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30 January 11:46:33	Annabell Acton has set up 'Never Liked It Anyway' (www.neverlikeditanyway.com) - "a place where once loved gifts from once loved partners get a second chance…" introducing the concept of 'Break-up Price' as opposed to 'Real World Price'.More at NY Tech.   We Are NY Tech
26 January 12:12:57	Facebook has announced that its Timeline feature - "a new look for people's Profile pages which exposes their entire history on the site" - is no longer voluntary but "will become mandatory for all users." More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
9 January 15:50:56	"American film-streaming giant Netflix (www.netflix.co.uk) has launched in the UK this week - offering unlimited access to films and TV shows for £5.99 a month" - more at MailOnline.   MailOnline
5 January 11:26:37	"Google's Superior SEO Strategy - How Google+ Uses SEO to Steal Search from Facebook and Twitter." More from Cyrus Shepard at SEOmoz.   SEOmoz
4 January 14:29:03	Check out the image of an iPhone 4 created by CSS guru Vasiliy Zubach completely in CSS3 - "..there are no images in his design whatsoever." More at Design & Dev.   Design & Dev
23 December 14:47:48	There is speculation over the future of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (www.rim.com), whose market value has plunged 77% in the past 12 months. More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
26 November 11:42:19	The UPcload (www.upcload.com) software system, which makes online purchasing of clothing a more accurate process in terms of the fit, should arrive in the UK in summer 2013. More at TechCrunch.   TechCrunch
13 November 16:18:28	BlackBerry owners are organising themselves to sue RIM over the BBM outage in October - "Class action lawsuits have been filed in the US and Canada against Research in Motion, the company behind BlackBerry." More at CNET.   CNET
13 November 16:10:18	"The new iMessage instant-messaging software isn’t a nail in BlackBerry’s coffin – it’s a vacuum cleaner nozzle inserted direct into its funeral urn" says Rob Waugh at MailOnline on the forthcoming iMessage vs BBM batttle.   MailOnline
6 October 16:07:11	Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died aged 56 after a long battle with cancer. The Apple website has a facility to "share your thoughts, memories, and condolences..."   Apple
23 September 10:43:33	"Facebook has unveiled sweeping changes to its website – including partnerships with major music and film companies – in a bid to transform the world's biggest social network into a key entertainment hub" - more in The Guardian.   The Guardian
22 September 16:25:38	Twitter has purchased Julpan (www.julpan.com), the startup launched in 2010 by Ori Allon who once worked for Google, which "focuses on analyzing social information that is shared on social services like Twitter.." More at TechCrunch.   TechCrunch
19 September 14:53:26	Whilst not sceptical about social media, WPP (www.wpp.com) chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has "cast doubt on the ability of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to turn their huge user numbers into big profits." More in The Guardian.  The Guardian
7 September 14:43:10	Newspapers are carrying ads for information on the forthcoming .xxx adult domain name (go to www.about.xxx). "Companies and celebrities are being given the chance to protect their names from porn hijacking..." - more at BBC News.   BBC News
22 August 15:32:41	Skype is to acquire GroupMe (www.groupme.com) for a rumoured $85,000,000 just 14 months after the mobile group messaging services provider was set up. Khosla Ventures (www.khoslaventures.com) was one of the early backers. More at All Things D.   All Things D
19 August 12:31:21	Hewlett Packard (www.hp.com) is to buy UK software firm Autonomy (www.autonomy.com) for £7.1bn ($11.7bn), having opted for a new strategy of exitng hardware (PCs, tablets and phones) in order to refocus on software. More at BBC News.   BBC News
29 June 15:53:11	"This new social network site lacks the social aspect of Facebook and the speed, and simplicity, of Twitter" - analysis of Google+ (http://plus.google.com) in The Guardian.   The Guardian
29 June 12:05:42	“We’re transforming Google itself into a social destination at a level and scale that we’ve never attempted..." - the search giant has unveiled Google+ (http://plus.google.com), "its pitch to become a major force in social networking." More at Wired.   Wired
