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  • Social Media in the Olympics

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    The popularity explosion of social media networks offer huge opportunities to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where millions of fans around the world on Facebook and Twitter will give their reactions to the game.

  • Behind Kaskus and Domain Names

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    Kaskus has stumbled into a problem with its Domain Name Server (DNS) since May 26, 2012. This made the biggest online community forum in Indonesia cannot be accessed for more than several times, decreasing its traffic drastically to 70 percent.

  • YouTube to Indonesia

    YouTube Indonesia

    Google has continued its push to localize YouTube across the world where it can get closer to its users and viewers. On Thursday, June 14, 2012, YouTube launched its dedicated local video site in Indonesia.

  • The Extra Second That Crashes the Web

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    On Saturday, at midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), as June turned into July 2012, an extra second was added by the Earth’s official time keepers: the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS).

  • Play with Google Play

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    Google has recently announced the release of their new product, the Google Play. This is believed to be Google’s response into the growing popularity and need for multimedia, education and entertainment applications.

  • The Power of a Like

    Facebook Like button

    Several years ago, the word “like” referred to an emotion that expressed attraction towards a person, object, or activity. Today, with a feature introduced by Facebook, “like” is becoming an action, a verb, a publicly expressed fondness with the power to influence.

  • The Future of E-Commerce

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    With the rise of social media and mobile usage, more and more people are going online to purchase goods and services than ever before.

  • Facebook and Twitter Enabling News Discovery

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    As members of the Social Media's Big 3 (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), it seems that media companies are still not sure whether Facebook and Twitter are friends or foe relative to their legacy advertising-centric business models.

  • How Google and Microsoft Search Beyond the Boundaries

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    The internet has grown into a massive network with billions of people are connected on their daily basis. The numbers kept increasing as the network itself grow, and the use of handheld devices, as well as more cheaper connection are available.

  • Windows Live and Windows 8

    Windows Live Group

    Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, first announced on November 1st, 2005, as a part of Microsoft's software plus services platform.