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In Germany, the Pirates making waves
May 2, 2012Germany's energetic young party, the Pirates, held its party congress last weekend in the northern town of Neumünster. The media overflowed with reports, almost uniformly friendly.
Read moreFacebook consumes Instagram, grows more massive
April 10, 2012Facebook recently bought Instagram, a tiny mobile photo-sharing company that employed 13 workers, in what appears to be a continuous effort by Facebook to maximize its grip on the Internet.
Read moreAnonymous: A glimpse behind the masks
March 1, 2012n a new video released by politically active hacking collective Anonymous, the group has declared war on the U.S. government.
Read moreWill Facebook get a ‘like’ in China?
February 8, 2012Facebook wants to reach China's Internet population, but critics and analysts are doubtful of its prospects there.
Read moreFBI wants to follow people on Facebook and Twitter
February 1, 2012The FBI is planning on monitoring all 'publicly available data' on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, through a new system it wants to develop.
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