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Google Translate marked its sixth birthday on Thursday with news that more than 200 million people use the free online translation service monthly. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Google+ users are having fun with a new Google Search easter egg which transforms the search experience into an interactive video game — complete with swarming letter attacks (aka a “zerg rush” of Google “o”s). . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Lady Gaga’s fans are counting down the hours until her Born This Way Ball (BTW Ball) tour kicks off. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

KABUL (Reuters) – Hackers have for the third time in less than a year crippled the main website of the Afghan Taliban, with a Taliban spokesman on Friday blaming Western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyber war with the insurgents....

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Zynga Inc beat Wall Street’s quarterly revenue forecasts on the back of its purchase of social gaming startup OMGPOP and strong performances from new titles such as “Hidden Chronicles” and “Slingo.” But shares of the social...

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s quarterly earnings beat Wall Street’s most bullish expectations as the world’s largest Internet retailer brought costs under control and saw early success selling more digital products through its new Kindle Fire tablet, sending its shares up...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Zynga Inc posted first-quarter revenue of $321 million, beating Wall Street expectations on the back of strong performances from new titles, including “Hidden Chronicles” and “Slingo,” as well as the acquisition of social gaming startup OMGPOP....

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google said it would have been of little help to U.S. regulators to give them access to the engineer who wrote a computer program that let its Street View cars collect emails, passwords and other personal...

(Reuters) – Analysts may be optimistic about Amazon.com’s growth prospects, but with this week’s blowout earnings from Apple and Amazon’s own lofty share price to live up to, some traders are starting to hedge their bets. The options market is...

Yahoo!-owned image hosting site Flickr has announced a major new feature that makes it easier and quicker to upload photos onto the site. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Microbloggers are reflecting on the past and posting images of their younger selves while sharing a funny story or telling their followers what they used to enjoy doing when they were children. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

(Reuters) – Google Inc projected in 2010 it would get more than 35 percent of its 2013 revenue from outside its flagship search operation, anticipating three non-search businesses, including commerce, would generate more than $5 billion each, according to internal...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will ask Europe’s second-highest court in July to scrap a 1.06 billion euro ($1.4 billion) EU antitrust fine, arguing regulators failed to prove it blocked a rival in their 2009 decision. The European...

(Reuters) – Eight New York residents who accused the Chinese government and Baidu.com Inc of censoring their pro-democracy writings on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge for a $17.44 million default judgment. The plaintiffs had contended in a lawsuit filed last...

(Reuters) – Google Inc projected back in 2010 it would get more than 35 percent of its 2013 revenue from outside its flagship search operation, anticipating three non-search businesses, including commerce, would generate over $5 billion each, according to internal...

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NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Yahoo unveiled a third slate of original video programming at its NewFront presentation on Wednesday, this time targeting men with shows from Jeff Goldblum and Sal Masekela. This group of shows will cover topics like sports,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto a cyber security bill being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives if it was presented to him for signature, the White House said on Wednesday. The bill would allow the government...

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) – Bradley Manning, the U.S. intelligence analyst charged with leaking thousands of classified U.S. government cables to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, called on a military court on Wednesday to dismiss the charge that he aided an...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine sergeant who wrote in a Facebook post that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama will be discharged from the military on “other than honorable” terms, a Marine spokesman said on...

TOKYO (Reuters) – In 2006 Nintendo took video gaming out of the kids’ room and into the living room, as its hit Wii created a new niche as the console the whole family could share. But with that Wii boom...

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Telemundo has announced a series of social TV firsts for the Billboard Latin Music Awards, airing April 26 at 7 p.m. The Hispanic broadcaster has partnered with three heavyweights in the social media community – Shazam,...

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) – Bradley Manning, the U.S. intelligence analyst charged with leaking thousands of classified U.S. government cables to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, will face a court martial on September 21, a military judge said on Wednesday. Manning...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will ask Europe’s second-highest court in July to scrap a 1.06 billion euro ($1.4 billion) EU antitrust fine, arguing regulators failed to prove it blocked a rival in their 2009 decision. The European...

