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 Google Inc vice president Marissa Mayer unveils Google Instant in San Francisco

Memo To Mayer: 3 Points For A Better Yahoo

Now that you are starting as the third CEO of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) in a year, have a seat on the board of directors and are about to run your first company, here are a few things to keep in mind.

Pew Study Finds YouTube Is The Favourite News Spot

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YouTube is the favourite news spot for 71 percent of American adults up from 66 percent (in 2010), who visit the site to stay tuned, says a survey conducted by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The study adds that 28 percent of American adults visit YouTube daily.

iOS 6 Beta 3 Jailbreak On iPhone 4 (GSM/CDMA), iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G and iPad With RedSn0w 0.9.13dev3

Apple announced iOS 6, the latest version of its mobile operating system, just over a month ago, and since then the company has released three betas, allowing developers to have a firsthand look at how the software will behave. If you've updated your device to the iOS 6 beta 3 firmware, you can jailbreak it tethered using latest version of the popular RedSn0w jailbreak tool. The iPhone Dev Team has released RedSn0w 0.9.13dev3, covering the third beta.
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Microsoft all set to unveil Office 15

This July 16, you will be treated to a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite, Microsoft Office 15. The suite which is being unveiled in San Francisco has been available to select group of users since January.
Steam Summer Sale 2012 Starts Today: Full List Of Games, Titles Leak For Days To Come

Steam Summer Sale 2012 Starts: Full List Of Games, Titles Leak For Days To Come

It looks like Christmas does come in July for some video gamers. The Steam Summer Sale for 2012 has just kicked off, and the online gaming site has dramatically slashed the prices of some of its biggest franchises to date. From now through July 22, Steam will be offering different deals each day, including “Customer Choice” sales where fans vote for titles they want to be discounted.
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Yahoo Probes Breach Of 450,000 User Accounts

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, acknowledged a security breach of a Singapore-based server from which a hacker group may have extracted log-ins for as many as 450,000 user accounts.
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Google Now Takes On Siri Without Much Ado

Even as Apple's Siri was touted as the most able competitor to Google Search, the search giant launched Google Now at the recently-held I/O Conference which seems to have taken over its competitor very quietly but firmly.
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LinkedIn Gets Pounded On News Of Facebook Challenge

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), the leading professional social networking site, lost as much as 6 percent of its value Monday on a report that Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site will start direct competition.
Twitter Makes Search Simpler, Smarter, And More Relevant

Twitter Bolsters Search Function To Stay Relevant Amidst Competition

When its partnership with Google for news search expired July 1, social networking site Twitter did not have any counter plan to pull out the latest tweets for real-time news it is hugely popular for. To revive its search results and improve its search functionality for latest tweets on breaking news, Twitter announced enhancements to the search function on its interface July 6.
Twitter Makes Search Simpler, Smarter, And More Relevant

Twitter Makes Search Simpler, Smarter, And More Relevant

Back in December, Twitter completely redesigned its site to make it more aesthetically-pleasing for users and advertisers. Seven months later, Twitter added a few more important tweaks to its microblogging platform on Friday to improve the way users search and discover content.

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