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Alibaba is investing $130 million in the youth of Hong Kong

In an effort to acquire more sellers for its main shopping websites, Alibaba has created a $130 million non-profit organization that will help young men and women in Hong Kong who...

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Google-owned Nest has lost two of its key people

Nest has lost a couple of key people this week: Yoky Matsuoka, the smart home company's founding vice president of technology and Greg Duffy, who joined Nest after the company acquired home...

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Vine had introduced a new version of the app just for kids

Similar to YouTube, Vine has become a major entertainment whirlpool where people can get sucked in for hours just watching humorous videos, particularly children who have lots of time on...

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The co-founder of Secret has left the company due to a strategy change

The increased demand for anonymous messaging and social apps has given birth to many interesting services, such as Secret. While Secret started off as an aesthetically pleasing image-centric app, it...

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Depop wants to blur the lines between e-commerce and social networks

As already established companies like eBay and Pinterest try to blend e-commerce and social networking, a British startup by the name of Depop has created an app from the ground up...

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Reddit has released its first-ever transparency report

Transparency reports are becoming increasingly common in the post-Snowden world, particularly for Internet-based companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and now Reddit. The "front page of the Internet" has released its...

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Facebook accounts for 3/5 of all social logins

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Facebook is the king of social logins. According to identity management platform Gigya, the social networking giant has managed to pass the 60% market share mark...

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IBM is planning thousands of layoffs this year

There have been some rumors going around that IBM is planning to cut around a fourth of its workforce, which would be more than 100,000 people. While it still looks...

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Facebook Lite is a new app specifically for developing nations

While Facebook users in the developed world don't really have to worry about the ludicrous amounts of data that the social network's mobile app sucks up, that isn't the case...

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Lizard Squad has hacked the Malaysia Airlines official website

Lizard Squad, the infamous hacking group that made a name for itself over the holidays when it took down both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, has now conducted a cyberattack...

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