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Japanese light up Twitter on govt quake response
AFP, Published on 15/03/2011
» Japan's Twitter users have sent an endless stream of messages of support to survivors of the quake-tsunami disaster, but they also have plenty to say -- good and bad -- about the country's leaders.
Digital ways to donate to Japan disaster relief
AFP, Published on 14/03/2011
» Technology giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter are all offering digital ways to donate to Japan's recovery efforts following the massive earthquake and devastating tsunami.
Web helps people locate loved ones in Japan quake
AFP, Published on 12/03/2011
» Searching the Internet on sites such as Google, Twitter and their local variants has become more effective in finding loved ones than sifting through wreckage following Japan's devastating tsunami.
Facebook revamps comments platform for websites
AFP, Published on 02/03/2011
» Facebook is revamping a platform designed to power the frequently unruly comments space on websites.
Smartphone app revives flagging S. Korean custom
AFP, Published on 28/02/2011
» South Korea's biggest mobile phone carrier has devised a smartphone application to revive a flagging custom -- raising the national standard over homes on important holidays.
No Twitter revolt for Central Asia's closed regimes
AFP, Published on 25/02/2011
» High fees, spying, and outright blockage -- Central Asia's regimes are not short of ways to control Internet blogs and social networks which have mobilised the recent protests in the Middle East.
Firewall architect admits skirting China barriers
AFP, Published on 18/02/2011
» The architect of China's "Great Firewall" has admitted using software to circumvent the vast system of Internet censorship -- but only to probe the security of his widely reviled creation.
Creator of China's Web curbs admits dodging them
AFP, Published on 18/02/2011
» The architect of China's vast Internet censorship system has admitted using software to circumvent the controls -- but only to probe just how secure his widely-criticised creation is.
Google makes Web search more social
AFP, Published on 18/02/2011
» Google is making Web search more social, weaving posts from the Twitter, Flickr, Blogger and other accounts of a user's friends into search results.
Yap.TV lets viewers chat as they watch
AFP, Published on 12/02/2011
» Startup Yap.TV believes that whether shows are streamed over the Internet, airwaves, or cable lines people will always want to talk about what they are watching.