on 03/03/2012
» Investors gave Yelp five stars when the restaurant and business review website hit the stock market Friday for the first time, its shares closing more than 60 percent above the opening price.
Google rolls out new privacy policy amid howls
AFP, Published on 02/03/2012
» Google rolled out a new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.
Chinese netizens flood Obama's Google+ page
AFP, Published on 26/02/2012
» Hundreds of Chinese have flooded US President Barack Obama's Google+ page, apparently taking advantage of a glitch in China's censorship system to post about human rights and green cards.
Facebook hopes to re-friend China despite censors
AFP, Published on 02/02/2012
» As Facebook prepares to go public it has its sights on China, where the social media titan is blocked, but analysts say its chances of re-entering the market of half a billion Internet users are slim.
Facebook seeks to raise $5 bln in IPO
AFP, Published on 01/02/2012
» Social networking titan Facebook filed to go public, seeking to raise $5 billion in the largest flotation ever by an Internet company on Wall Street.
Google revising privacy policies, data use
AFP, Published on 25/01/2012
» Google said it is revising its privacy policies and changing how it uses data from users of its services to provide more personalized search results and advertisements.
Italian fashion house says sorry to Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 18/01/2012
» Italian clothing chain Dolce & Gabbana on Wednesday apologised to the people of Hong Kong for allegedly discriminating against them in favour of wealthy mainland shoppers.