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  Facebook CTO leaving company to pursue start-up venture

  By Bryan Bishop on June 15, 2012 04:43 pm + 9 comments

  Hot on the heels of Facebook's IPO, it looks like the company will be losing its chief technology Continue reading…

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  AOL closes billion-dollar deal with Microsoft, selling most of its patents

  By Adi Robertson on June 15, 2012 04:03 pm + 71 comments

  A $1.056 billion agreement that transfers about three-quarters of AOL's patent portfolio to Continue reading…

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  YouTube adds Spanish-language automatic captions to videos

  By Adi Robertson on June 15, 2012 02:31 pm + 4 comments

  YouTube's automatic captioning feature, which uses voice recognition to transcribe videos, is now Continue reading…

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  Music streaming service We7 acquired by Tesco for £10.8 million

  By Justin Rubio on June 15, 2012 01:43 pm + 2 comments

  Super-retailer Tesco has announced that it now has a 91 percent stake in We7 — a UK-based music Continue reading…

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  The GIF was unleashed on the world 25 years ago today

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 15, 2012 11:35 am + 265 comments

  It's not often we celebrate the birthday of a file format, but we're making a special exception for Continue reading…

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  Ethiopia reportedly makes using VoIP services like Skype a criminal offense

  By Andrew Webster on June 15, 2012 10:59 am + 24 comments

  According to reports, the Ethiopian government has increased its restrictions on internet use in the Continue reading…

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  UK council reverses ban decision, will allow nine-year-old girl to blog about her school meals

  By Vlad Savov on June 15, 2012 09:14 am + 52 comments

  In a triumph of common sense over excessive regulation, the Scottish council that this week decided Continue reading…

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  UK council cracks down on nine-year-old's food blog (update)

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 15, 2012 07:02 am + 104 comments

  A month and a half ago, a nine-year-old schoolgirl called Martha began blogging photos of the food Continue reading…

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  Dropbox killing public folders, makes sharing both more and less convenient

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 15, 2012 06:47 am + 96 comments

  In April we brought you news that Dropbox was introducing the ability to create public links for any Continue reading…

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  France's precursor to the internet, the Minitel, to retire after 30 years of service

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 15, 2012 04:28 am + 30 comments

  In 1982, years before the world wide web, came the Minitel. It was a French videotex system, a way Continue reading…