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Twitter users say two thirds of Tweets - 130 million a day - are not worth reading, and one in four is

a shared story    5 days 13 hours 21 minutes ago
Twitter fans think that only a third of Tweets are worth looking at - and a quarter are actively disliked for reasons including constant updates about where people are. 



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Google, Facebook remove content on India's order

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AP - Google India has reportedly removed content deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy. 



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Google Earth removes gridlike pattern that sparked lost city of Atlantis rumours from the map

a shared story    1 day 21 hours 21 minutes ago
After three years, Google Earth has finally conducted a major update of its maps, removing the mystery gridlike pattern that sparked rumors the lost underwater city of Atlantis had been found. 



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Internet biggest breeding ground for violent extremism, ministers warn

a shared story    2 days 6 hours 21 minutes ago
Websites now pose bigger risk than prisons, says report, prompting call to clamp down on 'unregulated' materialThe internet now plays a part in most, if not all, cases of violent radicalisation and is a more significant recruiting ground than prisons, universities or places of worship, according...(more) 



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The internet's secret black market

a shared story    5 days 9 hours 20 minutes ago
Out of reach of regular internet searches is a secret online world 



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Online video firm Youku sues rival Tudou: report

a shared story    5 days 21 hours 21 minutes ago
Reuters - Youku.com, China's largest online video company, filed a lawsuit against its No.1 rival, Tudou Holdings Ltd, saying it incurred losses because of claims by Tudou that Youku had misused copyrighted material, the government-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. 



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Threat from new virus-infected emails which take over your PC even if you DON'T open their attachments

a shared story    6 days 21 minutes ago
A new class of computer infection is threatening PCs - emails which infect PCs without the user having to open an attachment. The user will not even be warned this is happening - the only message that appears is 'loading'. 




Psychologists debate social media role in suicide interventions

a shared story    6 days 23 hours 21 minutes ago
Facebook posts can be warnings, but Internet also has new ethical dilemmas for schools, therapistsIn her sophomore year at Lake Forest College, Sam Sekulich had reached a breaking point. On top of the pressure she felt from classes and student clubs, she was fighting with her...(more) 




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