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2012 Olympics: Competitive tweeting

By reddotrevolver Wed, Jul 27, 2011 3:15PM UTC View Comments

As athletes around the world are set to compete fiercely in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, fans engage in another physical competition of their own starting from now – by using their fingers. The website for 2012 Olympic and Paralympic now features an interactive contest with the aim of discovering which country has...

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YouTube celebrates 6th birthday, announces 3bn views per day

By Design Taxi Thu, May 26, 2011 5:16AM UTC View Comments

[Click here to view the video in this article] YouTube yesterday celebrated its sixth birthday, announcing two huge milestones it reached: 48 hours of video uploaded each day, and a whopping three billion views daily. The three billion views occurred last weekend, and marks a 50% increase over the same period last year, YouTube said....

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Smartphones, tablets key to mobile broadband in Asia say telcos

By Jon Russell Thu, Apr 07, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Smartphones remain Asia’s biggest generator of mobile broadband usage according to a telecom industry survey from Ovum, which also revealed tablet computers as the second highest driver securing 25% of responses. It is important to note that the research, conducted in December 2010 and January 2011, polled 178 telecoms executives from across Asia-Pacific so while...

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