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July 06, 2011
Facebook has announced a new partnership with Skype that will see video chat being added to the huge social networking site.
This week's move is highly likely to be viewed as being a shot at Google, the search engine giant that recently launched a rival to Facebook, Google+, which also features ...
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Tags: FacebookMark ZuckerbergSkype
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business
Posted on
January 03, 2011
Facebook has apparently raised funds from both Goldman Sachs and Russian investors in a deal that values the social networking giant at around $50bn.
The New York Times newspapers said that Goldman Sachs was investing at least $450m in Facebook, with Digital Sky Technologies putting in a further $50m. The publication, ...
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Tags: eBayFacebookGoldman SachsTime Warner
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business
Posted on
November 30, 2010
The UK’s third largest mobile operator will start allowing its customers to surf the net on their mobiles while on the continent for £2 a day.
In a statement, Vodafone promised that the £2 fee for anything up to 25MBs of internet data will represent a 60 per cent saving on current ...
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Tags: FacebookThe ApprenticeVodafone
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business
Posted on
June 07, 2010
Some of the leading UK companies stand accused of spying on customers who make complaints.
Carphone Warehouse, easyJet and BT have all been named as part of a clique of big businesses that have employed specially developed software which enables them to wade through social networking sites such as Twitter and ...
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Tags: BTbusinesscomplaintsFacebookinternetLily Allenprivacysocial networkingtwitter
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Experience Days, business
Posted on
May 07, 2010
Sprint Nextel is to revamp the prepaid wireless service Virgin Mobile.
The changes will be focused on primarily younger users who prefer non-verbal means of communication such as texting, chatting or social networking sites such as Facebook. The overhaul will result in a number of cheap data plans.
Yesterday’s announcement means that ...
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Tags: BoostdataFacebookmobile phonephone plansSprinttextvirginVirgin Mobile
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Shows, Events & Gigs, business
Posted on
January 14, 2010
An on-the-run prisoner who taunted police on Facebook has been recaptured
An ex-prisoner who managed to escape from a British open prison and had been taunting law enforcement authorities for the past weeks through his Facebook account has been captured in Kent and has returned to jail.
He was apprehended by investigators ...
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Tags: Craig LynchFacebook
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Uncategorized
Posted on
December 18, 2009
X Factor winner Joe McElderry is seemingly out performing Rage Against The Machine for the position of number one selling Chritmas time release with Ladbrokes bookies predicting his win.
The most recent odds for the talent show winner song The Climb have been put at 2/7, while 'Killing In The Name' ...
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Tags: FacebookJoe McElderryRage Against the MachineSimon CowellX Factor
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Shows, Events & Gigs