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Yahoo expands sharing of stories through Facebook

The latest bond announced late Tuesday will enable Facebook users to share more of their activities on Yahoo’s websites, including which stories they are reading. Yahoo introduced the Facebook-sharing option in its main new section three months ago. The same feature will now be available...

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Link to Google to pay $500m over Canadian drug adverts

Google to pay $500m over Canadian drug adverts

The settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is one of the biggest made by a single company but will allow Google to draw a line under a case that could have impacted its business. The DoJ took action against the web search giant...

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Google Chrome becomes UK’s second most popular web browser

Google’s Chrome is Britain’s second most popular browser, a sign of the internet giant’s increasing grip on the UK search market. Three years after launch, Chrome last month captured 22% of UK users and marginally overtook Mozilla’s Firefox browser, according to the web metrics firm...

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Link to Google 2Q results show company thriving under Page

Google 2Q results show company thriving under Page

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. CEO Larry Page’s traditionally frosty relationship with Wall Street turned into a warm embrace Thursday after the Internet search leader released strong financial results for its latest quarter. The results represented Page’s first report card since he became CEO at...

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‘Internet search engines cause poor memory’

Give a second thought the next time you go to Google to get some information, for a new study says that Internet search engines are making people lose their memory. Researchers at Columbia University have found that increasing number of users relied on their computers...

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Canadian Twitter users spend most time online: report

TORONTO – It’s been three long years since Toronto-based fashion blogger Jay Strut has been able to keep himself away from the Internet for more than a day or two — and he doesn’t intend to let that happen again. The 20-year-old blogger, whose real...

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Link to 5 Ways Facebook Can Fight Back Against Google+

5 Ways Facebook Can Fight Back Against Google+

As the Google+ invasion continues, Facebook is feeling the heat. Although Facebook still has over 700 million users, some estimates say that Google’s social network is on track to top 20 million users by this weekend. That’s over 1 million new users a day since the service...

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20 Million Google+ Users May Exist by the Weekend

Most critics believe Google+ is gaining popularity online, but at least one study figures Google’s latest social experiment is growing at rates that rival Facebook’s. The search giant’s two-week-old social network, currently in a limited field test, reportedly grew by 350 percent between July 4...

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