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AOL hires chief content officer for troubled Patch
(Reuters)
8 Feb 2012 at 6:00am
Reuters - AOL Inc, which has been investing heavily in content to make up for declining revenue from dial-up Internet access, has hired an executive for the newly created position of chief content officer at its struggling Patch hyperlocal news network.
Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on
(Reuters)
8 Feb 2012 at 5:24am
Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.
French min deletes "stay indoors" tip for homeless
(Reuters)
8 Feb 2012 at 4:49am
Reuters - A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe.
Analysis: More than just Great Firewall awaits Facebook in China
(Reuters)
8 Feb 2012 at 2:13am
Reuters - When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest Internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its global growth before a $5 billion initial public offering, but the chances it will succeed look slim.
Chairman, 3 others out in Yahoo board shake-up
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 4:54pm
AP - Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of many frustrated shareholders who blame them for contributing to the follies that have dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.
British Cabinet Warns of Possible Internet Outages During Summer Olympics
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7 Feb 2012 at 4:05pm
Mashable - The British Cabinet Office has warned businesses in England that the country may not be able to fully accommodate a surge in Internet use during the 2012 Olympics in London this summer.
Businesses have been told that Internet providers may be forced to ration access to the web during certain times of day and service may fall out altogether at other times.
IMDB "Jane Doe" case gets a court date
(Reuters)
7 Feb 2012 at 3:35pm
Reuters - Junie Hoang, the actress suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her age, will see her day -- and perhaps two days -- in court next year.
Amazon, Viacom close to Web video deal
(Reuters)
7 Feb 2012 at 2:51pm
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a standalone subscription service to compete with Netflix Inc.
Super Bowl XLVI Serves a Record 2.1 Million Live Streams
(Mashable)
7 Feb 2012 at 2:46pm
Mashable - More than 2.1 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVI via live streams. While this paled in comparison to the game's record-breaking 111.3 million broadcast viewers, it still set a viewership record for online sporting streams.
NBC tells the Associated Press that the Super Bowl was the "most-watched single-game sports event online."
Summary Box: Jobs flow from mobile, Facebook apps
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 12:50pm
AP - CAREER OPPORTUNITY: All those apps being made for smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network are helping the U.S. economy lower its unemployment rate. A study released Tuesday by the technology trade group TechNet estimates apps are responsible for creating about 466,000 U.S. jobs since 2007.
Google Chrome comes to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices
(Appolicious)
7 Feb 2012 at 12:01pm
Appolicious - Google?s entry into the desktop web browser market, Chrome, has rocketed in popularity since its release back in 2008, but it has never quite made the logical leap to Google?s Android operating system ? until now, that is.
Looking for work? There may be an app for that
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 11:52am
AP - Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
Outfit7?s Talking Tom Cat app breaks 100 million downloads, gets new partners...
7 Feb 2012 at 11:23am
Appolicious - We usually hear that the most popular apps in Apple?s iTunes App Store are games. But an exception to that rule is Talking Tom Cat, an app from Outfit7 that has racked up 100 million downloads on iOS and Google?s Android.
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 9:52am
AP - iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Feb. 6, 2012:
Yahoo Chairman Steps Down
(Mashable)
7 Feb 2012 at 9:11am
Mashable - Yahoo's chairman of the board, Roy Bostock, is leaving the company. Bostock has been chairman since 2008.
Bostock revealed the news to shareholders in a long letter describing the company's recent restrategizing. A far cry from a resignation letter, Bostock is upbeat about Yahoo's future and its recent moves, saying that, since the company is in a position to "drive innovation and growth going forward," he will not seek re-election at the next shareholders' meeting.
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