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Facebook makes mobile move after IPO flop
Thu, May 24 2012 at 4:53 PM EST

The website released a camera app that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that synchs with Facebook and can be shared with iPhones.

Internet voting still faces hurdles in U.S.
Thu, May 24 2012 at 6:57 AM EST

Technical experts say Internet voting is far from secure, but pressure is building to make online voting more widely available in the U.S.

Yahoo! moves to reclaim Internet search crown
Wed, May 23 2012 at 8:57 PM EST

Through the release of software that transforms the way users explore the Web, Yahoo! hopes to regain users.

Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents, jury rules
Wed, May 23 2012 at 2:20 PM EST

Oracle was seeking more than $1 billion in damages from Google for the use of Java in its Android software.

Google given 'weeks' to satisfy EU on competition
Mon, May 21 2012 at 8:00 AM EST

A European Union probe has identified antitrust problems for Google, including the ranking of its search results and respect of copyrights.

Facebook's Zuckerberg caps IPO week with wedding
Sun, May 20 2012 at 4:01 PM EST

Friends and family thought they had been invited to celebrate the bride's graduation from medical school.

Pakistan restores Twitter after block over Mohammed cartoons
Sun, May 20 2012 at 2:45 PM EST

Twitter was blocked in Pakistan for 12 hours before being restored at the request of the ministry of information technology.

Facebook IPO sets richest-ever tech offering in motion
Fri, May 18 2012 at 5:41 AM EST

New shareholders of the social network giant have 'extremely high expectations' for the potential future growth of the stock.

Second-grader designs Google doodle
Thu, May 17 2012 at 4:07 PM EST

The lucky student won a $30,000 college scholarship, a Google Chromebook and his school received a $50,000 technology grant.

Russian whizzes win global collegiate IT contest
Thu, May 17 2012 at 3:12 PM EST

IT students had to solve up to 12 real-world problems, like building the communication systems between moving asteroids, in just 5 hours.

Google's 'Knowledge Graph' helps searches get smarter
Wed, May 16 2012 at 1:16 PM EST

The search engine company hopes that its 'Knowledge Graph' will eventually be able to respond to search requests that contain very specific terms.

Facebook IPO could net Bono's company $1.5 billion
Wed, May 16 2012 at 12:35 PM EST

The private equity firm co-founded by the rock star bought a 1.5% stake in Facebook in 2009.

Photo: Greenpeace calls on Microsoft for cleaner clouds
Tue, May 15 2012 at 10:48 AM EST

Activists in Tel-Aviv clutched fistfuls of black balloons to symbolize the coal-powered electricity used to run Microsoft's cloud data centers.

Privacy worries dog Facebook ahead of IPO
Mon, May 14 2012 at 10:40 PM EST

Privacy advocates hope Facebook's IPO will causes the company to come under closer scrutiny in how it utilizes its users' behaviors.

Facebook to show more ads to its users
Mon, May 14 2012 at 5:36 PM EST

Facebook's chief privacy officer outlines how Facebook will utilize users' posts to create a more targeted ad experience.

Social media's impact on kids 'merits big debate'
Sun, May 13 2012 at 1:52 AM EST

Scholars are worried about relationship issues, attention and addiction problems and privacy issues attached with social media.

Facebook is as pleasurable as food or sex
Fri, May 11 2012 at 11:26 AM EST

Sharing one's life on social media triggers a subjective reward impulse in the human brain.

Facebook's buy of Instagram probed by U.S. regulators
Fri, May 11 2012 at 5:29 AM EST

The billion-dollar deal to buy the startup behind the photo-sharing smartphone application has evidently caught the eye of U.S. regulators.

Microsoft weaves Facebook into Bing search
Thu, May 10 2012 at 2:16 PM EST

Weaving insights from people's Facebook friends into search results is part of Bing's biggest revamp since its launch 3 years ago.

Facebook to launch App Center
Thu, May 10 2012 at 7:26 AM EST

The social network is opening an App Center for mini-programs that plug offerings such as Pinterest or Draw Something.

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