SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Professional social network LinkedIn Corp will let its users "follow" and receive updates from people outside their personal contact list, a move that could entice users to spend more time on its website. … Full Story Via Internet News Headlines – Yahoo! News
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Syria's civil war has made Friday afternoons a busy time at Bambuser, a tiny Swedish IT startup in an old bicycle factory which streams live video from the latest uprisings. The Muslim day of prayer is when the largest number of demonstrators, from Damascus to Deraa, pour onto the streets from mosques …
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(Reuters) – Retailers including Gap Inc and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc have joined a mobile payments network that intends to battle similar services from Google Inc and other companies. The Merchant Customer Exchange, a confederation of retailers, has already attracted Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Target Corp and Japan’s 7-Eleven Inc since announcing plans in August. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House's computer system was targeted in a cyber attack, a senior administration official said on Monday, but no classified systems were breached. There is no evidence that data was taken in the incident, the official said, adding that the attack was identified early and did not spread. The attack was …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investor Whitney Tilson has changed his mind and touted video rental company Netflix as one of his best stock ideas not long after he famously bet against the company. “First we were short, then we covered and then we went long,” Tilson, who runs T2 Partners, said on Monday at the …
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