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Daily-deals website Groupon goes live in China on Monday, bringing its popular brand of Internet retail to the world's most populous nation.

Violent aftershocks hampered desperate efforts to find survivors in the quake-ruined New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday as the death toll climbed to 123 and was set to rise further.

Shares of Demand Media’s stock were down six percent amid news that Google has changed its algorithm to weed out low quality sites.

Making Fun, Inc., the social game publishing arm of News Corp.'s Digital Media Group, said it intends to commission independent game studios to develop high-quality social games.

China has blocked a microblog search of the name of the U.S. ambassador after he was seen near a pro-democracy gathering, the latest in a series of run-ins between a possible U.S. presidential candidate and the Communist Party.

Google resumed its spat with Facebook over contacts list as in its recent Gingerbread update to its Nexus S phone; it has restricted Facebook users from syncing their Facebook friends list with contacts list stored in the phone.

Gadget maker Apple has released a developer preview of Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X -- Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

Classifieds site Craigslist has been linked with 330 crimes, 12 murders and 105 robberies or assaults in the United States last year due to anonymous interactions on the site, says a new study.

Apple's ambitions to boost its cloud-computing prowess got a significant push as its $1-billion data center in North Carolina approaches its opening this spring.

The social networking site has decided to shut down the popular relationship tracker application Breakup Notifier, which allowed one to monitor the relationship status of chosen friends

A submersible robot named CLEO manned by children visiting the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is helping scientists develop technology that could unravel the mysteries of the world's deepest reefs.

With multiple Android tablets on the horizon, The Daily inches away from Apple.

Citing its intent to protect user experience, Facebook blocked the app early Wednesday morning.

The users who use SlingPlayer Mobile app in an iPod, iPhone or iPad can view the update that was added to the app with support for video out over component cables in high quality mode.

China may not have been first to a launch social networking site, but it might be first to float one. Renren.com is eyeing an initial public offering in New York. Owner Oak Pacific is thought to want a valuation of $500 million. The potential for new internet darlings is huge, if they can avoid some old-school problems.

Hundreds of foreign rescuers will join exhausted New Zealand teams Thursday in an increasingly desperate search of quake-shattered buildings in central Christchurch as time runs out to find survivors buried under rubble.

EA gives details on its upcoming first person shooter, Battlefield 3, a sequel six years in the making.

Cupertino-based Digi-Q Inc. has created a new Android app - dubbed Unfriend Watch - that notifies you when you've been unfriended on Facebook.

Flight comparison site Skyscanner has revealed how Facebook influences people's travel plans, with 52 percent of respondents in a poll stating that seeing friends’ photos on Facebook makes them want to book a holiday.

Internet giant Google has stepped in to rescue New Zealand earthquake victims with its Person Finder service.

Buzz around Nintendo 3DS has escalated ahead of the Feb 26 Japan launch, with the company releasing US launch game titles and the tech press reporting on other aspects and leaking details.