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Google sharpens aim on mobile marketing with AdMob

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(AP) -- Four years ago, Omar Hamoui was just another ineffectual entrepreneur trying to spruce up his resume in graduate school. Now, he's poised to become Google Inc.'s newest weapon as the company aims to extend its dominance ...


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Amazon Christmas day e-book sales beat print sales

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On Christmas Day customers bought more electronic books than hard-copy books on Internet retail giant Amazon.com, the company said in a statement Saturday.


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China bloggers fined for defamation: report

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Two Chinese bloggers were ordered to pay about 290,000 yuan (42,478 dollars) in compensation to the widow of film director Xie Jin for claiming he died in the arms of a prostitute, a report said Saturday.


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China cracks down on online games: report

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created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.


NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's progress

Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD

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created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...


Twitter buys Mixer Labs to map tweeting locations

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created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service.



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