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Google Finalises Agreement with City of Provo to Introduce Fibre in Region Later This Year
0By: Ali Raza | July 28th, 2013 | Business, Google, News
Google has been involved in talks with authorities of the City of Provo for quite some time now, in order to reach an agreement to launch Google Fiber, a TV and Internet service, in the city. These talks finally proved fruitful for the search engine gi...
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Viber Gets Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
By: Ali Raza | July 28th, 2013 | News
The free messaging and calling service, Viber, made it known on Tuesday, July 23rd that it has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of hackers that is aligned with the President of Syria, Bashar al-Asad. Viber also revealed in its official statement that the hack did not cause any serious damage and only two of the...
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Wikipedia Zero Debuts in India in Association with Aircel
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | News, Smartphones
Wikimedia Foundation has launched a project by the name of Wikipedia Zero some time ago to provide developing countries free mobile access to Wikipedia. Now, Wikimedia Foundation has officially made it known on Thursday, J...
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Wikipedia Rolls Out Editing Support for Mobile Device Users to Update Data on the Go
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | News, Smartphones, Tablets
Mobile users of Wikipedia and its sister projects have often felt the need for support to edit content of the resource website when they find an incorrect fact or figure on it while viewing it on mobile devices. After a long wait, Wikipedia declared on Thursday, July 25th that it has made support for editing cont...
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Online Developer Training Resource Pluralsight Gets Hold of PeepCode to Offer More Content
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The online developer training resource, Pluralsight, successfully secured $27.5 million from Insight Venture Partners during a funding round held earlier this year. The start up has now declared that it is all set to utilize the cash and Pluralsight is now acquiring
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Latest Version of Amazon Cloud Drive Photos App Now Allows Users to Upload and Stream Videos On Android Devices
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Android, Mobile Apps, News
The Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app for Android devices that was initially used to upload photos to cloud storage service from Amazon has been recently updated and now users can also stream and upload videos through the app. The new upgraded edition is version 1.7 and enables users to download and upload up to 2GB or 20 minutes lo...
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SaaS Technology Provider Mediaspectrum Raises $35.8 Million in a Funding Round Guided by Insight Venture Partners
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The worldwide supplier of SaaS technology, Mediaspectrum, has announced on Wednesday, July 24th that it has raised $35.8 million in a funding round that was guided by Insight Venture Partners. With these funds, Mediaspectrum is now looking to further boost its rapid growth, which is already driven by a very strong demand ...
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Chinese Internet Search Provider Baidu Posts Net Revenue of $430.8 Million in Q2
By: Jeff Stewart | July 28th, 2013 | Business, News
The top Chinese language internet search provider, Baidu, has declared it unaudited earnings for the second quarter of this year. According to the report, Baidu has posted net revenues of RMB2.64 billion or $430.8 million during the period that is 38.6 percent more then what the company was able to post in the same period last y...