28 June 14:59:05	"Work from virtually anywhere and on almost any device" - Microsoft is launching Office 365 (www.office365.com), "the 'cloud' version of its Office suite of software." More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
27 June 15:16:28	Free wi-fi is spreading in the UK. Hotel groups Best Western (www.bestwestern.co.uk/freeInternet) and Hotel du Vin (www.hotelduvin.com) offer the service.   Hotel du Vin
27 June 14:40:11	Facebook UK - "A rush of over-50s signing up to the site to write wall posts to friends and tag photos helped make Mark Zuckerberg's site second in popularity only to Google." More in The Standard.   The Standard
25 June 11:05:40	Check out Google Monopoly (www.googlemonopoly.eu) for "Stories about the free online business model turned evil." More at The Standard.   Evening Standard
22 June 11:41:33	Google is the first internet firm to break through the billion mark for visits by unique users in a single month. More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
21 June 11:42:17	The latest research on online grocery shopping - "...many are returning to the high streets and shopping malls with a new appreciation for the old way of putting food on the table – simply popping into the supermarket." More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
20 June 15:09:51	ICANN (www.icann.org), the international regulator for internet domain names, "has approved a groundbreaking plan to increase the number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) from the current 22 such as .com...." More at The Register.   The Register
20 June 14:55:16	"One size fits all is beginning to grate - people just have too many friends on Facebook.." - the future of Facebook is under debate as social networking changes. 'Location' will be important, as well as smaller, more focussed SNs. More in The Standard.  Evening Standard
17 June 11:45:15	‘Facebook suicide’ - leaving Facebook is not easy. The choice is between deactivation (the soft option) or deletion (terminal). More at MailOnline   MailOnline
10 June 15:42:13	With iMessage, "Apple Has Finally Stuck A Dagger Into SMS. I Love It." More from MG Siegler at TechCrunch.   TechCrunch
10 June 12:36:45	Apple has announced iMessage - "...we've created a new messaging service for all iOS 5 users. You can send unlimited text messages via Wi-Fi or 3G from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to anyone with one of those devices."   Apple iMessage
8 June 14:53:38	"Facebook now knows what you look like" - more on Facebook and its facial recognition capabilities at MailOnline.   MailOnline
8 June 14:53:05	"Facebook changes privacy settings for millions of users - facial recognition is enabled" says IT firm Sophos (www.sophos.com) on its NakedSecurity blog.   NakedSecurity
7 June 16:30:53	Apple has announced the iCloud (www.apple.com/icloud) - "iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more. And wirelessly pushes them to all your devices — automatically." More at Engadget.   Engadget
2 June 12:13:11	Cloud service - Apple will announce the iCloud on June 6 "but we don’t know yet what it is..." More at Wired.   Wired
1 June 15:48:40	"I screwed up" - speaking at the D9 conference, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, has admitted that he had misread the boom in social media. "He also revealed he had tried and failed to secure a tie-up with Facebook." More in The Standard.  Evening Standard
1 June 14:45:43	"Gang of four rules tech" - Eric Schmidt, exec chairman of Google, says that the big beasts of the digital jungle are Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook. He is not convinced that these 4 "will stay in power for an extended period". More at cnet news.  Cnet news
1 June 14:42:39	The big boys of tech are at the D9 conference which is organised by AllThingsD (www.allthingsd.com ), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company Inc.   D9 Conference
28 May 12:27:58	Ofcom (www.ofcom.org.uk) has published research on mobile broadband performance across the UK - "This report looks specifically at the performance of mobile networks using dongles and datacards and does not consider smartphones."   Ofcom mobile broadband
28 May 11:16:39	PayPal has launched a lawsuit over the Google Wallet (www.google.com/wallet) payment system - "Make your phone your wallet" - claiming that two former execs who left to join Google "stole trade secrets for the project." More at The Standard.   Evening Standard
19 May 11:53:30	'Social + search' is exercising the minds of execs at Google, Facebook and Microsoft. "Microsoft on Monday began letting Bing search results reflect “likes” of people’s friends at Facebook..." - more at The Inquirer.   The Inquirer