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Google backflips on Blogger sexual content ban

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Obama ranks N Korea cyber capabilities as not so good

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When fake news goes viral, blame the media: study

17 Feb 2015

Jailed journos: Greste freed, now for Fahmy and Mohamed

Jailed journos: Greste freed, now for Fahmy and Mohamed

2 Feb 2015

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Video shows blind mother seeing baby for first time

27 Jan 2015

Journalist linked to Anonymous gets five years' prison

Journalist linked to Anonymous gets five years' prison

23 Jan 2015

IMA final call for entries: Deadline extended to 15 January

IMA final call for entries: Deadline extended to 15 January

8 Jan 2015

Egypt court to hear jailed Jazeera reporters' appeal

Egypt court to hear jailed Jazeera reporters' appeal

31 Dec 2014

Sony says sorry to Obama, amid leaked emails storm

Sony says sorry to Obama, amid leaked emails storm

12 Dec 2014

Hackers threaten Sony staff in new email

Hackers threaten Sony staff in new email

8 Dec 2014

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

Vox Media raises capital for global expansion

3 Dec 2014

Prince vanishes from social media

Prince vanishes from social media

27 Nov 2014

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

25 Nov 2014

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

Amazon offers Washington Post app on Kindle

24 Nov 2014

Obama says new rules should keep 'open internet'

Obama says new rules should keep 'open internet'

11 Nov 2014

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

Social networks 'in denial' on extremist use: senior UK spy

5 Nov 2014

NY Times narrows loss, sees progress in digital

NY Times narrows loss, sees progress in digital

3 Nov 2014

Amazon's streaming device, the Fire Stick is being sold for $39 seeking to gain market share that offers a wide number of devices for streaming services already. Image:

Amazon's Fire Stick streams Netflix, Hulu and others

28 Oct 2014

Google's Patrick Pichette confirmed that profits for the company were down partly as a result of lower advertising revenue generated by the widespread use of smartphones.. Image:

Google profits fall as ad revenue declines

20 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Skype launches video messaging app

Microsoft's Skype launches video messaging app

16 Oct 2014

Times Executive Editor Dean Bacquet says the changes must be used to reassess the content of the newspaper and define its core objectives. Image:

NY Times to cut 100 journalists' jobs

2 Oct 2014

Google's Rachel Whetstone says that Google is doing as much as it can to prevent piracy and take down offensive, abusive or sexually explicit content. Image:

Google's battle with Murdoch continues

29 Sep 2014

Ernst & Young's John Nendick says that media companies are starting to make serious profits from the digital content that they are producing. Image:

Media, entertainment starting to profit from digital services

17 Sep 2014

Suroosh Alvi, the Founder of Vice Media has grown his online media business to a value of $2.5bn with a recent investment of $500m from two investors. Image:

Vice Media valued at $2.5bn

5 Sep 2014

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Amazon is set to launch and advertising service in competition with Google later this year. Image:

Amazon to tackle Google's advertising dominance

25 Aug 2014

Twitter's Dick Costolo says that images and videos of the beheading of US journalist James Foley have been removed from Twitter and posts will be monitored to remove any new postings of these gruesome pictures. YouTube has also removed the video posted on its site. Image: Twitter

James Foley's beheading removed from Twitter, YouTube

21 Aug 2014

A typically satirical article published by The Onion. Facebook users battle to distinguish between real news and satire, so Facebook is trying to help them. Image:

Facebook users struggle to tell truth from fiction

19 Aug 2014

News Republic's Gilles Raymond says that news on wearable devices opens many new opportunities for aggregation services. Image:

Get the news from wearable technology

11 Aug 2014

NYT's Mark Thompson says while print advertising and subscriptions are falling, digital is doing well, showing growth in both subscriptions and advertising. Image:

New York Times profits halve, digital subscription revenue climbs

30 Jul 2014

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