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Facebook has launched an award system for translators, where those who translate for the social network can get special icons as they…
Google has added a feature to Gmail, which allows users to merge all of their duplicate contacts into one. Until now, users have had to go through contacts one-by-one in order to clean up their list. "Managing a big address book can be a challenge, so it's no surprise that the top request for Google contacts is a fast, easy way to merge duplicate contacts,"…
The Federal Trade Commission has sued Intel, saying it has "abused its market dominance" according to the LA Times. Richard A. Feinstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition is quoted as saying: "Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly. It's been running roughshod over the principles of fair play and the laws protecting competition on the merits."
It's that time of year when all of the big web properties reflect on the year's worth of activity. We already saw Twitter's top trending topics for 2009, for example. YouTube is also sharing its most watched videos and most searched for queries.
Twitter has broken down the top ten trending topics of 2009 for a variety of categories: news events, people, movies, tv shows, sports, and technology, as well as the top ten hashtags used.
Despite a number of positive developments, Yahoo did not have a very merry November according to the latest statistics from comScore. In fact, as the company's share of the search market dropped again, it hit an all-time low, landing at 17.5 percent. Yes, Yahoo's share of the search market shrunk from 18.0 percent in October to 17.5 percent in November, which counts as a sizable…
