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  1. Kevin Lancaster

    $1 million prize for clean energy breakthrough: Google

    Google offering $1 million for solar, wind energy breakthrough Google is offering a million-dollar prize for a breakthrough that would make solar or wind generated electricity more enticing for everyday uses
  2. Kevin Lancaster

    Too many whites, Asians work for Twitter

    Twitter hires too many white, Asian men Twitter has acknowledged that it has been hiring too many white and Asian men to fill high-paying technology jobs
  3. Kevin Lancaster

    Apple sales grow in China

    iPhone and Mac soar in China Apple’s iPhone unit sales in greater China jumped about 48 percent and Mac computer sales rose 39 percent in the June quarter
  4. Kevin Lancaster

    Save your Facebook favourites for later

    Save your Facebook tidbits for later Facebook has begun letting people squirrel away online tidbits, such as links, to chew on more thoroughly later
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Huawei showing strong growth

    Huawei continues to grow Huawei Technologies said it will achieve sustainable growth in 2014 after posting a 19 percent jump in first-half revenue
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Kindle Unlimited launched by Amazon

    Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited Amazon is rolling out a new subscription service for Kindle devices that will allow users unlimited access to thousands of books
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    iPhone 6 to go into production this month

    iPhone 6 going into production Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronic goods, will begin mass production of Apple’s next-generation iPhone this month
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    Microsoft to shed 18,000 jobs

    Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs Microsoft said it would cut up to 18,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its workforce
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    Apple to cough up for e-book price-fixing

    Apple to pay for e-book price-fixing Apple will pay up to $400 million to compensate consumers for illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    Microsoft to shed 1,000 jobs

    Microsoft to cut Nokia jobs Microsoft is planning to cut 1,000 jobs in Finland from its mobile phone unit
  11. Kevin Lancaster

    Profits and revenue decline at Yahoo

    Yahoo’s profits slump Yahoo said its second-quarter earnings and revenue declined, hurt by a decline in display advertising sales
  12. Kevin Lancaster

    Google rules online advertising arena

    Google dominates online advertising Google puts its rivals in the shade when it comes to online ad revenue
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    Microsoft planning job cuts

    Microsoft to cut jobs Microsoft is planning its biggest round of job cuts in five years
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    Iran jails Facebook users

    Iranian Facebook users jailed An Iranian court has handed jail sentences to eight Facebook page administrators
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    Samsung suspends "child labour" supplier

    Samsung drops “child labour” supplier Samsung has temporarily suspended business with one of its suppliers in China after finding “evidence” of child labour
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    Sudanese hackers attack country's digital media centre

    Sudan Hack Team targets journalists Hackers have attacked a Sudanese website close to the country’s powerful security apparatus
  17. Kevin Lancaster

    Ubisoft posts huge increase in revenue, thanks to Watch Dogs

    Ubisoft’s revenue soars, courtesy of Watch Dogs Ubisoft has posted a revenue increase of 374 percent, thanks to its open-world title
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    Death of Google exec linked to high-end prostitute

    Prostitute charged in Google exec’s death An alleged high-end prostitute is accused of injecting heroin into a Google executive, and leaving him to die
  19. Kevin Lancaster

    Apple looking to clean up its act

    Apple trying to go green Apple has acknowledged it needs to address its carbon emissions and rising water consumption, and invest in renewable energy
  20. Kevin Lancaster

    Keep your cellphone charged when flying to Britain

    Keep your devices charged when flying to Britain Passengers on flights to Britain must ensure their electronic gadgets are charged, and can be switched on
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