Yahoo Looking For New CEO

According to some insider reports, Yahoo Inc. has started looking for a new CEO and the board of directors have asked several executive search firms for help in this matter. Furthermore, sources have confirmed that the company is looking for buyout offers and even seriously considering some offers which were previously made by some big tech companies.

This move has been made in order to find an executive who could either change the game for the company or could help in selling whole of the business or some part efficiently. But the priority is given to the sale of the company by the board of directors. For this motive, Yahoo has asked some of the high profile executive search firms to find a suitable candidate who could do the needful work for the company.

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China’s Web Population Crosses 500 Million Mark

All of us know that China has got the largest population in both the real world and cyber world. Now, the web population of China has crossed the 500 Million mark, which is more than the total population of some countries. This may be attributed to the China’s advancement in the field of technology and increasing trend of social networking which is the key player in the ever increasing web population of mainland China.

This news was reported by the state Xinhua News Agency. The Chief of the Information Office of China’s State Council, Wang Chen, claimed that more than 15 million people have gone online since the last official figures were released in July.

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Nokia To Cut 3,500 Manufacturing Jobs

Nokia is going to cut down 3,500 manufacturing jobs in order to cut down the costs involved in the manufacturing process. Earlier this year, Nokia has already announced that it will subsequently cut 6,800 research and development jobs and now with an additional 3,500 jobs, this number has risen to 10,300. Nokia has been trying to realign and redefine its business strategies ever since the company lost its place as the largest manufacturer of smartphones.

The cut down in the manufacturing jobs will be in Asia and is one of the latest measures Nokia has taken in the recent months to boost its sales and establish its reputation once again in the heart of the customers.

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Amazon Releases Kindle Fire

Yes it is true. On the same day that we reported about the expected launch of a new Tablet computer from Amazon, it released a new version of its existing e-reader Kindle with unbelievable features and that too at an unbelievable price. If reviews given by experts are to be believed, Apple Inc’s iPad is in deep trouble as Kindle ‘Fire’ has all of its functionalities at an unbeatable price.

Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos unleashed Kindle Fire on Wednesday in New York which is capable of music and video playing. It has a multi touch functionality and is dubbed as the iPad killer particularly because of its low price. It is available for $199 which is far less than the iPad’s starting price of $499.

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Facebook Fixes Privacy Glitch

Facebook has fixed a security ‘glitch’ which enabled it to track users even after they were logged out. This glitch occurred due to the Facebook cookies which tracked activities of the users. This issue was first raised by an Australian blogger, who is an expert in security issues and has kept an eye on Facebook’s use of cookies for more than a year.

Nik Cubrilovic, the Australian blogger who first found out this security issue, stated that Facebook cookies behave in a suspicious way when a user logs out of his account. Instead of deleting themselves, they just modify their form and keep on collecting the data and the web history of the user. He did not say whether this data was being used by Facebook or not.

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Austrian Hackers Release Police Data

An Austrian hacker group has published the personal details and information of more than 25,000 police officers on its website. This move by hackers is being criticized a lot as it will compromise the security of those police officers as well as their respective families. The information was first made available via the twitter account of the hacker group and it was later made available for download.

The leaked data is in the form of a searchable database which contains personal and identity information of the police officers ranging from beat officers to senior commanders in rank. Now their security is at risk; thanks to the personal information made public by the hacker group as criminals might use that information for a revenge attack on those officers. This move was condemned by the Police union official Walter Scharinger.

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CityVille Is Now Available On Google+

Good news for all you gamers out there. Now you can play CityVille, one of the best online games, on Google+. Zynga, the creator of Cityville, added its one of the most popular products on the list of games than can be played on Google+ earlier today. The company posted on its official blog that, ” It’s no secret we’re big fans of Google+ here at Zynga.”

This news has come in the middle of the cold-war scenario between Facebook and Google+ over the crown of the greatest social networking website. It should be noted that Zynga is the partner of Facebook in social gaming and is the developer behind many popular games which can be played on Facebook like CityVille, FarmVille, CityVille+ etc.

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