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Twitter under fire as a result of rape threat tweets

Twitter has faced a lot of criticism over its handling of death and rape threats against British feminist Caroline Criado-Perez. The feminist, whose campaigns have led to renowned British author Jane Austen being pictured on every ten pound bill, was subjected to a daylong barrage of abusive texts that average around 50 sexually insulting tweets […]

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Boston bombing suspect on cover of Rolling Stone Magazine

In a disgusting and shocking move, The Rolling Stone magazine plastered the Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the front page.  At quick glance anyone would wonder, why would you put him on the cover?  Even if you have some kind of an article about him, what would even make you want to give him attention?  […]

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Google Adsense Delayed Reports & Lower Earnings

This morning I logged into my Google Adsense control panel and noticed my earnings were a lot higher for the day then usual.  I was obviously quite happy when I saw this, since the earnings for my site were almost three times higher than normal than they usually were in the morning hours.  However, after […]

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A woman dies after being electrocuted when using iPhone 5

A 23 year old woman by the name Ma Ailun was electrocuted when she answered a call using her iPhone 5 while it was charging. Ma Ailun who resided in the north western province of china, Xinjiang region, had recently resigned from her job with Southern airlines in china where she was a flight attendant. […]

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Apple found guilty of conspiracy to raise the price of e-books

A federal judge has ruled that Apple, in conjunction with five major publishers, conspired to remove retail competition within the fast growing e-book market. “Apple chose to join forces with the publisher defendants to raise e-book prices and equipped them with the means to do so,” noted U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in a 156-page […]

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ISS gives a blow to Carl Icahn with their approval on the Dell buyout.

Recently in news for reasons other than technology, the PC giant Dell has a future yet to be decided. With the decision from the founder of the company Michael Dell along with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners to buyout the company shares not being received too well by many. Also after their stunt to […]

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Google reader shutting down – what are the alternatives?

Ever since the Google reader shutdown was announced back in March, millions of users of this mega popular app started looking for alternative services that will replace it. In case you are unfamiliar with this type of news format, it is aimed to provide users with the latest news from around the world and displaying […]