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China's online population exceeds 700 million The number of web users in China has risen over 700 million.

03 August 2016

Police, cyber firms tackle 'ransomware' hacking threat Dutch police, Europol and a coalition of cyber security firms launched a new website Monday to fight a surge in "ransomware".

27 July 2016

Line removes satirical Thai royal family emoticons A set of emoticons satirising Thailand's royal family have been removed by the messaging application Line.

07 April 2016

US regulator unveils low-income broadband subsidy plan US regulators offer broadband subsidies to low-income Americans, saying that Internet access is "a prerequisite for full participation" in modern society.

09 March 2016

Opera Software welcomes Chinese consortium's $1.2 billion bid Chinese consortium led by the Golden Brick Silk Road investment fund offered 10.5 billion kroner ($1.2 billion) to take over Opera Software

10 February 2016

Tweets too short? Twitter mulling 10,000 characters Twitter may soon lift its 140 character limit on tweets. 10,000 character tweets could be available as soon as March.

06 January 2016

App usage soars as smartphones take hold Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices.

05 January 2016

Turkish Internet servers reeling under huge cyber attack Turkish Internet servers are suffering a powerful cyber attack from abroad, slowing banking services and fanning fears.

25 December 2015

Facebook 'safety check' at the ready after Paris attacks A Facebook tool that let people check whether friends were safe after deadly attacks in Paris will be used more widely in the future, the social network said.

17 November 2015

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YouTube Gaming adds mobile play streaming YouTube Gaming ramped up its challenge to Amazon-owned Twitch by adding streamed play of mobile games and a new subscription option.

16 October 2015

India PM makes rock star appearance at Facebook Standing side-by-side with Mark Zuckerberg, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rock star appearance at Facebook, advocating for the political power of social media.

28 September 2015

Instagram tops 400 million users Instagram has rocketed past the 400-million-user mark, with more than 80 million pictures shared daily at the Facebook-owned service.

23 September 2015

Facebook business pages closer to becoming online shops Facebook pages moved closer to replacing small business websites, announcing features designed to make it easier for shops to hawk their wares.

09 September 2015

Intel putting $50 mn into quantum computing research US chip colossus Intel said that it will put $50 million and engineering resources into an alliance on quantum computing that could radically advance complex problem-solving.

04 September 2015

Wikipedia blocks accounts linked to paid edits Wikipedia said that it has blocked more than 300 accounts being used by people being paid to create or tweak entries at the communally sourced online encyclopedia.

03 September 2015

Google changes logo to better suit mobile devices Google on Tuesday refreshed its logo to better suit mobile devices that are supplanting desktop computers when it comes to modern Internet lifestyles.

02 September 2015

Instagram images no longer just squares Instagram broke its square mold with an update that adds portrait and landscape formats to the image-sharing smartphone application.

28 August 2015

Russia lifts Wikipedia ban after it edits drugs entry Russia's media watchdog said it had lifted a short-lived ban on Russian-language Wikipedia over an entry on a form of cannabis.

25 August 2015

Twitter lifts limits on direct messages between users Twitter lifted its character limit for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter "more powerful and fun."

13 August 2015