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Google profile in China shrinking

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Google profile in China shrinking

BEIJING – A year after a public spat with Beijing over censorship, Google Inc. says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as the Internet giant’s share of online searches in China plunges.

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Facebook to be worth $234b by 2015

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Facebook to be worth $234b by 2015

NEW YORK - Facebook will have market value of $234 billion by 2015, up from its current valuation of $85 billion, according to an analysis by brokerage firm Wedbush Securities that analyzes the valuations of private companies.

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Parody blooms on Twitter

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Parody blooms on Twitter

WASHINGTON — Twitter is becoming the place for parody with a cast of characters that includes an elusive cobra, a tipsy Queen of England, a profanity-spewing US politician and a maladroit BP spokesman.

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Microsoft declares war on Google

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Microsoft declares war on Google

BRUSSELS — US computer giant Microsoft declared war on Internet king Google Thursday when it joined an anti-trust complaint in Europe that could result in billions of dollars in fines.

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Google takes on Facebook

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Google takes on Facebook

Google Inc will begin allowing users to personally endorse search results and Web pages, its latest attempt to stave off rival Facebook Inc while trying to jump onboard a social networking boom.

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Google, FTC settle privacy concerns

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Google, FTC settle privacy concerns

WASHINGTON — The US Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with Google over privacy concerns with Google Buzz, the social network the Internet giant launched last year.

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Amazon puts music in the ‘cloud’

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Amazon puts music in the ‘cloud’

WASHINGTON - Beating Apple and Google to the punch, Amazon unveiled a service on Tuesday that allows users to store their digital music online and play it on a computer or an Android device.

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