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Google to face fresh anti-trust investigation
24 May 2013
Facebook popularity dips as advertising roils users
24 May 2013
Disappointing US sales and negative feedback also forced a delay in the European launch of the `Facebook phone’ that runs Facebook's enhanced Home software
Google may get into bidding war with Facebook for Waze
24 May 2013
Google Inc is weighing plans of buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, a move that may trigger a bidding war with Facebook, which has offered $1 billion
Twitter rolls out two-step authentication after hack attacks
23 May 2013
Following several high profile hack attacks Twitter is finally rolling out a two-step authentication process to ensure a level of user security
ASUS launches first-ever dual OS PC
22 May 2013
Just Dial IPO subscribed 194%
22 May 2013
Vista Equity to buy net security firm Websense for $907 mn
21 May 2013
US online security firm Websense Inc yesterday agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners for about $907 million.
MPs ready with questions for Amazon over taxes
17 May 2013
Carl Icahn, Southeastern table firm bid for Dell
11 May 2013
The offer would still leave a portion of Dell publicly traded, compared to Michael Dell’s offer of taking the entire company private for $13.65 a share in cash
Alibaba buys 28% in Chinese map-nav firm AutoNavi
11 May 2013
The investment would make Alibaba the largest shareholder of Nasdaq-listed AutoNavi after the company's CEO, Jun Hou, who holds 16.7- per cent stake.
Facebook in talks to buy Israeli mobile navigation start-up Waze for $1 bn: report
09 May 2013
Facebook Inc is in late-stage talks to buy Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for up to $1 billion
Windows Blue launch by end-2013: Microsoft
07 May 2013
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