Posts Tagged ‘ guardian ’

Bluttat in London – Zwei Attentäter töten Mann mit Beil – Premier Cameron vermutet Terrorakt

May 22, 2013
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Bluttat in London – Zwei Attentäter töten Mann mit Beil – Premier Cameron vermutet Terrorakt

Zwei Angreifer haben einen Mann in London offenbar erst angefahren und dann mit einer Machete oder einem Fleischerbeil getötet. Die Polizei schoss die Attentäter an. Die Behörden vermuten einen islamistischen Hintergrund der Attacke und erhöhten die Terrorwarnstufe.+++ Zwei Angreifer haben einen Mann auf offener Straße mit einer Machete getötet. ++++++ Die mutmaßlichen Täter wurden von…

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Did they get you?

April 1, 2013
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Did they get you?

SHARE THIS Print Email More sharing RedditStumbleUponDelicious 8 April Fools' jokes you may have missedBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, for CNNApril 1, 2013 -- Updated 1635 GMT (0035 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSApril Fools Day pranks flood the Internet on April 1 as media and business try and trick readers This year Google, Youtube, Twitter and Virgin Atlantic among companies…

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Grounded U.S. ship’s bow lifted off reef

March 27, 2013
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Grounded U.S. ship’s bow lifted off reef

SHARE THIS Print Email More sharing RedditStumbleUponDelicious Bow cut from U.S. ship, lifted from Philippine reef By Brad Lendon, CNNMarch 27, 2013 -- Updated 1324 GMT (2124 HKT)A crane vessel lifts the bow of the USS Guardian on Tuesday, March 26. The U.S. Navy minesweeper has been trapped on a reef off the western Philippine…

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Flattr Now Monetizes The Like Economy By Connecting Social Accounts With Payments

March 18, 2013
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Flattr launched back in July 2010 as a sort of ‘Facebook Like’ but with real money involved. A user that sets up a Flattr account pays a monthly fee — a minimum of $2 — that they are willing to contribute for any kind of online content. When the user finds something they like that…

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Google Currents launches internationally with dynamic sync and automatic translation

April 11, 2012
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Google has today announced that its Google Currents magazine has launched worldwide in any country that has access to the Google Play or App Store markets. The app had previously launched in the U.S., where 400 publisher editions and 14K self-produced editions are available. Seen as a competitor to dynamic tablet magazines like Flipboard, Pulse…

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The Guardian’s Activate Summit arrives in New York City this May

April 10, 2012
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It’s clear the Internet is changing our lives, oftentimes faster than we can see. But how is the openness of the Internet shaping our future? How is its innate interconnectedness affecting businesses, media and the way human beings think and interact? It’s these questions and more that will be explored at the third annual Guardian Active…

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Google has only made $550M from Android so far, while earning billions on the iPhone

March 29, 2012
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Google has made some $550m from Android since 2008, according to numbers included in the recent Oracle settlement and crunched by Charles Arthur of The Guardian. By contrast, a huge amount of Google’s revenue in mobile comes from ads delivered to users of Apple’s iPhone. Right now Google makes some $2.5B a year in revenue in mobile, most…

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Yahoo prepares to launch its ‘TV companion app’ IntoNow in the UK

March 22, 2012
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The Next Web is at the Guardian Changing Media Summit this week, a conference promising to deliver insights from the organisations and individuals capitalising on disruption within the digital content space. You can monitor all our coverage here. Up this afternoon was, James Wildman, Managing Director and VP for sales at Yahoo UK and Ireland,…

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Financial Times leads the UK press pack on Google+

March 22, 2012
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According to research out today from search and social analytics firm Searchmetrics, The Financial Times is ahead of other UK newspapers for followers on Google+, but The Daily Mail and The Telegraph are doing better for engagement and sharing. “Google+ is still a relatively young social network but Google is very positive about its future and…

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The Economist: ‘Lean-back 2.0 is not the end of innovation in the media industry’

March 22, 2012
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Last month we reported on The Economist‘s ad campaign in London Underground stations, asking travelers where they stand on the issue of social media censorship. Today, at the Guardian Changing Media Summit in London, Andrew Rashbass, CEO of the esteemed publication, talked about the return to familiar ground currently underway in terms of reading habits. Welcome…

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