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Twitter gears up to play a bigger political role in Latin America
Brazil’s elections are looming, and Twitter is using the opportunity to increase its foothold in Latin America through the power…
UK firms expand globally with e-commerce
Marks and Spencer have joined the ranks of UK firms using the power of e-commerce to grow overseas. E-commerce has…
Apple bids $3.2 billion to acquire Dr Dre’s Beats
Apple could be set to acquire Beats Electronics for an eye-watering $3.2 billion, reports suggest. Amid Facebook and Google’s recent…
Alibaba heads towards biggest ever tech IPO
Alibaba has officially filed for a stock market flotation that could prove the biggest tech IPO in history. It’s been…
Amazon simplifies online shopping with Twitter hashtags
Amazon and Twitter have launched a partnership that allows shoppers to add products to their wishlists with a hashtag. Amazon…
Londoners can now choose ‘.london’ domain names
Business and individuals can now choose to end their web address with .london rather than .com or .co.uk. Organisations, businesses…
Microsoft could get rid of Nokia brand
Microsoft stands primed and ready to take over Nokia, and it could be planning to do away with the famous…
Google Glass on Sale Tomorrow – What’s Google’s Goal?
Tomorrow, 15 April, will see Google make Glass available to more people than ever before, but what does it expect…
Understanding ‘Heartbleed’: the latest major online security threat
Millions of web users have been told to change all of their passwords as a result of Heartbleed. So what…
VIDEO: Revolutionary Technology Speeds Up Learning by “Buzzing” the Brain
Researchers at Vanderbilt University in the US are developing technology that could increase the speed at which we learn. The…
Silicon Valley Accused of Ageism
An article published in New Republic has labelled Silicon Valley as a hotbed of ageism. Does the tech industry really…
Could Amazon Fire TV Change the Face of TV Streaming?
With the launch of Fire TV, has Amazon done enough to beat the likes of Apple TV? The contest between…