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Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Trumping Competition, ‘SNl’ Leads Emmys Field After Mocking Prez

Long-running comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" was showered with love by the Television Academy Thursday after a...

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Calibri In Spotlight As Fontgate Could Leave Pakistan Sans Sharif

A typeface has sparked uproar in Pakistan after documents using the font were produced in a corruption case against...

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Dow At Record, European Stocks Up As Yellen Pledges Gradual Rate Hikes

European and US stocks scored solid gains Wednesday, with the Dow ending at a fresh record, as investors welcomed...

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8 Tips To Make You Stand Out As A Fresh Graduate [Article]

I would like to use this platform to congratulate all my brothers and sisters who have successfully completed their...

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Wide Open Field For This Year’s Emmy Awards

Television industry experts are predicting a wide open race for this year's Emmys when the nominations are announced...

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Solid Jobs Report Lifts US Stocks, Dollar

Wall Street stocks rallied and the dollar advanced Friday following a better-than-expected US jobs report for June,...

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Nokia and Zeiss Get Together Again

What do you look for in a smartphone now that they all look just the same? Many may say the camera is key, and now the...

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‘Some’ Job Cuts Confirmed By Microsoft

Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing...

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Microsoft Announces ‘some’ Job Cuts

Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing...

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Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker

Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play...

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US Stocks Pressured By Weak Oil Shares

Petroleum-linked shares tumbled early Wednesday, on lower oil prices, pressuring US stocks, while some big technology...

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Instagram Enlists AI To Filter Nasty Comments

Instagram on Thursday said it is using artificial intelligence to filter nasty comments and spam at the popular...

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Tax Software Blamed For Cyber-Attack Spread

A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of...

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Facebook Hits Two Billion User Mark

Facebook said Tuesday its ranks of monthly active users had hit the two billion mark -- meaning more than a quarter of...

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Chance the Rapper Wins BET Humanitarian Award

Chance the Rapper has won the BET humanitarian award for raising $2m (£1.6m) for Chicago’s public school system....

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Google Hit With Record $2.7bn EU Fine

Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused...

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EU Cases Against US Firms

The EU's decision to impose the biggest anti-trust fine in its history on Silicon Valley giant Google is the latest in...

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US Tech Giants Join Forces Against Terror Content

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announced Monday the launch of an anti-terror partnership aimed at thwarting...