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FileSonic disables sharing in wake of MegaUpload shut-down
FileSonic has disabled its public file sharing service in the wake of MegaUpload's very public shut-down late last week. Instead, users are limited to only being able to retrieve files that they have uploaded themselves.
Darren McCarra
23rd January 2012
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New Google Account sign-ups are forced to join Google+
Web users creating Google Accounts for the first time are automatically dispensed with associated Gmail and Google+ accounts, with no option to opt-out, further enforcing the emerging paradigm that Google is Google+.
Darren McCarra
20th January 2012
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Google begins to penalise sites with little content "above the fold"
Google Search has announced an algorithmic change that now considers page layout an influence of page rank. More specifically, sites with little content "above the fold" - the area of a website that is immediately visible without scrolling - may not rank as highly from today onwards.
Darren McCarra
20th January 2012
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China approaches one billion mobile subscribers
China recorded 973.7 million mobile subscribers at the end of 2011, and is on track to surpass the one billion connections milestone by early spring, according to a report by Wireless Intelligence.
Darren McCarra
19th January 2012
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IPv6 world launch date set for June
Building on the success of last summer's World IPv6 Day - when the world's largest internet companies took the next-generation internet protocol for a 24-hour test-drive - the Internet Society has scheduled its official, co-ordinated launch for June 6, 2012.
Darren McCarra
18th January 2012
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Cost of Facebook advertising on the rise
The cost of advertising on Facebook is rising, with the average cost per click increasing as much as 45% in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a report from Facebook advertising technology firm TBG Digital.
Darren McCarra
17th January 2012
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Wikipedia community has spoken, global anti-SOPA blackout protest begins Wednesday
The Wikipedia community has spoken. A 24-hour anti-SOPA blackout protest will begin on Wednesday, January 18 at 5pm Western European Time (WET). During this 24-hour period, English language Wikipedia articles will be unavailable globally - a unprecedented move never before seen in the crowd-sourced encyclopedia's 11-year history.
Darren McCarra
16th January 2012
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Untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak only a matter of days away
An untethered iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak has made substantial progress towards actuality as iOS hackers have posted a video clearly demonstrating a jailbroken iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0.1, suggesting that the hack will be made public very soon.
Darren McCarra
16th January 2012
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Hangout with David Beckham on Google+
Google are offering Google+ users a chance to hangout (live multi-user chat) with David Beckham, internationally renowned soccer player, later this month - if that's your sort of thing?
Darren McCarra
15th January 2012
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Cheezburger CEO: I can has Wikipedia support in SOPA blackout protest?
Ben Huh, best known as CEO of Cheezburger, has publicly called for Wikipedia to join Cheezburger and Reddit in their 12-hour SOPA blackout protest next Wednesday.
Darren McCarra
13th January 2012