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Gmail has been fully blocked in China according to reports

China’s Internet censorship authorities seem to have waited until the day after Christmas to block all remaining access to Gmail—the popular Google email service—to Internet users in China. For years, the...

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Samsung wants to help autistic children be more social with its new app

Samsung has released a new app that helps people with autism establish eye contact. According to statistics, one in 68 children in the U.S. have autism spectrum disorder, or ASD....

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The PSN and XBL hackers have turned their attention to Tor

Uh oh. Lizard Patrol, the hacking group claiming responsibility for the Christmas attacks on PlayStation and Xbox Live, has announced a new target: Tor, the anonymous internet service. The hacker group...

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NSA forced to release more than a decade’s worth of documents

The National Security Agency released documents on Christmas Eve revealing surveillance activities that “may have violated the law for U.S. policy over more than a decade,” reports David Lerman at...

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Instagram is now worth about $35 billion

When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, critics of the social network said the deal was another sign of Silicon Valley overreach. Instagram, a photo sharing app with...

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Connect raises $10.3 to expand its cross-network social tracking service

Connect, a San Francisco start-up that helps consumers manage their social networking and mobile messaging contacts, has raised $10.3 million in a funding round led by the venture arm of...

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Hackers tried to extort Sony Pictures executive prior to hacking them

Now things are starting to make sense. The latest leak of data stolen from Sony Pictures in a recent hack appears to be the email archives of two top executives...

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Foursquare is finally releasing an official iPad app

Believe it or not, Foursquare has never actually offered an official iPad app. Back when the company’s bread and butter was mobile check-ins that might have made sense, but after...

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Motorola wants to make sure you never lose your keys again

I misplace my phone. A lot. I often put it down in my apartment and five minutes later forget where it is. That leads to a lot of panicked situations...

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Vaxxas wants to replace vaccination injections with the Nanopatch

If you're someone who hates injections, you'll like the next generation of vaccine delivery devices because they don't look anything like needles and, apparently, they don't hurt a bit. Take...

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