Posts Tagged ‘ internet ’

Google’s 4Q lobbying bill triples to $3.76 million (AP)

AP - Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could affect its fortunes.

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5 Firefox Add-Ons for Increasing Productivity (Mashable)

Mashable - This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. The Internet is a black hole of procrastination. It's a rare occasion when we open up our web browsers and just do work without checking Facebook or getting...

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Venture capital investments up 19 percent in 4Q (AP)

AP - Funding for startups rose 19 percent in the fourth quarter as venture capitalists fueled money into more companies in the Internet, clean technology and other sectors.

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Google launches project for S.African businesses (AP)

AP - Getting more small companies wired will help their businesses grow, and help their country fight unemployment, officials said Thursday as Google launched a project that makes it easy to showcase South African entrepreneurship on the Internet.

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No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down? (AP)

No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down? 
    (AP)

AP - If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day or a week.

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