Portuguese speakers around the world are taking to Twitter to celebrate the revolution which took place in Portugal on April 25, 1974. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Google+ (G+) users are discussing the NFL draft and questioning why Google has not yet released a version of its remote storage, editing and collaboration space Drive for Linux.  . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A recent acquisition spurt by Facebook Inc may add about a week to the social network’s journey to public markets, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. Facebook recently agreed to buy photo-sharing...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online coupon company Groupon Inc is recruiting at least two new members to its board of directors after it had to revise fourth-quarter results last month, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Ensuring continued unfettered access to internet content is crucial to the emergence of competitive online video service, Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of IAC, testified at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday morning. “Net neutrality...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google’s former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, testified in court on Tuesday that he could not recall whether he was told in 2005 by people within his company that it had to pay for a license from...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in court on Tuesday that he could not recall being told in 2005 that the company needed a license from Sun Microsystems to use the Java programming language. Schmidt was...

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait plans to pass laws this year to regulate the use of social networking sites such as Twitter, the information minister said on Tuesday, in the wake of cases of alleged blasphemy and sectarianism that have prompted...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A global trade deal to stop copyright theft could give internet providers the right to spy on users, breaching European Union law, the EU’s data privacy chief said on Tuesday. Several governments in the developed world have...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc reported its first quarter-to-quarter revenue slide in at least two years, a sign that the social network’s sizzling growth may be cooling as it prepares to go public in the biggest ever Internet IPO....

Zipper creator Gideon Sundback has been honored with a Google Doodle on the 132nd anniversary of his birth. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google’s former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, is slated to testify on Tuesday as Oracle’s final witness in the first part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology, attorneys said in court. Oracle sued Google in...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc reported its first quarter-to-quarter revenue slide in at least two years, a sign that the social network’s sizzling growth may be cooling as it prepares to go public in the biggest ever Internet IPO....

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Kony 2012, the movement that streaked across global media like a righteous comet in early March, was meant to shake the world with a night of action on April 20, last Friday. But Cover the Night...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s first-quarter revenue climbed 45 percent to just over $1 billion as daily active users leapt 41 percent, the world’s largest social network disclosed ahead of its landmark initial public offering. Facebook added more than...

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook will pay Microsoft Corp $550 million for hundreds of patents that originated with AOL, beefing up its intellectual property arsenal. The deal gives social network Facebook 650 patents and patent applications and license to another...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. A virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island, the...

LONDON (Reuters) – The judge presiding over an inquiry into British press standards on Monday rebuked the head of Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch-controlled BSkyB, for breaking the law by hacking into emails to generate a...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities are investigating a suspected cyber attack on Iran’s main oil export terminal, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. The virus struck late on Sunday, affecting the main Internet and communications systems of Iran’s Oil Ministry...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB, which has admitted twice hacking into emails to generate a story. Sky News has said...

Google on Sunday launched Street View in Israel, the US Internet giant said, putting on show streets and sites of interest from the Holy Land’s three major cities with its 360-degree street-level images. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator said on Monday it had launched an investigation into Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB, which has admitted twice hacking into emails to generate a story. Sky News has said...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s hot Internet sector is facing a problem it is unaccustomed to: a lack of money. The world’s largest Internet market, with nearly half a billion users, gave birth to some of the world’s most vibrant...

Tweeps are celebrating St George’s Day on Monday, April 23, and telling their followers to eat and drink traditional English fare and to “go slay a dragon” to mark the annual event. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

Twitter users turned Sunday’s French presidential election into a battle between a green Hungarian wine and a red Dutch cheese in a bid to get round tough laws banning result predictions. . Read the rest at yahoo.com ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanjay Jha, the chief executive to Motorola Mobility, was awarded a total compensation package of about $47 million in 2011, almost four times his 2010 pay, according to a regulatory filing. The cellphone maker, which agreed...