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Facebook tests ‘buy’ button to let users make purchases from their feeds
Facebook is testing a “buy” button that lets users make purchases directly from their news feeds.A limited number of small...
Read moreChina’s Internet adoption sags to levels not seen since in 8 years
China’s rush to the Internet is slowing, with the country adding only 14.4 million new Internet users in the first...
Read moreYahoo buys Flurry to make more money from mobile apps
Yahoo has reached an agreement to acquire Flurry, a mobile analytics company, as part of a push to grow its...
Read moreMore mobile gadgets than people? Seven countries now qualify
Wireless broadband subscriptions now outnumber people in seven countries as consumers continue to snap up smartphones and tablets, according to...
Read moreDefending Facebook, OkCupid says it also runs user-behavior tests
Facebook earlier this summer sparked criticism over a study in which it manipulated the feeds of some of its users,...
Read moreAs IoT changes how carriers make money, Ericsson is buying new smarts
Ericsson plans to acquire MetraTech, a vendor of billing systems based on metadata, as service providers eye new services using...
Read moreCountries don’t own their Internet domains, ICANN says
The Internet domain name for a country doesn’t belong to that country—nor to anyone, according to ICANN.Plaintiffs who successfully sued...
Read moreFacebook app gives free Internet to mobile users in Zambia
Facebook introduced an app on Thursday that will give mobile phone subscribers in Zambia access to a set of free...
Read moreWin Phone 7 users aghast Microsoft axed Skype for their phones
Owners of Windows Phone 7 smartphones are apoplectic that Skype no longer works on their devices.Commenting on the official Skype...
Read moreIoT is here and there, but not everywhere yet
The Internet of Things is still too hard. Even some of its biggest backers say so.For all the long-term optimism...
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