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Estonia grants convicted Russian blogger asylum
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Estonia has granted asylum to a blogger from neighbouring Russia who was convicted in his homeland in 2008 for inciting hatred against the police, the interior ministry said Wednesday.
AT&T sponsors Kindle 3G price cut
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Online retail powerhouse Amazon on Wednesday began selling a cut-price version of its Kindle 3G electronic reader sponsored by US telecom carrier AT&T.
McCain calls for special cybersecurity panel
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Veteran US Senator John McCain on Wednesday urged the creation of a special Senate committee on cybersecurity and electronic intelligence leaks to cut through legislative delays to crafting a US response.
A News Corp. without newspapers?
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Rupert Murdoch built his vast fortune selling newspapers, expanding a single daily in his native Australia into a media and entertainment empire that spans the globe.
PayPal letting Google phones swap cash
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.
Amazon planning iPad rival by October: WSJ
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Online retail giant Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer before October in a bid to carve out a slice of a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Choking off Internet won't stop Arab Spring: US official
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Regimes that choke off citizens' access to the Internet to try to quash pro-democracy movements in the Arab world are running scared and fighting a losing battle, a US diplomat said Wednesday.
Spotify now available in the US
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Swedish music streaming service Spotify launched Thursday in the United States, its first foray outside Europe, after reaching agreements with the music industry there, the company announced.
Changes in tourism
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/07/2011
» How to better serve Indian and Russian tourists as well as tech-savvy travellers, areas the tourism industry needs to focus on.
Change minimum wage system?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/07/2011
» The tripartite minimum wage system began just before the 1973 political uprising, meets ILO standards but has an employer bias.