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YouTube plays to video game loving viewers
YouTube is wading confidently into turf dominated by Amazon-owned Twitch, with a service tailored for the hot trend of videogame play as a spectator sport.
18 June 2015
Russian MPs back 'right to be forgotten online' law
Russia's lower house of parliament gave initial backing to a bill requiring Internet search sites to remove access to inaccurate and outdated personal information.
17 June 2015
Twitter CEO Costolo out as growth pressure mounts
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is surrendering his post, handing the reins back to co-founder Jack Dorsey as the popular service struggles to boost its ranks of users.
12 June 2015
Nazarbayev slams social networks, Internet, pseudo-culture
President of Kazakhstan speaks harsh words about the current state of culture, in which social networks and the Internet undermine moral principles and spirituality.
10 June 2015
Kazakhstan's Internet users make fun of Astana's bad weather
Kazakhstan’s Internet users are making fun of the torrential rains that hit Astana in mid-May.
29 May 2015
Twitter-Google deal puts tweets in search results
Google and Twitter announced a partnership Tuesday to display tweets in search results, renewing a tieup that ended in 2011.
20 May 2015
YouTube may show anti-muslim video: appeals court
A US appeals court ruled that Google-owned YouTube should not be barred from showing an uploaded "Innocence of Muslims" film that outraged Islamics.
19 May 2015
Kazakhstan ranks 58th in broadband Internet speed ranking
Kazakhstan has been ranked 58th in Net Index, which compares and ranks the broadband Internet speed and mobile download speeds around the globe.
14 May 2015
Facebook hooks up with publishers for 'Instant Articles'
Facebook has teamed up with nine news publishers to launch a feature that will allow them to publish articles directly on the network's mobile news feeds.
13 May 2015
Skype opens door to real-time translation feature
Microsoft-owned Skype cleared the way for anyone to use a new feature that translates video chats or instant messages in real time.
13 May 2015
US security chief warns of 'new phase' in terror threat
The global terrorist threat has entered a "new phase," where media-savvy Islamist extremists are successfully drawing lone wolf attackers to their cause.
11 May 2015
Google's home campus dreams dashed by local officials
Google was stinging from a decision by local officials to reject the bulk of a proposed plan for a grand expansion of its Silicon Valley home campus.
08 May 2015
Facebook not an information bubble: researchers
Social media networks like Facebook are not putting users in an ideological information bubble, despite fears to the contrary.
08 May 2015
London Eye lit by Facebook election chat
The London Eye tourist attraction was lit up in party political colours reflecting the amount of social media interactions about them on Facebook.
02 May 2015
Microsoft courts app makers with dive into Windows 10
Microsoft made a new pitch to app makers, promising an audience of more than a billion people if they develop services for the upcoming Windows 10 operating system.
30 April 2015
Google pairs with European media to boost online journalism
US tech giant Google unveiled a 150 million euro ($163 million) project with eight European publishers to support online journalism.
28 April 2015
Yahoo unveils new online video series
US Internet giant Yahoo said it was expanding its online offerings, unveiling 18 new video series with which it hopes to attract a larger audience and advertisers.
28 April 2015
Facebook collecting Nepal quake aid donations
Facebook was rolling out a donation button for contributions to victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal, and offered to match up to $2 million.
28 April 2015
Right to be forgotten discussed in Kazakhstan's Majilis
The so-called 'right to be forgotten', which allows individuals to have information, videos or photographs that infringe on their privacy deleted from Internet records, was discussed by Kazakhstan's Majilis.
27 April 2015
Google launches its own mobile telephone service
Google said it was launching its own US mobile wireless service, with considerable potential savings for customers using their devices.
23 April 2015