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    Learn about the Land of the Rising Sun

    Life, AKIN, Published on 16/04/2014

    » Those passionate about Japan might find a mobile application called Japan Town interesting. Developed by the Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan), this app is simply all about the Land of the Rising Sun.

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    Uber remedy for the taxi blues?

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/04/2014

    » An office worker who regularly needs to call a cab to take her home from her workplace, Supatra has often been frustrated with the quality of service provided by Bangkok taxi drivers. But now that she's started using a mobile app called Uber to organise taxi rides, she says there's been a vast improvement in the experience.

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    Hackers getting younger

    Life, James Hein, Published on 16/04/2014

    » As a parent here is a headline you don’t want to see every day "A five-year-old boy has found and exploited a password flaw in his Xbox to hack into his father's Xbox Live account". Special irony points for this story comes via the father who is a computer security specialist. Kristoffer, yes you guessed it, from California, broke in by entering the wrong password, navigating to the verification screen and entering spaces before hitting submit. This allowed him entry and exposed a password bug. Microsoft has since fixed the problem and rewarded Kristoffer. As a one-year-old he held down the home key on Dad’s phone to defeat a lockout so it looks like this kid is going places.

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    Mother’s Little Helpers Part II: Application Switcher and the Apple menu

    Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 16/04/2014

    » On a Mac, Finder has a number of ways in which OS X functions can be controlled. I think of the Finder as a sort of bridge: it acts like an application, but is essential to using OS X. One part of this is an easy-to-use feature called Application Switcher. The Apple menu has several useful ways for quick access to applications and useful information.

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    Intel steadies as PC declines ease

    AFP, Published on 16/04/2014

    » US computer chip giant Intel reported a modest dip in earnings in the first quarter on Tuesday, amid a stabilization of the key personal computer segment.

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    US tech giants look to skies to spread Internet

    AFP, Published on 16/04/2014

    » The shortest path to the Internet for some remote corners of the world may be through the skies.

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    New US-Spanish firm says targets rich mobile ad market

    AFP, Published on 16/04/2014

    » Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica and US investment giant Blackstone launched a mobile telephone advertising venture on Wednesday, challenging internet giants such as Google and Facebook in a multi-billion-dollar market.

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    Twitter rules out Turkey office amid tax row

    AFP, Published on 16/04/2014

    » Social networking company Twitter on Wednesday rejected demands from the Turkish government to open an office there, following accusations of tax evasion and a two-week ban on the service.

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    Alibaba steals Yahoo's thunder ahead of IPO

    AFP, Published on 16/04/2014

    » If Yahoo appears back in favor, it can thank Alibaba, the Chinese Web giant in which it holds a big stake and that is set for a public stock offering.

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