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Story of the Week: Facebook’s IPO filing

This week, Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO filing gave a glimpse into the company’s financials and the thinking of its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. For many commentators, the filing raised questions about whether Facebook can continue this pac...

Story of the Week: Apple starts 2012 with a bang

Apple has done it again. For a brief moment last week, following the announcement that it beat quarterly forecasts with record numbers, the Silicon Valley company once again became the world’s most valuable company. This time, though, things were dif...

Story of the Week: Online piracy debate goes viral

This week brought black outs, shut downs and online protests as online piracy was placed at the forefront of tech news. While Congress announced that it suspended the proposed piracy bills, SOPA and PIPA, commentators wrote that the debate over &hellip...

Story of the Week: Google turns to search to promote Google+

Twitter’s displeasure with Google’s “Search plus Your World” may have been the most loudly heard reaction,  but tech commentators also took to their blogs to criticise Google’s latest enhancement to personalised search this week. A major...

Story of the Week: The Internet fights SOPA

A month after sites such as Tumblr and Reddit encouraged their users to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act, the fight against SOPA returned this week. Since it’s introduction in October, many Internet giants have joined forces to openly &...

Story of the Week: Twitter redesign

For Internet companies, a redesign can be a make or break moment. This week, Twitter unveiled a new look to the micro-blogging service’s website and mobile applications. While the company said it “simplified the design to make it easier than &#8230...

Microsoft reveals Windows Store details

Tech news from around the web: Microsoft has revealed details of its Windows Store for Windows 8, The Verge reports. The store is to be released in late February and developers can submit apps starting at $1.49. The company also revealed …Contin...

Story of the Week: Facebook’s mea culpa

Facebook users can rest easier. This week, the social networking site settled a privacy complaint from the Federal Trade Commission. While Mark Zuckerberg admitted “a bunch of mistakes” had been made in the past, he wrote that the company is &#8230...

Story of the Week: Adobe ditches mobile Flash

Did Apple kill Adobe’s mobile Flash? That is the question many asked this week after Adobe announced that it would end development of Flash for mobile devices. Many observers were not surprised by the announcement, which came a day after …Conti...

Disney strikes a video deal with YouTube

Tech news from around the web: Disney and YouTube have reached an agreement to produce new Disney-branded content for the web, the New York Times reports. Instagram, a photo-sharing app, is looking to introduce video filters and sharing, Business Insid...

Story of the Week: Groupon’s IPO debut

Now that Groupon has gone public, many are wondering what will happen next to the online daily deals seller. While some are optimistic that the company will use the $700 million it raised in its offering to maintain a “dominant …Continue readin...

Barnes and Noble to launch Nook Tablet

Tech news from the web: Barnes & Noble is to introduce the Nook Tablet, a lighter, faster, 7-inch color touchscreen e-reader, Engadget reports. The Nook Tablet is set to be released on November 16th for $249. According to a study by …Continu...