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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
Facebook to test mobile app shopping tab
Facebook said that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and online commerce offerings.
13 October 2015
Amazon opens online shop for handmade goods
Online retail colossus Amazon opened a shop showcasing handmade goods sold directly by artisans.
09 October 2015
Google aims to get news to smartphones faster
Google laid out a plan to make tapping into news on mobile devices faster, keeping eyeballs on stories and people visiting websites.
08 October 2015
Facebook blow as EU court quashes transatlantic data deal
Facebook and other Internet giants could be barred from sending European citizens' personal information to the US.
07 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 working on long-sought 'dislike' button
Facebook, pressed for years by users to add a "dislike" button, announced Tuesday it was working on the feature and will be testing it soon.
16 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
Tech world waits for iPhone news and hopes for magic
The tech world will have its eyes on Apple, expecting new versions of the company's coveted iPhone but hoping for magic in the form of unexpected innovation.
09 September 2015
Microsoft buys cloud computing security startup
Microsoft said it bought an Israel-based cybersecurity startup specializing in defending programs and content in the cloud, as it expands offerings for the enterprise.
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
Windows 10 spreads to more than 75 million devices
Microsoft said that Windows 10 has spread to more than 75 million devices since the new operating system was released less than a month ago.
27 August 2015
Ashley Madison hack strikes fear in outed users
Two years ago, trapped in what he remembers as "a dead marriage," Michael logged on to adulterous dating site Ashley Madison for the first time.
26 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
Ashley Madison sued over membership data leak
A Can$760 million (US$578 million) class action lawsuit has been launched against the owner of affair-seeking website Ashley Madison.
22 August 2015
BuzzFeed moves to Japan in Yahoo partnership
BuzzFeed announced plans to launch a Japanese news website in a partnership with Yahoo Japan, the latest step in a global expansion push.
18 August 2015