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Philippine Supreme Court says law on online libel constitutional The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a controversial cybercrime law penalising online libel is constitutional, amid claims it is intended to curb Internet freedom in one of Asia's most freewheeling democracies.

18 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

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

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

Web gets new neighborhoods with '.guru' and more New online neighborhoods open Wednesday when a US company starts offering Web addresses ending in ".guru," ".bike" -- and even ".singles."

29 January 2014

Icahn takes eBay stake, seeks PayPal spinoff EBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit.

23 January 2014

Google says sorry to Germany over 'Adolf Hitler Square' Google apologised Friday after a major square in Berlin regained its Nazi-era name "Adolf Hitler" on its popular online Maps page for a few hours.

12 January 2014

New Bruce Springsteen album 'High Hopes' goes online Bruce Springsteen's 18th studio album "High Hopes" went online in the United States Sunday, 10 days before its general release -- and on the 41st anniversary of The Boss's debut outing.

06 January 2014

Amazon to compensate customers for late gifts Amazon Thursday said it would give $20 gift cards and pay shipping costs for customers affected by problems at UPS and FedEx that delayed some Christmas package deliveries.

28 December 2013

Tribune buys music data service from Sony for $170 mn US media company Tribune plans to acquire Gracenote, a giant in music data, for $170 million from media giant Sony, the companies announced Monday.

24 December 2013

US, Britain 'spying on virtual world': report Freshly leaked documents by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Monday revealed spies disguised as fantasy characters prowled online games hunting terrorists.

11 December 2013

Online game teaches risks of personal data exposure Sexual orientation, private debt, medical records, even your favourite ice cream flavour: do you know much of this personal information is out there and available for sale?

05 December 2013

German union plans Christmas strike at Amazon: report Germany's service-sector union Verdi is planning strike action at the online retail giant Amazon over the busy Christmas holiday period.

18 November 2013

China Singles Day online shoppers spend almost $6 bn Chinese shoppers spent a record 35.0 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) at the country's biggest online marketplaces on Singles Day, their operator said Tuesday, after the festival created by e-tailers to persuade the loveless to console themselves with retail therapy.

13 November 2013

Americans warm to online dating, survey shows Americans are growing more comfortable with online dating, and many are finding a spouse or partner in cyberspace.

21 October 2013

Facebook becomes Google advertising ally Google-owned online ad-placing service DoubleClick on Friday announced that the way has been cleared to include space at Facebook.

20 October 2013

Online video forces change on TV industry Having turned print media upside down, the Internet now is disrupting television, forcing broadcasters to adapt to tablets and video-on-demand to hold onto views and advertisers.

14 August 2013

Old newspaper era is over, Obama says via Kindle President Barack Obama acknowledged the problems facing the US newspaper industry, ironically in an interview that was distributed via online retail giant Amazon's Kindle e-reader.

02 August 2013

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