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Iran demands social media hand over data on its citizens
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has set a one-year deadline for foreign social media to hand over data on their Iranian users, state news agency IRNA said Sunday, May 29.It said the decision was taken on Saturday,...
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Jawbone sells fitness tracker inventory to reseller – report
MANILA, Philippines – Jawbone has sold off the remainder of its UP line of fitness trackers to a third-party reseller in a bid to maintain enough revenue to operate, a report on Friday, May 27 (May 28...
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Asus reveals Zenfone 3, plus Deluxe and Ultra variants
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Asus revealed 3 new additions to its Zenfone lineup on Monday, May 30, at Computex Taipei: the Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Deluxe, and Zenfone 3 Ultra.The Zenfone 3 sports a...
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Asus' Zenbook 3 aims for the top at Computex
MANILA, Philippines – Asus revealed a new Zenbook laptop at Computex Taipei on Monday, May 30, that aims to take on Apple's Macbooks.The Zenbook 3 weighs 2 pounds and is 11.9 millimeters thick, edging...
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Facebook rolls out Shop section for Pages in the PH
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook rolled out on Tuesday, May 31, a Shop section for Pages in the Philippines.This free feature is designed to provide businesses with a new way to prominently showcase the...
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Robot home-help and virtual reality at Taiwan's Computex
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan's president as Asia's largest tech trade show kicked off Tuesday in Taipei.The Computex fair comes as...
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Internet giants back EU hate speech rules
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Internet giants Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft signed up on Tuesday, May 31, to a new EU code of conduct against hate speech, the European Commission said.The US-based...
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Twitter moves to curb nastiness at Periscope
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Twitter on Tuesday, May 31, moved to further stifle abusive commentary at its live video streaming application Periscope.A new tool introduced by the one-to-many messaging service...
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Microsoft wants Windows to open into mixed reality
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Microsoft is out to use Windows software to do for altered reality what it did for personal computers: make them commonplace.The US technology giant on Wednesday, June 1, announced...
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MySpace breach hits over 360 million accounts
MANILA, Philippines – It may be time to dig up the old MySpace credentials you created. MySpace confirmed on Tuesday, May 31 (June 1 in Manila), that stolen Myspace user login data "was being made...
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Smartphone growth slows to a trickle in 2016 – survey
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The global smartphone market is sputtering in 2016, with Apple likely to see its first "down" year for the iPhone, a research report said on Wednesday, June 1.Research firm IDC...
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WATCH: The first-ever Facebook Live video to outerspace
MANILA, Philippines – This Facebook Live is out of this world... literally!On Tuesday, June 2, at 12:57 am (local time), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg connected to the International Space Station...
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Believe the hype? How virtual reality could change your life
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Reducing errors made during surgery, bringing school books to life, enabling us to browse shops from the comfort of home – virtual reality is not just about gaming, it will change our...
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Another takedown: Facebook removes netizen's catcalling complaint
MANILA, Philippines – A day after Facebook took down a journalist's anti-Marcos post, another netizen also found her post taken down on the social network – this time after she complained about being...
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Chinese cyber spies hack Taiwan ruling party – security firm
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Mainland hackers were likely to be behind an attack on the website of Taiwan's ruling party, a US-based security firm said Thursday, June 2, as the island warns of growing cyber...
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EU, US sign data protection deal
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union and the United States on Thursday, June 2, signed a deal to protect personal data transferred across the Atlantic in a bid to fight crime and terrorism.The...
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Facebook lifts 24-hour ban on PH journalist critical of Marcos burial
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook has lifted a 24-hour ban on Philippine journalist Ed Lingao, who had made critical posts on the plan to allow the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the...
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Xiaomi unveils Mi Band 2 activity tracker
MANILA, Philippines – Xiaomi on Thursday, June 2, unveiled its latest fitness and activity tracker – the Mi Band 2.Technically the 3rd fitness tracker in its lineup following the Mi Band and the Mi...
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Snapchat overtakes Twitter in daily active users – report
MANILA, Philippines – Messaging app Snapchat has become more popular than Twitter in terms of daily active users, said a new Bloomberg report.The report Thursday, June 2, said 150 million people are...
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The Manila Major: What it is, where to watch
MANILA, Philippines – The long wait is finally over - The Manila Major is finally here!The Manila Major, a premium DOTA 2 tournament organized by Valve, kicks off in Manila starting Friday, June 3,...
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