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Tiny Spanish firm 24symbols has launched a digital book reading and sharing site modeled on European digital music service Spotify, aiming to generate income from publicity and subscriptions.

A Twitter account belonging to the Fox News network in the U.S. was hacked by a group who falsely declared that President Barack Obama had died.

Reserve-rich Asia can afford to turn on the government spending taps should a recent bout of sluggish economic growth deteriorate into a deeper downturn.

The London Stock Exchange should consider a tie-up with Nasdaq OMX to secure its place as a global competitor, after its failed bid for Canadian group TMX made it vulnerable as a takeover target, investors and market participants said.

A roughly 100-foot-long chartered boat called the Erik, carrying 44 tourists mostly Americans on board, capsized off Mexico's Baja California peninsula after it was struck by an electrical storm on Sunday.

What are the possible benefits of various smartphone apps that you can imagine? Have you ever thought of an app that can track down enemies? Yes, there is a smartphone app for that.

HTC Holiday heading to AT&T has all the specifications to give very stiff competition to Samsung Galaxy S2 and Motorola Droid Bionic, the two super phones expected to reign supreme.

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the world economy continues to recover albeit at a slower pace, taking a slightly more cautious view on global growth as signs of a slowdown spread to emerging economies.

Today is the Fourth of July, which marks the celebration of the United States' 236th birthday. This day marks the attainment of freedom from the Great Britain and the emergence of a sovereign country.

Fox News Politics, which has over thirty thousand followers on Twitter, posted today morning ‘President Barack Obama assassinated.’

Asian equities climbed a fifth consecutive session on Monday, led by Chinese stocks, though the euro turned lower after ratings agency S&P warned that any rollover of Greek's debt would constitute a default.

The 4th of July, American Independence Day, celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared US Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. But technically speaking, July 4th doesn't qualify to be the US Independence day.

Deputy Chief of Mission at the Myanmar Embassy in Washington, Kyaw Win, has written to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking political asylum in the US.

An ExxonMobil pipeline in Montana State ruptured late Friday, which spilled hundreds of barrels of crude oil into the famed Yellowstone River, prompting evacuations of nearby residents.

Sony Corp said it will fully restore all Playstation Network videogame services in Japan, marking the resumption of all network services worldwide after a massive security breach forced the company to shut them down in April.

After the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally.

Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday.

NASA Final Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program. And now, what is next For NASA?

Here comes Fourth of July. Americans are all set to celebrate the 235th Independence Day with the usual zeal and, of course, cracking the fireworks.

Recently, Apple amended the patent infringement lawsuit which was filed against Samsung in April. Also Samsung was gaining ground as they filed lawsuits against Apple in a tit-for-tat case.

A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp in Montana state ruptured late Friday, dumping as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River over the weekend.