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Twitter creates once in a lifetime "11.11.11" visualisation
Twitter is a great place for connecting around subjects of shared interest or significance, like major sporting events, natural disasters or rare binary occurrences as happened last Friday, November 11th - 11/11/11.
Darren McCarra
15th November 2011
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iTunes Match now available, enables users to access entire music library across Apple devices
With the release of iTunes 10.5.1 earlier today, Apple's long-anticipated iTunes Match is finally here. iTunes Match is a paid-for service that gives Apple device users access to their entire music library anywhere using iCloud.
Darren McCarra
14th November 2011
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Video game piracy increased by 20% in last five years
The number of pirated video games has increased by 20% in the last five years, that's according to research published by internet piracy analysts Envisional. Game publishers are worried that they are potentially losing millions in lost revenue to illegal downloads.
Darren McCarra
11th November 2011
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Amazon increases Kindle Fire production for the second time to meet pre-order demand
Amazon has reportedly increased its Kindle Fire order to five million units by the end of 2011 as pre-orders continue to be stronger than expected. Amazon had already last month increased its order from 3.5 million to four million units.
Darren McCarra
10th November 2011
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Firefox 8 released, complete with integrated Twitter search
Firefox, the world's second most popular browser (soon to be third), has graduated to version eight, adding Twitter search support and greater third-party add-on control.
Darren McCarra
9th November 2011
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Google bans promotions and competitions on Google+ Pages for brands
As the dust settles on Google's launch of Google+ Pages for brands and businesses yesterday, we've dug a little deeper into the terms of service that each brand must adhere to on the network and found something very interesting.
Darren McCarra
8th November 2011
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Google+ Pages for brands and businesses have arrived
Google+ brand pages have finally arrived. Google made the announcement earlier today, enabling brands and businesses to legitimately connect with users on Google's 40 million strong social network.
Darren McCarra
7th November 2011
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Netflix and MGM forge content deal ahead of launch in UK and Ireland
Netflix, the subscription-based on-demand streaming media service, has forged a deal with motion picture giant MGM to stream first-run feature films in the UK and Ireland. Netflix are seemingly readying their service for an expected launch in both countries in early 2012.
Darren McCarra
7th November 2011
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer airs on YouTube ahead of next week's game launch
As anticipation mounts over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's near-global release on November 8th, Activision, the game's publisher, has released this live action trailer featuring Jonah Hill, Dwight Howard and Sam Worthington.
Darren McCarra
6th November 2011
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Lifespan of a tweet and Klout score directly linked
Klout, the social influence measuring tool, has analysed a week's worth of retweet data and unsurprisingly concluded that the lifespan of a tweet is significantly longer for users with higher Klout scores - up to 67 times longer.
Darren McCarra
5th November 2011