Stories about: Billion

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Net filter causes IT industry vote swing 05 March, 2010 11:20

The mandatory Internet filtering scheme could sway votes against the Rudd Government when the IT industry hits the polling booths at the Federal election.
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Timeline: iTunes Store at 10 billion 25 February, 2010 08:56

On Wednesday Apple's iTunes Store served its 10 billionth music download, according to the company. Here's a look at notable moments in its history:
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Intel, VC firms to invest $3.5 billion in US tech 24 February, 2010 04:16

Intel Capital and other venture capital firms will invest US$3.5 billion in U.S. technology firms over the next two years, and Intel and 16 other large U.S. companies will step up their hiring of U.S. college graduates, especially those in computer science and engineering, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini announced Tuesday.
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EU approves HP's 3Com acquisition 13 February, 2010 11:35

The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard's US$2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced on Friday.
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Online video explodes 08 February, 2010 02:20

The online video market continued to grow in December, as nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion videos in the month alone, said comScore last week. When broken down, the numbers mean that 86.5 percent of total U.S. Internet users watched online videos and averaged 187 videos per user. The average length video watched was 4.1 minutes, up from 3.5 minutes in a report from last March.
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Nokia strikes back at Google with free GPS app 22 January, 2010 01:56

Android phones aren't the only handsets that have access to a free, full-featured GPS application. Nokia on Thursday announced that it will make the premium version of Ovi Maps, which includes turn-by-turn directions and traffic alerts, available on a number of its devices free of charge. But not all of Nokia's devices will benefit from the free upgrade from the start.
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Study: Online video booms, but MySpace viewers, videos drop 07 January, 2010 07:57

Online video consumption has skyrocketed in the U.S., and while Google remains safely at the top of the heap, entertainment-heavy MySpace ironically has seen a drop in unique viewers and videos served.
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Ding! App Store Hits 3 Billion Download Mark 07 January, 2010 03:16

Apple announced today that more than 3 billion apps (including games) have been downloaded from the App Store since it went live in 2008.
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Apple hits three billion apps served milestone 06 January, 2010 02:15

Holy App Store! Apple is bragging that more than 3 billion apps for its iPhone and iPod Touch have been downloaded since the store opened on July 10, 2008. That's a lot of Super Monkey Balls, Facebook, and Google Earth Apple app downloads.
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Yelp doesn't need Google, but Google could use Yelp 23 December, 2009 03:24

Let's just assume for a minute that Yelp doesn't need the US$550 million that Google reportedly offered it in a failed acquisition attempt.
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Tech mergers and acquisitions to grow in 2010 14 December, 2009 19:36

After a glacially slow start to 2009 in the mergers and acquisitions market, tech companies started buying again in the second half of the year and analysts expect the resurgence in takeover activity to continue in 2010.