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Japan's Rakuten paying $900 mn for Cypriot app-maker Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, said Friday it would buy Cyprus-based application maker Viber Media for $900 million, as its expands an overseas empire that includes Canadian e-reader company Kobo.

14 February 2014

Male, female or custom? Facebook's new gender options Facebook freed members from the bonds of being either male or female, letting people opt for custom genders such as transsexual or "intersex" at the social network.

14 February 2014

Shanghai surprise for lovers desperately seeking film tickets Couples looking to enjoy a romantic Valentine's Day at one Chinese cinema will be out of luck this Friday, thwarted by singles who bought up all the odd-numbered seats.

13 February 2014

Microsoft denies Chinese-language Bing search censorship Microsoft on Wednesday denied censoring Chinese-language search results across the globe, but the group behind the accusation stood firm.

13 February 2014

Online adultery booming as cheating sites surge One 29-year-old woman says it helped her take revenge on her unfaithful husband.

12 February 2014

New twists for love in age of big data It is the ultimate test for big data -- finding the secret algorithm of love.

12 February 2014

Yahoo buys smartphone diary-app maker Wander Yahoo on Tuesday added the startup behind smartphone visual diary-app Days to its list of acquisitions as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to pump new life into the aging Internet pioneer.

12 February 2014

Tenge meltdown disrupts e-Gov and online shopping in Kazakhstan Today's devaluation of tenge in Kazakhstan has affected the work of the e-government website eGov.kz.

11 February 2014

World's richest man would still pick up a $100 bill The world's wealthiest man Bill Gates would still pick up a $100 bill on the street, but he has no tips about how to get by on less than $100,000 a year.

11 February 2014

Vietnam's hit game developer pulls plug on Flappy Bird The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life".

10 February 2014

A Kazakh wins half a million dollars in one week playing poker A man from Kazakhstan has won almost $500,000 in two poker tournaments held at the PokerStar website in one week.

10 February 2014

Google Doodle flies gay flag for Sochi Olympics Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.

07 February 2014

Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million.

06 February 2014

Gates shifts role at Microsoft, new CEO named Microsoft rebooted itself for a mobile future Tuesday, naming Indian-born Satya Nadella as its chief executive while founder Bill Gates sheds his title of chairman for a more hands-on role.

05 February 2014

Facebook plans low-key birthday bash Facebook has grown into an Internet giant over the last decade, but it is celebrating its birthday with a low-key, belated party and an eye toward the future.

04 February 2014

Internet titans shine light on secret US requests Internet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US government.

04 February 2014

Microsoft nears CEO choice, mulls Gates role Microsoft is nearing a decision on its new chief executive, with Indian-born insider Satya Nadella the leading candidate, US media reported Friday.

01 February 2014

Yahoo Mail accounts breached with stolen passwords Yahoo alerted users of its free email service Thursday that hackers slipped into accounts to loot information using stolen passwords.

31 January 2014

Katy Perry rides closer to 50 mn mark on Twitter Pop star Katy Perry was on the threshold Thursday of becoming the first person ever to have more than 50 million followers on Twitter.

31 January 2014

Mad men eye record Super Bowl ad extravaganza What do the Muppets, Greek yogurt and Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common? They're all starring in the most expensive four hours of American television ever.

30 January 2014

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